More mostly eel-free Groucho news

[james_davis_nicoll]

Blood work back: no diabetes, no thyroid issues but maybe kidney issues in the long run.

Comments

[felila.livejournal.com]

My cats have water in a large, clear-glass container which I change twice a day. I hope they're hydrated.

[graydon saunders (from livejournal.com)]

The way I understand it is that cats, being furry little OCD patients one and all, really really prefer flowing water. (Something that would obviously tend to reduce harm to their wild ancestors.)

I figure that in the case of my actual cat, providing the fountain is way better than having to turn on the least convenient (for me, I mean) tap on demand.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

That depends on who cleans the fountain. The tap is more convenient for me, but I work from home most of the time.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

An easy way to tell is to grab a handful of skin between their shoulder blades. If, when you let go, the skin goes right back to the way it was instantly, then they're fine. If it holds the "grabbed" shape for any time at all, then no, they're not.