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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
a little update
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Friday, December 24, 2010
7 Cat Emergency Signs
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Although some emergencies can be managed at home, others require immediate veterinary attention. These signs indicate an emergency that requires immediate veterinary assessment:
1. Non-responsiveness: A non-responsive kitten is usually in serious trouble. If you get no response or reaction when you call, stroke or touch your kitten, immediately check its breathing. Airway obstruction, cardiac arrest and poisonings are a few things that can cause non-responsiveness.
2. Labored breathing: Respiratory problems require immediate attention. Fluid in the lungs or the chest cavity can obstruct breathing and kittens can go into respiratory arrest, followed by cardiac arrest, if untreated.
3. Drooling profusely: Electric cord burns to the mouth and tongue, contact with household poisons or plants and nausea from other systemic illnesses can cause profuse drooling.
4. Incessant vomiting: Serious electrolyte abnormalities and dehydration can occur from continuous vomiting. Intestinal obstruction from a ribbon, rubber band or string is a common cause of chronic vomiting in kittens and requires immediate attention.
5. Profuse diarrhea: Diarrhea can cause severe dehydration and electrolyte imbalances leading to rapid deterioration in kittens if not addressed promptly.
6. Abnormal coloration of the gums: Pale gums imply anemia, bluish gums suggest a cardiac or respiratory problem and yellow gums denote red blood cell destruction or severe liver disease. All of these conditions require immediate assessment by a veterinarian.
7. Fever: Fevers in kittens often are caused by infectious conditions. Fever increases kittens' fluid requirements and often depresses their appetite. Malnutrition and dehydration prove a dangerous combination. Kittens with a temperature greater than 103 degrees Fahrenheit should be examined promptly.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Simple Cat Drawing
First Step - The Framework for a Simple Cat Drawing
First up - go ahead and draw a simple framework from which to bring your drawing into view. You can sketch this lightly in pencil - erasing it later when you're all done. Or, you can look upon this pattern and let it sink in a bit before you go on to draw your lines.
Here it is...
It's clear - this animal is observed sitting, yet slightly turned at an angle. I've used the grey cross markings on the face oval to indicate this.
And now - let's do some drawing!
Second Step - How to Draw a Cartoon Cat
Start with the face, and then - work your way out and down from there. If you want tomake your cat's eyes ovular (so you can color them blue at the very end... please do! I'm going to keep things nice and simple all the way through.
Here are the steps...
Notice those 'sketchy' fur lines once again. Really, there's no 'rhyme or reason' with respect to a pattern by which I drew them. Nope - completely random.
So, when looking upon the example images... please don't try to make all the same little twists and turns. Let go, and let the lines happen. Sure - easier said than drawn, BUT - it's all about being creative. So do your best!
CREDIT TO:http://www.how-to-draw-cartoons-online.com/cartoon-cat.html ~ThAnkS~
Some Cat Quotes To Be Read....
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- "Most cats, when they are out want to be in, and visa versa, and often simultaneously." - Louis J. Camuti
- Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible. - Roger Caras
- Cats always know whether people like or dislike them. They do not always care enough to do anything about it. - Winifred Carriere
- If a cat did not put a firm paw down now and then, how could his human remain possessed. - Winifred Carriere
- There is no more intrepid explorer than a kitten. - Jules Champfleury
- Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat. - Emile Auguste Chartier
- "You can't help that. We're all mad here." - Cheshire Cat quote by The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland
- "I didn't know that Cheshire cats always grinned; In fact, I didn't know that cats COULD grin." - Cheshire Cat quote by Alice in Wonderland
- "'It's a friend of mine - a Cheshire Cat', said Alice: 'Allow me to introduce it.' 'I don't like the look of it at all, said the King: 'however, it may kiss my hand if it likes.' 'I'd rather not.' the Cat remarked." - Cheshire Cat quote by Alice in Wonderland
- I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. - Winston Churchill
- Even the stupidest cat seems to know more than any dog. - Eleanor Clark
- There are no ordinary cats. - Colette
- "Cats are designated friends." - Norman Corwin
- I'm aloof, I like to run around outside, but I also like to curl up in warm spots. I eat fish. - Megan Coughlin on why she'd make a good cat
- We need a word for all the kitty-prints that are all over my windshield because the cats like to lie on my hood when the car is still warm. - Megan Coughlin
- "Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want." - Joseph Wood Crutch
- If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence. - Will Cuppy