Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority”
and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person”
and they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay.
Canadian lynx also do the thing that house cats do where they stop grooming with their leg stuck in the air.
Okay carry on.
THEY STICK THEIR LEGGY OUT REAL FAR
Lookit those big ol feet 😍😭 AWE!!
Floofy feet are best for ice and snow!
If they’re really feeling saucy, they’ll do it in the middle of the highway and basically hold up traffic until everyone has admired them sticking their leg up 😛
hi guys. as you may know, this is countess ellington softpaws littlebeans von fluff trinket, known professionally as Dr. Elly Cat Doctor.
dr. elly has been in some distress lately. she has been reclusive, unsnuggly and unable even to enjoy her favorite activity, being gently buttered on the muzzle with a plastic knife. i put this down to general anxiety, but this morning my super kind vet told me she has something called “feline stomatitis,” which means, apparently, that her immune system is rejecting her poor little teeth as if they are foreign splinters. which is why she can’t stand having her mouth touched, can’t eat hard food and spends most of her time curled up in dark corners.
The vet said the only real treatment option is having the affected teeth removed within the next month or two. This will cost a ludicrous amount of money that I do not have.
There is so much going on in the world that is terrible and difficult, and one small animal in pain is not, relatively speaking, a significant thing. But I am asking anyway, I guess. If Ellybean has ever brought you comfort or softness on the internet, please consider supporting us on GoFundMe or dropping a couple of bucks in my stupid PayPal. (if that link doesn’t work, there’s a donate button on the blog.) Thanks for listening.
UPDATE:
you guys are unbelievable. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am crying at work again as i have been on and off all week but this time it’s from happiness. Elly’s surgery is scheduled for next Wednesday so she can get well over Thanksgiving. I love you and I’m so so grateful for you.
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