So did his weepy eyes resolve on their own? Did he have any other symptoms along with it.

The first illness was a couple days after I brought him home from the shelter. both his eyes were watering like crazy and he was sneezing like mad, was also coughing rarely. I took him in pretty much right away. They said it’s very normal for shelter cats to get sick, but that he did have a bit of an unusual pathogen causing it (Mycoplasma).

The second time he had only one watery eye and was sneezing a bit but less so. Also coughing rarely. I tried to do a wait and see with this and was wondering if it was allergies, but it stayed the same for several weeks (no better but no worse), so he got antibiotics and it cleared up again.

This time he has two weepy eyes, but he actually hasn’t been sneezing much at all. He does cough rarely. I’m still doing a bit of a wait and see with the lysine this time before I bring him in.

Shoot yeah I forgot I was going to keep buying “low dust” litter when I first was wondering if both he and I were getting allergies, but I haven’t bought it recently. Even still it looks like the standard clumping litter is always dusty even if it has a “low dust” formulation.

Interesting, I had not heard of this one. How much did that end up costing you? Sounds like it’ll be in the tens of thousands of dollar range and won’t be covered by my pet insurance lol.

My guy follows me everywhere, but whenever I turn the shower on he runs away! He seems to be a bit scared whenever it rains too. The guy must really not like water.

But if I can get him to chill in the bathroom with the shower on, I’ll give it a go.

Awww poor babies. :(

Did they ever figure out the cause? I had not really heard of this as an outcome, just particular infections that can happen and tooth loss (my guy was already missing his top front teeth!).

Ohh same. I was like wtf why is the litter so huge??

Thank you! He was the sweetest, chillest guy there who wasn’t afraid to be out in the open and relax in front of everyone. Knew I had to pick him. :) I guess he had been there for around 4 months before I got him. He’s around 4-5 years old and I named him Lester. He bunts me all the time and when his eyes are teary and stuff he wipes them all over me still lolol!

You know what I’m going to say something different and I hope it’s not too inappropriate.

The other commenters have done well so far. But have you considered using some of your money for therapy? I see you said you’re on antidepressants, but I wasn’t sure if you were already in therapy or not.

I don’t mean this as a cop out answer and I don’t mean that they will directly help you with your finances. But it might be a good idea to talk to someone about the “nothing matters because the world is going to shit” mentality. Even if there is merit to what you say, it isn’t exactly helping you feel happy or satisfied with your life. If you can learn to cope with this particular thought, you might find the rest falling into place a little easier.

Bahaha. Ok I’m ngl this is why I haven’t gotten it either. Sometimes I decide I want to get it anyway “just in case”, but then I get lazy about it. 🙃

Can you not get the HPV vaccine as a guy? Is it like not allowed in some areas? In my area, men, women, children, etc all can get it unless you’re close to retirement age.

Men can get HPV-associated penile cancers, although they are obviously much less common than cervical cancer. Still…you don’t want to lose your dick to dick cancer. Had a case somewhat recently at work with this scenario.

And besides penile cancer risk, the vaccine would help prevent it in their female partners. Or it can help prevent anal cancer in your male (or female) partners.

Idk it just seems like a win-win for everyone to get it.

I’m pretty sure I would eat shit if I tried to learn any BMX stuff. Hope you enjoy it even though you mangled yourself lol.

Ahh damn that sucks. It makes it super easy for tennis shoes/sneakers.

I guess I don’t have delicate shoes. I just throw them in the washing machine.

Love the content warning on this lmaoo

Pretty sure most people are only against circumcision for infants who do not consent.

I get surgically removed foreskins every day at my work, but they are elective procedures by those who can consent for a condition called phimosis.

Wow! Do you have sex? Other forms of physical touch? I never knew two people who don’t enjoy kissing could find each other.

I did twice in life. It was very wet and tasted like spit. Confusing why it’s pleasant to others lol.

Does she ever get stuck lol

How is your cat so long? Is this an elastic model?

Seems to be unpopular to admit in this post, but I use food delivery apps. Yes, the fees are ridiculous, but I can afford it. I don’t do it every day, but I do at least once a week.

I hate cooking and I hate dishes. It’s never pleasant. No, I can’t personally make something at home “better than most takeouts”. If you can, good for you. It’s not for me and I’m lucky that I am able to get takeout.

Honestly, I don’t know how in the world one human is able to keep up with working 40 hours a week, cook, dishes, laundry, clean, etc. It’s all too much for me. Hell, the state of my laundry has been insane the last several weeks.