Sometimes, however, even with all the money in the world and the best medicine, the body cannot fight off severe disease. June 12, Dr. Katz Medical Mystery. Typically, urinary tract infections start with bacteria coming from outside the body which work their way in and first infect the bladder.
When bacteria invade the bladder, they can cause pain and inflammation. It is possible that if this infection goes untreated for a period of time, the bacteria can then travel to the kidneys and infect them as well. A bacterial kidney infection is called pyelonephritis. A cat will generally not be systemically sick from a bladder infection, but can from a kidney infection.
If a cat with a kidney infection becomes sick, he or she may refuse food and water. This can lead to dehydration, which can further harm the kidneys. The cat can actually go into kidney failure assuming the infection is severe enough. And in an effort to set the record straight, she clarifies, "I'm not grumpy.
I don't like when people call me grumpy. That's just how my face is shaped I look like other cats, I think. News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. But as long as she's given the love and attention she deserves, it's all good. She is the pet a child, after all. I understand your reaction, especially in light of those with special needs, but I don't get that these owners are ignorant or malicious. The cat was then called "Tard". Not Tardar or anything else, just plain "Tard".
It was a cat with an obvious disability and it's name was put out to the world as "Tard" and not "Tardar". What does that say about the owners? A lot actually. People love calling this cat "Tard" as it is apparently "funny" and "it suits her". I know this as they feel it necessary to write me to tell me about it. Since that time, one by one, all the references have been changed to "Grumpy Cat".
They cannot change the Tumblr account, it is still called "Tard the Grumpy Cat". Like I said in the above article, you can say that the cat's name is whatever you want after the fact, but in the start, before the Christmas cards and fridge magnets, her name was "Tard". If it was so inoffensive then why go to great lengths to erase this? Thankfully, this meme is finally dying, like they all do. They call it tard in a lot of youtube videos but most of our circle have called it sauce since tarder was a kitten.
I've always preferred calling it by the name sauce, and the cat seems to come to sauce more than it does tard. Plus sauce sounds cooler. I very politely asked the "for the love of pets" people if they had considered the offensive nature of the name "Tard" and the public on Facebook response was a picture of the cat and the word "Tard" repeated about twenty times under the picture and then, "he he he".
I am in touch with "ARC" and other organizations that are involved with mental retardation and am encouraged to learn from my State Senator that the word 'retarded' is becoming banned and even illegal in many States. I will find a voice big enough to expose the true nature of this so-called non-profit group.
I suspect they may be embarassed by what else is found to be true. Thank you for your sensitivity and courage. Ken in Maryland. Every so often I find that I have to write a post like this.
It used to make me very angry when I ran into this sort of thing; now, I just feel sad for people that clearly do not get it and have little intention of doing so. Normally, I file this type of occurrence under "it will die in a few days and go away" but sadly, I am afraid this particular one won't for a while yet.
I'm talking about the current "Grumpy Cat" meme. It's a cute cat. I love cats. In fact, I love all animals. However, this particular animal's owners need a swat in the nose. This "Grumpy Cat" as it is known, is a female cat and in the videos that the owners have posted on YouTube, it is a fluffy little sweet tempered doll of a creature. However, it is unlike other cats, a fact that is made apparent quite quickly.
Her eyes are wider spaced and shaped a bit oddly, her nose is flatter and more button like than either of her parents, her jaw appears to be stronger and have a bit of an "underbite". The ears are smaller and rounder too. Sound familiar? It should, as I have described all of these as markers of Down syndrome and a few other genetic disorders.
Like both feline and human versions, all these traits do occur randomly in the general population. However, all together it is pretty indicative that a little something extra went somewhere. Now my aim here is not to disparage the little thing. Chromosomal disorders are quite common in the feline world as they are in the human world. Tortoiseshell cats, for example of which, "Grumpy Cat's mother is one. I did not know that male Torties could exist but they do as well; they are all Trisomies.
We used to have a long haired female Tortoiseshell cat with thumbs that had a sweet disposition as well. We chose to name our darling cat Fenchurch. Once this factoid became a little more well known, it was retracted and changed. The official story now, a few months later is that although they call her "Tard", her actual name is "Tardar" as in "Tardar Sauce".
The spelling error was explained as she was named by a small child, at least on the talk shows. I'm not sure which is more insulting. The fact that they named this cat "Tard" in the first place, or the fact that they tried to kick a bit of litter over it after the fact.
This wouldn't be such an issue if this was some anonymous lady's cat down the street. But, she's not. This kitty now has it's own Facebook page, Twitter, Tumblr and is actively being marketed with a line of merchandise, not to mention being turned into countless meme images by fans every day. Most just refer to it as "Grumpy Cat" but the YouTube videos and Tumblr account still tell the tale of this little cat and her offensive name. Even if she was, say, the cat of an older lady down the street does that make it right?
What if I got a Bull Terrier and named her "Dykstra"? What if I named a Siamese cat "Chinkerly"? Do the obvious short forms of those names strike you as something that should be condoned, shared, marketed and taught to my children?
Even if I blame it on the kids? Do you think my neighbours, my sweet Trinidadian neighbours, for one second would tolerate me calling a black lab after the mascot of "The Dam Busters" Royal Air Forces No. Imagine me, standing on my back porch, calling this dog and my children in for supper.
I doubt it highly as in this very hypothetical case I would have chosen to name my dog, regardless of intent, a very offensive word. So offensive, that charges might even be laid.
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