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It's my cat's birthday (anniversary of me getting him) so I told him the story of his life while petting him real good

Highlights include:

For your first two years (when you were small) you lived in a foster home with people who raised you into a very polite young man. Two is like you plus me, that's what two is.

Some people adopted you before me and they called you Timmy (which is a stupid name) and they returned your ass almost immediately because you were so annoying at that age.

Like think about how annoying you are right now at seven years old, but way worse.

I'm better than them though, I don't call you Timmy and I wore earplugs to bed for three years because you love to scream at bedtime. Earplugs are like when I roll over and go back to sleep even when you are yelling so so so loud.

I got you at a time in my life when I was really sick (being sick is like when I'm up late because I'm throwing up and you are a very handsome good boy who sits with me) and they had to put me asleep for a procedure. A procedure is like what happened to you when they put you asleep and took your balls away.

Now you've lived with me for five years. Five is like the number of toe beans on one of your feet. When I clip your nails five is when we're halfway done. But we're hopefully not even halfway done with how long we get to be together. I'm gonna have to figure out new ways to help you count.

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Actually I've decided this is a poem

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Grim is acting unbothered by the antics behind her, but her backward ears give away her annoyance

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Quite a few black cats who sat for my pet portrait commissions this year!

My commissions are open until August 31, for anyone who's interested. (more info)

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Agnes Tait. 1894-1981.

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I was wondering if there was anything you could tell me about cats and taurine/taurine deficiency, or reputable research/resources to look towards? I've been seeing a ton of stuff talking about how a housecat might not be getting enough taurine but it's all from people trying to sell something, which makes me immediately wary of the validity. No pressure, just want to talk to some folks who arent trying to push their products on me with scare tactics

Any commercial cat food with am AAFCO label on it will have sufficient taurine.

Cats are obligate carnivores. A lot of people think this means they can *only* eat meat, but what it really means is that there are certain amino acids they cannot make on their own, and those amino acids are found in meat. They require meat, and in certain amounts, but that doesn't mean they can *only* easy meat and nothing else. These companies are banking on people not understanding this.

This is, however, why cats cannot eat a vegan diet. The only cases of taurine deficiency I've seen was a single indoor-only cat on a vegan diet. Anyone who says their cat did well on a vegan diet is either lying or had a free-roaming cat.