melbaboutown
@melbaboutown@aussie.zone
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐦🔥 Sunday 13 July 2025 13 hours ago:
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Ladies! Do you feel like shit, tell me do you feel like shit Oh yeah Fellas! Do you feel like shit, tell me do you feel like shit? Oh yeah m.youtube.com/watch?v=CJbR7K0E2Z4
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧛♂️ Saturday 12 July 2025 23 hours ago:
Melbcat asked for uppies today and proceeded to have a long cuddle and scritches with a visitor! That was so cute.
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She’s still crying and wanting extra food (among a couple of other things) so I called the vet again about steroids for ibd flare. They talked about the side effects, blamed the osmolax, told me to monitor and call back Monday. It seems they don’t want to deal with it but I keep calling to stay on it as long as she’s not feeling well. If there’s something I can do for her comfort I will.
I’ve managed to screw up my sleeping pattern again.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🛼 Friday 11 July 2025 1 day ago:
Bonfires are so nice.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🛼 Friday 11 July 2025 1 day ago:
She never used to ask for anything but I’m hoping she’s just got more confident to voice her needs. It might be her age too
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🛼 Friday 11 July 2025 1 day ago:
Melbcat is being very squeaky and squirmy. She’s learned to cry for the heater to go on, for extra snacks of wet food, and sometimes for no reason I can see. I’m hoping she’s just jealous of the computer getting attention. Maybe she just wants love.
I’m playing games way too much but right now it’s just what I’m doing.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦕 Tuesday 8 July 2025 5 days ago:
FYI reddit.com/…/this_creepy_man_wont_give_upkeeps_ma…
Be careful as you don’t know who you’re meeting. Also still be careful as even if the person is a girl looking for friends, because there’s a reason some of them don’t have any.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦕 Tuesday 8 July 2025 5 days ago:
Rollercoaster or theme park tickets
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪁 Monday 7 July 2025 5 days ago:
Gorgeous champagne kitty
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪁 Monday 7 July 2025 6 days ago:
Don’t forget second breakfast for the long walks!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪁 Monday 7 July 2025 6 days ago:
Cat tmi, poo talk
Melbcat has been to the vet because she started crying again… it may be that the ‘issues’ were from overcompensating with the osmolax, and now it’s been drastically reduced she’s possibly crying again due to the constipation returning. There will be a small regular dose (say 1/8tsp) that will slowly increase until a balance is found. I feel a bit silly but relieved that that could have been it. It’s ok. I’m her mum and it’s my job to worry.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎒 Sunday 6 July 2025 1 week ago:
Sometimes she even helps me with the computer. So it’s a polite tug of war over the keyboard. She’s a great typer
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎒 Sunday 6 July 2025 1 week ago:
I should be doing chores but Melbcat and I are having a lie in. She’s being the little spoon between me and the computer.
I did throw some washing on when I had to get up so that counts!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪗 Saturday 5 July 2025 1 week ago:
I would love that.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪗 Saturday 5 July 2025 1 week ago:
If only
Oh god if only
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪗 Saturday 5 July 2025 1 week ago:
Yes! We can have a vegie drop off location to swap excess
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪗 Saturday 5 July 2025 1 week ago:
That sounds great actually
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪗 Saturday 5 July 2025 1 week ago:
I wish I was rich. I’d buy a nice big house, withdraw from society and fill it with cats.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪗 Saturday 5 July 2025 1 week ago:
My lips are getting so dry.
I picked up one of those tinted lip balms to try and it’s quite moisturising …but I didn’t look and it contains castor oil. Which can be very drying and is a known irritant for me. DOH
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐣 Friday 4 July 2025 1 week ago:
Oh it’s real. There might be settings you can change but some games are much worse for it than others
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐣 Friday 4 July 2025 1 week ago:
Oh a strawberry blonde. Lovely 🍓
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪗 Saturday 5 July 2025 1 week ago:
Little miss was crying today and I was concerned. But I forgot to block off the chair seat and the second I turned my back she was up there. She’s going to be jarring her joints jumping up and down from that!
Could it be she’s okay, and is just crying because she wants extra wet food and to get up on furniture she’s not supposed to?
I take it all very seriously at her age though.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪗 Saturday 5 July 2025 1 week ago:
Yup.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪗 Saturday 5 July 2025 1 week ago:
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That’s good, I’m glad. Dysfunction might be a better word, yes. But these behaviours are sending up red flags and I can see you’re feeling the strain. If it’s a stable option and something you can cope with it might give everyone some breathing room. Hopefully. Just be warned if people feel like you’re pulling away from them, or they’re losing control over you or the situation, their behaviours might escalate. ___
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪗 Saturday 5 July 2025 1 week ago:
Ahhh. That’s manipulative as hell. She refuses to communicate a want or a need and then uses the lack of it as a weapon. This isn’t about the dog, it’s about control.
Also the things your dad says to you are emotional abuse.
I’m sorry if I’ve ever been unintentionally insensitive towards you in the past because holy shit.
I need you to know that none of this is your fault and nothing your family thinks or says of you is true. It might be a really good idea to prioritise whatever career will be stable and well paid enough that you have the choice to move out and be independent from them.
Also you might want to know that being raised like this means you’re less likely to spot abusive people or identify behaviours as abuse. And there is a danger of you internalising it and blaming yourself for it rather than clocking it and getting out of Dodge.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐣 Friday 4 July 2025 1 week ago:
There are some hair dyes that are better for grey hairs, because they can pick up colour differently and turn a bright or unexpected colour
I forget what they are though or how it works
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐣 Friday 4 July 2025 1 week ago:
Nice!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐣 Friday 4 July 2025 1 week ago:
Some purple toner or shampoo might help? Otherwise if it was bleached it might need another go to get the stubborn red tones
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐣 Friday 4 July 2025 1 week ago:
Urgh. I was really sick last night. Stupid stomach.
Melbcat seems a tiny bit uncomfortable again. Right as I was calling the vet to say she was feeling a bit better, but asking about the ibd flare possibility and dealing with it if this continues/comes back.
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They’re being professional about it but oh I can tell they’re really sick of being called. They were like oh great when I said she was improving and very eager to put the issue to bed but right as I said it I saw a little tension in her whiskers and purring. And a squint.
I’ve agreed to monitor her and I guess this is probably mild… I’ve given her some meds to settle her a bit and am hoping everything will just be a blip.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧶 Thursday 3 July 2025 1 week ago:
It just hit me. Melbcat has IBD. So maybe she’s having a flare.
This could explain the increased appetite, being sick, the accidents, the crying… I’m going to get right back on the vets in the morning and ask. There is something that can be done about that.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧶 Thursday 3 July 2025 1 week ago:
Melbcat ‘monkey tails’ me and people she likes by wrapping it around us, it’s her version of a hug.
I know when she’s feeling bad because along with the other body language she ‘hugs’ herself with her tail to self soothe.