melbaboutown
@melbaboutown@aussie.zone
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦜 Friday 12 September 2025 4 minutes ago:
Good news. I found videos demonstrating wet on wet with acrylic. Bad news. The guy was basically doing much the same as I did with similar results.
I wonder how the traditional way of painting works
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦜 Friday 12 September 2025 6 minutes ago:
Recently I was so tired that I mixed up tubes and applied Melbcat’s toothpaste to her nose instead of her sunscreen
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🫠 Thursday 11 September 2025 8 hours ago:
The Coles brand dark chocolate block I guess? It does have a little dairy added now (don’t think that was there before) but it’s not seemed to cause problems with a few squares. It’s tasty and relatively cheap.
Also Melbcat, all the time 😘
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🫠 Thursday 11 September 2025 22 hours ago:
More energy please Chef
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍰 Wednesday 10 September 2025 1 day ago:
Thanks. I prioritise her meds schedule and unfortunately the house is let slide.
The vet called back and thankfully she doesn’t need an increase yet ❤️
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍰 Wednesday 10 September 2025 1 day ago:
Got the vet time mixed up and they came before I managed to really tidy up -_-
I should have done the sweeping first rather than pacing myself and washing all the cat stuff. At least this way the stuff will be fully dry and I can find the floppy fish Melbcat doesn’t want
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍰 Wednesday 10 September 2025 2 days ago:
I ordered that hairdryer 2-3 weeks ago and no idea where it is.
It says the seller sent it, but it’s untracked and hasn’t shown up yet as sent on the progress bar. I had it sent to a local business for collection so it’s not likely to have been stolen.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍰 Wednesday 10 September 2025 2 days ago:
I was falling asleep in the waiting room. Came home completely exhausted and slept. The glands are really swollen in my neck and under my arm so either I’m sick or have a quietly simmering infection.
In the morning I’m just going to shove everything into the other room and do a quick sweep. Crack the door for some fresh air, put dishes to soak in hot soapy water, change bedding. Clean litterboxes.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💎 Tuesday 9 September 2025 2 days ago:
I ordered Melbcat a fabric cone that was like cow print material with horns on it. Lucky for both of us it never showed up
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💎 Tuesday 9 September 2025 3 days ago:
What the hell 😭
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📮 Monday 8 September 2025 3 days ago:
Thanks!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📮 Monday 8 September 2025 3 days ago:
If anyone wants the pill dissolving hack m.youtube.com/shorts/wZkWFqtM_LQ
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📮 Monday 8 September 2025 3 days ago:
A chart is a good idea. On top of the labeled alarms
I had it down pat and one shift has me scrambling
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📮 Monday 8 September 2025 3 days ago:
I’m so tired and already letting the side down.
Melbcat refused to eat her medicated breakfast even with a topping, I kept urging her but didn’t remove it and make her take it directly like usual… fell asleep. (I also missed the chance to take an incredibly cute picture of her pillowing her head on my knee.) Then I was late with the 4pm dose.
Changing the frequency of one med and adding another has pushed it from a simple twice daily routine to different meds all over the place, individual and different combinations. I’ve condensed it as much as I can but times and frequencies being out of sync make it really hard to chunk.
I also have an ultrasound tomorrow, vet home visit Wednesday, and urgent dentist appointment Friday.
I still haven’t finished cleaning or showered for tomorrow.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📮 Monday 8 September 2025 3 days ago:
Otherwise pink halvah, fudge, or a layer of pink marshmallows (tiny or not)
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📮 Monday 8 September 2025 3 days ago:
Jam?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📮 Monday 8 September 2025 3 days ago:
Kmart has inflatable donuts but sometimes cats might still be able to reach with those.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📮 Monday 8 September 2025 3 days ago:
I assume the sedative she got was gabapentin otherwise that’s a suggestion.
Melbcat is usually very good but when she was first getting used to it I would tip the carrier onto its back end and gently drop her in. That sometimes buys you a second to shut the door before they rocket back out.
Another cat I had to trick by putting treats inside so he’d half go in and then pushing his bottom in to shut the door.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📮 Monday 8 September 2025 4 days ago:
I took a quick look then got my butt back inside
spoiler
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📮 Monday 8 September 2025 4 days ago:
I looked… it was so dark out there with a blood moon. 🌓
The phone pic I took failed miserably so I hope photographers with good equipment got better pictures
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📮 Monday 8 September 2025 4 days ago:
So tired… Melbcat’s med times desyncing isn’t going to be easy to handle. But whatever. I’m just going to have to follow the alarms and cat nap between doses.
I’ve ordered some supplements that may help her bladder as antibiotics may worsen antibiotic resistance :( And some more oral syringes.
Tomorrow/today I book the home visit for her blood pressure and try to finish tidying up for that. Hopefully the vets bring the medication if it’s ready.
Despite it all she’s a trooper. Still jumping up and down from her chair by herself, eating her meals, and wanting to look outside.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧑🚀 Sunday 7 September 2025 4 days ago:
Happy birthday for the other day!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧑🚀 Sunday 7 September 2025 4 days ago:
Good luck Gibson
May everything be textbook 🤞
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧑🚀 Sunday 7 September 2025 4 days ago:
I thought about it but tend to be a bit of a pack rat and don’t know if the future holds a smaller apartment.
And I’m hoping that won’t be for a very long time. I’m hoping Melbcat lives to break Guinness Book records 🥰
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧑🚀 Sunday 7 September 2025 4 days ago:
spoiler
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧑🚀 Sunday 7 September 2025 5 days ago:
Do you think I should donate the cat stuff Melbcat doesn’t use? It feels really mean but I really need to declutter and tidy and there’s stuff she’s never touched.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📺 Saturday 6 September 2025 5 days ago:
A lot of this is context dependent, ie. she could be lazy or it could be something deeper and untreated like clinical depression or another mental illness.
But if it’s stressful and draining you do have the right to not want to deal with it. It’s better you fade and prioritise your own direction rather than keep doing the same thing and resenting it. There’s no shame in valuing your own time and energy.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📺 Saturday 6 September 2025 5 days ago:
Melbcat was really fussy early this morning, and I suspected that she couldn’t see as well as normal. Got her in to the vet and both her uti and vision are worsening.
I’m going to try and get some rest today (as I didn’t get much sleep) and over the next 2 days will try to tidy up for a home visit for the vets to check her blood pressure.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🤪 Friday 5 September 2025 6 days ago:
There’s an Imgur blackout because of banning nsfw and also removing political content?
Also they’re going to be purging old unused content not associated with an account so please go grab anything you’d miss if it hasn’t already happened. (It began at least a week ago maybe.)
There are some old pics of Melbcat on there that will go… I do have the originals and don’t remember where I wrote the links to the post but it’s still sad to think about.
I refused to make an account because they were demanding a phone number. I guess if I ever do Drawabox I have to find an alternative for that reason alone…
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🤪 Friday 5 September 2025 6 days ago:
Melbcat likes soft relaxation music but seems to dislike rock
