What is seen, cannot be unseen

[lizbee]

This is Tony Abbott, leader of the Federal Opposition, possibly Australia's next Prime Minister:



This is Lord Voldemort, Dark Lord:



I KNOW, RIGHT? IT'S UNCANNY!

I apologise for inflicting a picture of the Dark Lord on people without warning. As compensation, here is a recent photo of a being infinitely more evil, yet somehow more fun to be around:



That's what I wake up to most days. Although on the weekdays it's still dark when I wake up.

We are actually thinking of getting another cat, as Harvey's behavioural problems haven't really settled down since we moved, and the vet says it's because he's unsocialised, lonely and still traumatised by the deaths of his kitty-siblings. (If you don't know the story, he was found abandoned in a carpark near a river or creek. He was only about four weeks old, and there were no other cats or kittens in the area. Now, he carries around small stuffed animals and cries, and when we asked the vet, he said Harvey was probably remembering his futile attempts to save his siblings' lives. OUR CAT HAS POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, GUYS.)

Anyway, sajee and dear_prudence recently got a lovely kitten from a local no-kill shelter, and that brought the issue into clearer focus for us. So we're thinking, unless Harvey makes some very sudden changes in the next few weeks, we're going to contact the woman who runs the shelter and see if she has a cat who would be appropriate as a housemate for Harvey. Possibly an older cat who has had kittens of her own. Certainly not a tiny kitten on whom he would be a bad influence.

Poor old Harvey. He swaggers around the house like he's a lion, but he spotted another cat outside the front window and didn't know if he should panic or attack. He settled for maintaining a hypervigilant presence at all the front doors and windows.

SRS CAT BUSINESS, Y'ALL!

Comments

[katemonkey]

Aw, poor Harvey!

The thought of him trying to save his siblings is just heartbreaking.

[lizbee]

I KNOW. I kind of laughed at first -- a cat! With PTSd! -- but it's really terrible. The sound he makes as he carries these stuffed toys around is absolutely heartrending.

Then, of course, he goes and sinks his teeth into my fleshy parts. And looks up at me as if to say, "What? You looked delicious!"

[amberfox]

I had a mama cat that did that. She had two kittens, but only one survived, and she was just sure there should be more. She used to go around the house searching for them, and she had a strange tendency to try to pick me and my sister up, presumably so she could put us with the kitten.

[jamethiel]

GYAH!!! *recoils* DUDE. That's just wrong!

Also, poor Harvey :( I'm so glad I got my two boys together from the same litter. They sleep together and curl up and lick each other. And sometimes fight in a way that involves my feet very painfully at 5am. But I luff them.

[jaythenerdkid]

Sadly, Tony Abbott is only slightly less of a prejudiced fundamentalist than Lord Voldemort. :P (She says, still trying to rationalise her decision to stick with the Liberals at this election.)

The idea of Harvey having PTSD about his lost sibling-cats is incredibly saddening. :(

[ladyvivien]

Um. I think your cat is the Doctor. YOUR CAT TRIED TO SAVE HIS SIBLINGS' LIVES. He's a kitty hero! And also, NEVER tell me that story again when I am hormonal, plz.

Franklin spent a week crying and looking for his brothers when he first got him - typically, he only settled down after some nice burly men showed up to install our internet and he was all 'hai, come here often?' - and he was clingy as fuck until we got Orlando. We had to get him a brother/boyfriend because otherwise I would have had to drop out of my MA and love him full-time.

[jaydeyn]

Oh that is horrifying. Both Abbott and Harvey's PTSD. :( Poor little ginger kitty. :( I think the older cat plan is a good one.

Also, Abbott really shouldn't have filmed against a bluescreen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UBzi_2ubZ8

:)
Jaydeyn

[chocolatepot]

I almost started crying at his PTSD. ;_; It's too early in the morning!

[tree_and_leaf]

Oh, poor Harvey!

[nonelvis]

That story about Harvey's PTSD is one of the saddest things I've ever heard. Getting him a friend to keep him company sounds like a really good idea.

[violetisblue]

Harvey, no! *cries* Yes, he needs a little friend. Though not too little as he'd teach it to smoke and shoplift or something.

[jonquil]

OMG KITTY POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS!

[owl]

Poor little PTSD kitty!

[ellen_fremedon]

Oh, poor little traumatized kitty! That may be the saddest thing I have ever heard.

[ghost2]

Poor Harvey. Maybe a buddy is just what he needs to help him recover.

[fannishnonsense]

Aw, poor kitty. I hate hearing stories about cats who've been abandoned. It makes me want to track down the people and shout at them until they realize what they did. Which is probably not that helpful, but still.

[alienist]

This is still better than my urge to repeatedly punch them in the face.

[akashasheiress]

Poor Harvey! *snorgles*

[akashasheiress]

Also, I laffed at the switched pics.XD

[fallingtowers]

Oh, your poor kitty. The thought of a cat carrying around stuffed toys and crying is just incredibly sad.

[fyrdrakken]

Poor kitty! Definitely get him another cat.

[rivendellrose]

Oh, poor Harvey! :(

If it makes you feel any better, my kitty sometimes does a similar thing with his favorite toys, carrying them around the house and yowling, but he's never been through any trauma that we're aware of - he's just a big silly who likes to shout for someone to pay attention and play with him if he's bored. ...Unless he really is traumatized, which had never occurred to me before, and now I shall slightly be worried about. Oops.

Either way, a second kitty sounds like a lovely idea - if it's trauma, it'll be good for him to have a friend, and if it's just boredom, another kitty will quickly solve that, too.

[capri0mni]

Aww. Poor, Heroic brother Harvey!

He needs a mommy cat, to help him know it's all right, and how to be a kitty.

Poor baby...

*Sends him scritches and love*

[kerravonsen]

Oh poor Harvey!

[alienist]

...Oh, that is just heartbreaking. I hope it does help, if you get another cat. Poor Harvey.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__kali__/]

Poor little Harvey. A little friend may be a good thing for him.