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July 6th 19:09hrs CST I was laying on my paddleboard when I noticed a stationary white dot. My guess is a space station or satellite reflection of the sun. Can you help identify it? Zoom to lower cloud mountain-like formation peak. Taken from https://maps.app.goo.gl/Bm9GnkbgVNxZo8zL9?g\_st=ic

So at the bottom is the (jet?) Its got a whole jetstream behind it going straight and right above it are three rotating lights, somehow keeping up with the jet with much less presence. Seen around 5am Today.

Full disclaimer off the top – I've already been to the vet and the issue has been identified/diagnosed so I'm more so looking for advice and tips from anyone who may have a similar situation with their kitty.

My cat Penelope who's 2 has had a stinky diarrhea issue since she was about 8 months. Took her for a stool sample, and the labs came back showing that she had a overgrowth of Cloristridium Perfringens in her GI tract, which is a naturally occurring bacterium but can cause intestinal inflammation when there's too much of it. No parasites. Treated with antibiotics (metronidazole), few months later came back, did antibiotics again and vet recommended probiotics. Put her on FortiFlora probiotic powder – didn't really help, switched to a different probiotic that has different cultures and that seems to be helping more BUT, the diarrhea keeps breaking through occasionally after the second antibiotic course.

Based on my research it seems that the way this bacteria is kept in line is if the other healthy bacteria are kept in healthy populations so that this one doesn't out-compete them like a weed. So I'm trying to avoid getting her on another metronidazole course as it's a broad-spectrum antibiotic seems to kill off a lot of the gut flora and it's hard to get the microbiome healthy and balanced again.

I've been tracking the diarrhea episodes for several months, and with the probiotics I've managed to get recurrences down from happening every couple weeks, to go over a month without an episode. This last one was 39 days after the previous one. But it's gross, and messy, and I can tell she is having distress before she has a diarrhea episode because she paces and whines ahead of the trip to the litterbox.

My hope is that with probiotics and other dietary supports we can eliminate this issue or get it down to be a very rare occurrence. If nothing works or if it starts to come back more frequently, I may look into a different antibiotic (tylosin) which allegedly specifically targets gram-positive bacteria such as C. perfringens and some of the good bacteria are spared. Right now whenever she has an episode, I give her one dose of EnteroAid paste as that is both a probiotic, and a stool hardening agent. It keeps her from having any more runny poops and seems to make her a lot comfortable within a few hours, which lasts for weeks.

Does anyone have experience with kitties that have fussy microbiomes, and what kind of foods/treats were good, and what kind of food/treats/ingredients is it best to avoid? I have her on Science Diet sensitive skin and stomach dry food formula (chicken and rice), and I rarely give her treats but I give her a bit of Churu sometimes, or a freeze dried salmon treat. Only gave her wet food when she was on antibiotics.

TL;DR – cat diarrhea due to chronic C. Perfringens infection, having recurrences every 6 weeks now, trying to manage it with diet. Looking for diet/supplement tips.

Cat tax

I have it on my profile that I like nice guys, so this guy matched me and asked what I think a “nice guy” is. I wrote my response and then asked him what he thinks a “nice guy” is and he responded with this. I’m pretty sure it’s AI and I want to call him out on it but I want to be sure since I’m really bad at detecting AI.

Is this an AI response? What can I point out in case he claims it’s not?

Also, English is not his first language so should I feel like an ass for him using AI?

for reference, my story has a 13 month (28 day) calendar!

The top part is me using my base to find out how slow time goes. This is for magical girls, in which their human soul and body ages 12x slower to prevent hunger and such while transformed (They were built as fighting tools).

the bottom is an example character who is 30 years old before becoming a magical girl and being forced into a transformed state for 20 years. Is her age correct in correlation with her birthday (9/2)? If not, can someone please guide me through how to exactly determine their age properly?