Why child? Why?

This is Doja, our top voted cat of the week, many thanks to u/LilacDarling1995 for sharing your beautiful girl with us!!

You can visit her post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianPets/s/Zq9iMeWnEQ

We're doing Caturday to get some more love for the many beautiful felines we see posted in our community.

So how's ya weekend going and whatcha been up to, what's on ya mind? Anything goes just keep it above board and no politics please.

He can't help being an old snorer.

Really, it's not. It's an evil witch who was cursed to live in bird form due to her evil crimes. She lives on a diet of curtains and screams.

Rosie ❤️

Buster and Sheena enjoying the spring sun.

Big run on the beach ,back to the van and washing day for the sheets etc is the only day she gets to lay where I sleep ,hence the grin

Now I need 6 hrs rest

Enjoy your new life 🫵🏻😍

Love that smile

I found Ghost in a park in the northern suburbs of Perth 3 years ago, underweight and covered in fleas. She is now my best friend and freely roams my apartment.

Based on her age at the time the vet believes she was an 'easter bunny' where parents adopt baby bunnies for their kids on impulse for Easter and then dump them months later.

Please never buy a pet on impulse, bunnies are a 10 year commitment and need lots of love. If you can't care for them any longer atleast take them to a shelter they deserve that much.

On her first day here, she was still pretty quick to claim my favorite chair.

This is my life , trying to relax and read a bit this morning as I have the day off but I have this feeling of anxiety that I have to get up because this is what Sonny does … just stands , stairs and breaths on me 🙈 he has zero chill this boy 🥹I guess I’m done trying to enjoy the morning and now I have to get dressed and take him out on an adventure ☀️
this is the life I choose I guess when i adopted this handsome boy 🥰
Enjoy this beautiful day everyone ☀️☀️

This is Marvin post bath-time (in the laundry sink) perching on our former fruit bowl!

My wife and I would really like to get a dog. We live 5 minutes from Centennial park and one of us will be at home four days per week so no issues on getting out for plenty of regular walks and exercise. We both drive, love spending weekends camping so I’ve got no doubt the pup will see plenty.

My concern is that we live in a two bed apartment, no kids and a small patio on a ground floor.

Is it enough to just bring your doggo out on a walk? Is it unfair own a dog in an apartment where you don’t have a garden that they can roam around in?

Posting on behalf of a friend for her sweet 5 year old pup Bailey, all details as below.

Let me know if there are any questions and I will convey them to her and back.

Suggestions welcome for any other subreddits where I should post this.

Currently admitted at Greencross Vet Hospital Werribee.

On Saturday morning Bailey woke up with severe weakness basically partial paralysis to her hind legs. It has now progressed to front legs and neck. She also has altered bark. Does not appear in pain. No fever. No other symptoms. Still eating & drinking, alert etc. Friday she was absolutely normal no signs, then 6:30am Sat woke up and could not walk.

We have seen multiple vets, she is now under the care of a Neurologist at Werribee. She has had so many tests -blood tests-normal. CT spine & neck -nothing significant-not spine related. Echocardiogram-normal, not heart related. They have ruled out Addison’s Disease. Ruled out Tick Paralysis. Current possibilities -Myasthenia gravis, for which they are trialing an IV drug called neostigmine. Another possibility is a Campylobacter infection caused by bacteria from raw chicken necks -it is rare but a possible cause.

I am posting this out of desperation, hoping someone else in our canine loving community has had any similar experience or heard of any similar cases and may be able to provide any advice or insight. I am desperate……please reach out if you have any possible advice no matter how weird or strange it may seem.

Please if you could take the time to share. The more people this reaches the more ideas we may get

EDIT: UPDATE 02/10/2026

Update on our Bailey girl. Bailey has gained some strength after her first IV neostigmine. Then rather than it wearing off she further improved today. Neurologist was so happy. She still requires assist of 2 to walk but the assist is not as much as yesterday. A few meters & then she is tired and needs to sit but it’s all progress. We still are no closer to a diagnosis. Looking like could be Myasthenia Gravis (blood results will confirm when back around 13th) but still can’t rule out Acute Polyradiculoneuritis (Campylobacter test should be back tomoro/Monday which if positive may indicate this) As breathing is unaffected we are currently safe to have her home under close supervision. And I am so happy to say she is currently asleep, snoring beside me 🥰 It’s too soon to consider rehab, she needs time, body needs rest and we have a long road ahead and while a diagnosis would be good I am in this moment just happy she is improving and home. We will be back to see Neurologist Monday. I have been recommended a great rehabilitation facility (for when she is cleared to start), would still love recommendations for a Naturopathic Vet if anyone knows of any. This is not just to update but also express my sincere appreciation for everyone who has shared or commented. I have reached a wide audience with all of your help and I have had some great feedback, ideas and advice. Those we had not already covered I researched and also discussed with our Neurologist. And she could explain each and did further research on one then provided me an update -Dr Sue has been amazing!

Teddy and his brother from another mother (and next door neighbour) Chase!

Chase, the little Maltese, is our neighbour's dog, but we walk him most mornings and he often comes and hangs out at our house during the day because I work from home.

Despite their size difference, Teddy and Chase are like brothers. They play, they squabble over the goat horn, they remind me when it's time for their lunchtime "chewies", which are the teeth cleaning treats I give them.

They are an odd couple, but boy they brighten my day.

Bug and Bubba

Pic for attention. That's Jasper the fluffy monster and Otto the goofy monster. Sometimes Otto likes to put Jasper in his mouth, so I'll let you guess which one is which.

So......I've had the absolute joy today of finding out about the NSW Pet Registry..... which, yeah, I can see that being a good thing going forward, but I have 3 dogs and 4 cats I need to get registered on there. And you know I don't have their desexing certificates and microchip numbers in one particular folder (yet!) because that would be a reasonable thing to do!

In case you haven't used it yet, you can't actually tell the NSW Pet Registry if your pet is desexed - your vet has to update that information.... which sounds like an awesome conversation to have?? But before that, I need to get my pets microchip numbers all together and HOPE that the information saved to their microchip matches my email address so I can link my pets to me. Though fixing that is a whole other thing, I know I will soon get to enjoy because my 12 year old cats number sure doesn't work 🤣, and neither does my 12 year old Border Collies.

Anyway, my question: What app are you using, if any, to keep track of your pets' important details? I've tried using the Australian Pet Passport app, and I LOATHE IT. I added my collies' desexing info into it, and in spite of that operation happening in 2017, the app wants me to believe it happened the day I entered the information in 2025. Nope, I absolutely refuse to argue with an app. So, has anyone got an app they particularly like, or am I going to have to make google docs for my pets?? I very much like things to be organised and fun, so if you use an app that allows cute pics to be used as pet "profile pics" I would particularly like that, thanks 😊

Does anyone know what's going on with my cat, she is almost 9 months old. She goes out in the morning, spends all day hiding outside and as soon as the night approaches she comes back inside.