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May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Sleepy company as we watch a film on the sofa.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I think you might have to explain the plot of the film to her when she wakes up
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
Arnold went to the vet's and he's had antibiotics and something else. (I didn't go.) [ETA steroids apparently]
Apparently the vet said it could be that, Epona, eosinophilic granuloma. Thanks for that info. So he's going to be getting a new metal bowl just in case.
If the soreness hasn't gone down in a couple of weeks he's to have some medicine to go in his food. If he won't have it he'll have to go back and have it as a jab.
Hopefully this latest treatment and a new bowl will do the trick though. He's fast asleep now, poor little fella, but he's ok; he was even purring earlier.
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rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Katniss knows how to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
one of them accepted brief pettings this afternoon when i was on the way back from the shop - think it was nervous calico
Cheering Mogacar's win?
story
Changing the facts
Carrie is not stupid. She realised I was locking the catflap at bedtime and has started strategically being out at that time.
She seems to be spending more time outdoors now it's cold and wet than she was beforeI have this slight fear as I did when she wasn't eating her wet food that she's got a second home lined up
but she does always come back.
It's an argument for putting a collar on her which I still haven't even attempted.
We had a blue Burmese cat in the family home when I was a kid. She’d deliberately go out when it was raining and sit on the flat roof yowling. No one could work out if she was yowling to express great pleasure in being soaking wet, or was yowling because she hated it and was being a diva about wanting someone to go rescue her.
Thing is, even if cats do colonise a second home, they’ll normally come back to base (unless they’re miserable there, which seems very unlikely for Carrie). Also, cats do roam for long long periods of time. Sometimes I won’t see Cat for 20 hours and then he’ll come back, crash out, eat and leave again. I think he has a spot in a nearby garden where he hunkers down. I also think he does visit other houses, for pure curiosity and also for dining out (although that’s definitely less often so I suspect the local diner has installed a security cat flap to keep him out).
I used to worry and worry about cats being out for ages, but then realised they’re more like housemates than like pets. They come and go as they please. And of course, they are training us to comply with their preferences.
The Auld Warrior: sometimes I’d encounter him really far away from the house, just sauntering along and I’d be surprised, and he’d be surprised too.
The One-eyed fella would sometimes not come home for several days at a stretch. He’d sometimes smell of… like, air freshener, or laundry? so it’s likely he was hanging out in someone else’s home. He always did come home though.
Very few of my cats have tolerated a collar. I found the place where the One-eyed cat was using a small branch to hook off his collar: there were three on the branch and another on the ground beneath it. Current Cat got rid of 5 collars before I gave in. I kept trying because his cat flap is magnet operated, but he just busts it open with brute force now.
story
Changing the facts
Further to this…
When I was making the bed yesterday I discovered a small red mark and a tiny morsel of mouse on the bedspread. And this morning I found a strange sac (maybe the stomach?) intact and neatly excised from the rest of the corpse and discarded as unpalatable, just beside the bed.
So…. yup, I’m sleeping through his midnight feasts.
LeytonCatLady
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I had the same from Lilith yesterday!
LeytonCatLady
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Poor Lilith wasn't too happy with me earlier. I put bleach on my hair in prep for a colour change, and while I was chilling on the bed, she came and sat on my shoulder, and her tail brushed against my head and got some bleach in it. I immediately freaked out in case she ended up licking it and poisoning herself, so I picked her up, took her to the bathroom and washed it out of her fur. She was so pissed off, but seems to have forgiven me now.
LeytonCatLady
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LeytonCatLady
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May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Donut currently making a mockery of this post as he tucks into an enormous pigeon in the back garden
I'm the same about Gary killing mice, I'm phobic and I don't want them in my house. This includes him bringing pressies in. Bastard brought one in recently and my hands were shaking when I swept it into the dustpan and threw it in the bin, although at least it was dead. He's never killed birds to my knowledge and I hope he doesn't.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Jakey has been dropped off at the vet for day 1 of his IV fluid therapy.
Bit worried due to risk of heart failure (not sure if I posted about this before, it's been on my mind).
Cried a bit as we were leaving, I hate the fact he's not at home with me.
At least he doesn't tend to be very afraid, he'll be a bit nervous but the nurses know he's affectionate and that some cuddles will probably make him feel better.
They like having a cat in that is amenable to cuddles
I have to pick him up at 18:30.
Bit worried due to risk of heart failure (not sure if I posted about this before, it's been on my mind).
Cried a bit as we were leaving, I hate the fact he's not at home with me.
At least he doesn't tend to be very afraid, he'll be a bit nervous but the nurses know he's affectionate and that some cuddles will probably make him feel better.
They like having a cat in that is amenable to cuddles
I have to pick him up at 18:30.
LeytonCatLady
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May the day fly by for both of you as quickly as possible. I'm sure he'll be OK, but I know how horrible it must be ((( Epona and Jakey )))Jakey has been dropped off at the vet for day 1 of his IV fluid therapy.
Bit worried due to risk of heart failure (not sure if I posted about this before, it's been on my mind).
Cried a bit as we were leaving, I hate the fact he's not at home with me.
At least he doesn't tend to be very afraid, he'll be a bit nervous but the nurses know he's affectionate and that some cuddles will probably make him feel better.
They like having a cat in that is amenable to cuddles
I have to pick him up at 18:30.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Can't believe with the amount they are charging me that I had to take in a pouch of our own food for him to have for lunch - cheeky feckers when it comes to the £££
I remembered to trim his claws this morning - he's not likely to scratch anyone on purpose, but they were quite overgrown and I thought he might catch someone by accident if he struggles, or get them hooked on the bars of the cage, so I am glad I remembered to do that.
I remembered to trim his claws this morning - he's not likely to scratch anyone on purpose, but they were quite overgrown and I thought he might catch someone by accident if he struggles, or get them hooked on the bars of the cage, so I am glad I remembered to do that.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
Jakey has been dropped off at the vet for day 1 of his IV fluid therapy.
Bit worried due to risk of heart failure (not sure if I posted about this before, it's been on my mind).
Cried a bit as we were leaving, I hate the fact he's not at home with me.
At least he doesn't tend to be very afraid, he'll be a bit nervous but the nurses know he's affectionate and that some cuddles will probably make him feel better.
They like having a cat in that is amenable to cuddles
I have to pick him up at 18:30.
hope all goes well
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Best wishes for a successfully rehydrated Jakey - and that they give him plenty of cuddles to help the medicine go down/in
Ahem, please remember what your primary employment is.
Rebecca Riot
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I live next door but one to a vicarage and for a few years we had a lovely cat loving vicar called Phil and one of my lot use to spend more time down there than he did at home. He'd let himself in through the cat flap and go straight to the fridge as he knew Phil would give him some cheese or a couple of slices of Bernard Matthews ham. Having eaten that, he'd go and play with the resident cat for a while which usually culminated with them sleeping on the bed together.
Back then, I use to try to keep my boy in at night (I've since given up!) and Phil knew this so I'd often get a phone call around 10pm to say "He's asleep on our bed, do you want him home yet?" I'd say yes but 5 minutes later I'd get another call saying "He says he doesn't want to come, can you come and fetch him?"
Many's a time I'd be down in the vicarage at 10.30 pm literally scraping a reluctant cat off their bed and carrying him home!
moose
like some cat from Japan
Oh no! The wildlife of this parish are safe for another 15 hours till we collect the lads from the cattery. Let's hope they don't hate us too much on their return!Donut currently making a mockery of this post as he tucks into an enormous pigeon in the back garden
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Jakey's back home with a massive bandage over the cannula on his front leg, can barely walk but is trying to be ridiculously lively 
So it looks like I might be kipping on the sofa with him tonight to keep an eye on him as he can sort of tumble himself off the sofa but struggles to get back up.
He was very good at the vets, not at all stressed, slept most of the day, ate all his lunch and kept it down, and held his wee in all day until the vet nurse picked him up then let go all down her front
So it looks like I might be kipping on the sofa with him tonight to keep an eye on him as he can sort of tumble himself off the sofa but struggles to get back up.
He was very good at the vets, not at all stressed, slept most of the day, ate all his lunch and kept it down, and held his wee in all day until the vet nurse picked him up then let go all down her front
LeytonCatLady
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Sounds his usual perky self! That's good news.Jakey's back home with a massive bandage over the cannula on his front leg, can barely walk but is trying to be ridiculously lively
So it looks like I might be kipping on the sofa with him tonight to keep an eye on him as he can sort of tumble himself off the sofa but struggles to get back up.
He was very good at the vets, not at all stressed, slept most of the day, ate all his lunch and kept it down, and held his wee in all day until the vet nurse picked him up then let go all down her front
Rebecca Riot
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It's amazing how fluids can perk them up....I suppose it flushes a lot of toxins out of the body.Jakey's back home with a massive bandage over the cannula on his front leg, can barely walk but is trying to be ridiculously lively
So it looks like I might be kipping on the sofa with him tonight to keep an eye on him as he can sort of tumble himself off the sofa but struggles to get back up.
He was very good at the vets, not at all stressed, slept most of the day, ate all his lunch and kept it down, and held his wee in all day until the vet nurse picked him up then let go all down her front
Sleeping on the sofa with him tonight sounds like a good plan as you won't get much restful sleep if you're not in the same room as him as you'll be worrying about him. I've been in that situation too often myself.
