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[May Kasahara]

I definitely have ear tuft jealousy pesh

 

[seeformiles]

Lil’ Bob - all nose and teeth (& in my chair - again)

 

[Epona]

This morning before I got up, Radar was cuddling my face in bed and accidentally scratched my cheek.

This morning at work about 3 people asked what had happened to my face, was I ok - I explained it but was surprised there was so much interest in it.

UNTIL at lunchtime when I went to a greasy spoon with mirrored tiles on the wall - and realised that I had spent the morning with dried blood all over my cheek...

 

[High Voltage]

Guess who's going to the V. E. T. tomorrow?

Stinky breath Casper, that's who

And we've already got him booked in for dental surgery should the need arise without him having to come home and make a return visit

 

[Manter]

Idiot cat has taken to drinking bath water. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Idiot cat has taken to drinking bath water. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Manter]

The edge of the bath is quite narrow and he’s a BIG cat.... I am a bit nervous

 

[fucthest8]

This morning before I got up, Radar was cuddling my face in bed and accidentally scratched my cheek.

This morning at work about 3 people asked what had happened to my face, was I ok - I explained it but was surprised there was so much interest in it.

UNTIL at lunchtime when I went to a greasy spoon with mirrored tiles on the wall - and realised that I had spent the morning with dried blood all over my cheek...

Can't believe no-one told you. Surely "Okay, but you know you've got blood on you, right?"

 

[Epona]

Can't believe no-one told you. Surely "Okay, but you know you've got blood on you, right?"

Nah - almost certainly within seconds of me arriving on site they will have started betting on how long it would take me to notice

 

[fucthest8]

Nah - almost certainly within seconds of me arriving on site they will have started betting on how long it would take me to notice

 

[May Kasahara]

Yet more Donut



More Donut foot

 

[trabuquera]

Gorgeousness!

 

[wiskey]

The edge of the bath is quite narrow and he’s a BIG cat.... I am a bit nervous

I have very strong memories of the time one of my childhood cats fell in my bath ... One minute everything was calm, the next half my bathwater had moved across the room with the very shocked cat!

 

[wiskey]

Weebles was SO happy that the beastlets spent bedtime with her

 

[Red Cat]

Lovely to see all the cats. I will post one of our Minou soon, he's got hyperthyroidism but is doing really well on the medication. I need to take an up to date pic.

 

[petee]

there's a vet next door to my apt building, they've put a tiny couch in the window so the house cat can look adorable for passers-by

 

[hegley]

Boopable.

 

[stavros]

There's something about snooker being on the telly which means my lap is unavoidable.

 

[seeformiles]

Guess who's going to the V. E. T. tomorrow?

Stinky breath Casper, that's who

And we've already got him booked in for dental surgery should the need arise without him having to come home and make a return visit

we took our two yesterday for their jabs - Vic is the picture of health but poor Bob shows signs of having fleas plus is officially a fat bastard. Rationing of treats not being received terribly well so far..

 

[High Voltage]

Well, Casper was lulled into a false sense of security with the cat box being left out AND OPEN for the last couple of days - Mrs Voltz had got the boys in earlier in the day (they then spent the rest of the afternoon "fighting" - which was nice)

I got home from work at bang on 5:00 - a quick scritch of both Casper and Clive and then a quick pick up 'n' plonk into the cat box

HE WAS NOT A HAPPY CAT

Singing the song of his people - scratching the floor of the box trying to get out - eyes wide like saucers. So we covered him up and took him to the vet

The vet was pre-warned about him either being:-

Super stressed and "catatonic" like his brother was - so easy to handle

OR

Super fiesty

Guess which one he was?

The second the cat box was opened he was out and trying to get out of the room - Yeowling - really not wanting to be there

He jumped up on a window ledge - I was able to get close to him and start stroking him and trying to get him to calm down

The vet had these, what can only be described as "magic" calming wipes and within seconds he was calming right down and the vet became only the 4th person in 4 years of having him who's managed to touch him

He's got some dental problems which will only become evident when he's been knocked out - so best case he has a clean, descale and polish - worst case he has tooth or teeth out

And he comes home this afternoon/evening

Wonder how long it'll be before he's forgiven us?

Pics will, of course, follow

 

[High Voltage]

Gummies all back safe and sound I've been informed

Minus 10 teefs

 

[stavros]

One day, cats will realise that if they run to their feeding spot it doesn't mean that food will get there any quicker.

 

[High Voltage]

All forgiven

 

[KatyF]

Forgot to post this on Sunday (forgive the last night's makeup), Delilah enjoying a Sunday lie in

 

[Epona]

Gummies all back safe and sound I've been informed

Minus 10 teefs

How is the wee mite doing?

All of mine have had teeth surgically removed at some point or another - Radar went with a full mouth of teeth for 13 years then got feline tooth resorption - which is I think an auto-immune disorder in which their immune system starts breaking down the roots of their teeth - cats have 30 teeth and he had 26 removed in one session of surgery. The vet left just his 4 fangs in place, and said they may fall out over time anyway. My other cats have had a few teeth removed every other year it seems, a conveyor belt of dental surgery! Sonic has had one of his fangs out so he is now only vampire kitty on one side of his face

 

[Epona]

One day, cats will realise that if they run to their feeding spot it doesn't mean that food will get there any quicker.

It actually sometimes does though - one of my idiot boys will sit down in front of me and wail when I am carrying his bowl of food - so actually slows me down. If he ran to his feeding spot I would be able to get there a bit quicker

 

[wiskey]

The novelty of kittens who are incapable of using a litter tray has worn off.

I've never had kittens who haven't come house trained, even freshly hatched ones.

Yesterday I bought some urine removing spray, a third (massive) tray and another type of litter. dervish is going to have to have a go at training them tomorrow as I'm out all day.

Unfortunately we don't have any doors downstairs so I can't confine them to a smaller space until they get it either.

 

[High Voltage]

How is the wee mite doing?

All of mine have had teeth surgically removed at some point or another - Radar went with a full mouth of teeth for 13 years then got feline tooth resorption - which is I think an auto-immune disorder in which their immune system starts breaking down the roots of their teeth - cats have 30 teeth and he had 26 removed in one session of surgery. The vet left just his 4 fangs in place, and said they may fall out over time anyway. My other cats have had a few teeth removed every other year it seems, a conveyor belt of dental surgery! Sonic has had one of his fangs out so he is now only vampire kitty on one side of his face

He is, not surprisingly, very skittish indeed. Seeing danger everywhere.

He came and sang us a song this morning at around 4:30 so I got up and went and sat with him and his brother on the sofa for 45 minutes. He spent most of that on my lap purring his little head off

Interesting getting him weighed for the first time he wasn't as heavy as I feared he was, he's around 4.5 kg and the vet felt he was just about spot on for a cat of his size and build

Oh oh normal service sounds like it's just resumed - I've just heard the first play fight twixt the boys

 

[Numbers]

Dennis and Marvin have both been snipped and chipped today

A question if I may. When do/would you start letting kittens out? I can’t remember with our other cats over the years.

 

[Epona]

He is, not surprisingly, very skittish indeed. Seeing danger everywhere.

He came and sang us a song this morning at around 4:30 so I got up and went and sat with him and his brother on the sofa for 45 minutes. He spent most of that on my lap purring his little head off

Interesting getting him weighed for the first time he wasn't as heavy as I feared he was, he's around 4.5 kg and the vet felt he was just about spot on for a cat of his size and build

Oh oh normal service sounds like it's just resumed - I've just heard the first play fight twixt the boys

If he was on opiate pain relief (which is normal after that sort of procedure) that tends to make them really quite hyper (worried and wandering/running around)- they don't know what is going on and don't like it very much IME.