Friend Maewitch has a friend who makes beautiful jewelry, and she'd desperately like to sell a little more of it because her kitty is sick and will need a lot of money to treat. Kitty Olive recently had an expensive eye infection, and now she has fused vertebrae and needs an MRI and/or surgery.
Here's Olive--can you resist this beautiful face?? Here's her story.
I forgot to mention--when talking about Minion's upcoming spaying, the vet asked: Do you just want to fix her or do you want to declaw her too?
EEEEK!
I wonder if she asks because it's silly (and dangerous) to put the cat through one operation, and then later another one? I have trouble imagining it's for money reasons (like offering the special of the day!) since vets are pretty unanimous in their disapproval.
I was so startled, I said No of course not!! And she said good, and nodded in approval. I added--they can rip up the furniture for all I care.
As I've mentioned, we never brought Haley to the vet because we knew she and Sherry would give us hell when we brought her home (reminder: he always thought Nombly was a new cat when he got home from the vet, and would Freak Out. Haley would have Freaked Out in return. shiver) But I want to start bringing her regularly now.
And Minion needed booster shots, and to talk about getting her fixed. So they both went to the doctor tonight.
I love my vet. I considered switching to the kitty-vet near our home, but then I heard some things that made me unsure of them, and I decided to stick with our current vet. We have to take a cab (well we could take the bus, but I don't want to MEOW MEOW MEOW for 20-30 minutes in public), but the doctor has cats too, and everyone is very sweet and treats them well.
Tonight she was quite relaxed so she spent a lot of time, telling kitty stories, exchanging information etc. A nice visit for me. And nice enough for Minion. She got to explore allll over the room. She's hard to treat cause she's squirmy-wirmy, but she didn't growl or hiss etc, just meowed her heartbreakingly sweet tiiiiny little meow. "Oh oh ! Saaaave me!" She wasn't fooling anyone.
I agreed to have them tested for Feline HIV and Lukemia since, as adopted cats, I can't be 100% certain neither has it. Might as well pay the money once and that's it. But taking blood isn't much fun, and Haley HATED it. She hated being held down by the vet tech, and then her veins weren't super good so it was longer. And they couldn't get enough from one arm, so had to do the other. They had to keep a collar on her so she couldn't bite them.
When I told Fernando about it I said:
- She was a good girl. Well, a medium-good girl.
And Haley replied [via Fernando]:
- I didn't KILL anyone. And I could have!
Me: That's true. You were a good girl.
Haley: I've killed before, you know. Why do you think I had to leave BC?
Me: So that tattoo on your ear isn't from a vet, it's from prison??
She refused to answer. So, you know, she was as good a girl as she could be, given her black nature. She's been calm since being home, though. That's the first time I've ever taken her out and brought her back, so proof too that we're not giving her away! She's been sitting here, relaxing on the tray table, listening to the rain and the thunder.
And for 2 hours now she's been obsessively licking her arms where they put the needles in, passive aggressively informing me that I am NOT to do such things again! Well, she's a good weight, clean eyes and ears, no heart murmur etc. So no more blood tests for a long time, let's hope.
In other cat news... last year my friend recommended the following cat litter box, and unless you have an electronic one, I highly recommend it. I just tried it out for the first time and it works perfectly, it's easy, and it's fast. The simplest and most effective design I've yet seen for a litter box.
You fill it with litter, then when it's time to clean you roll it all the way down to the floor, then back up. The used litter gets filtered into a tray, you pull out the tray and empty it. Done. I see a couple negative reviews on the Canadian Tire site, but I didn't have the problems mentioned. However I did buy the large size because the filter inside takes up a lot of space. The Cdn Tire one might be the smaller size. This must be the bigger one, it's much more expensive. My friend got his at Club Price, I ordered mine from an Ontario pet store. Or just search "cat litter box roll away." )
NOTE - My brother says my description sucks, so you can watch this video instead. I'd also like to mention that the inventor here pronounces "voilà" as "whoila", as did someone who wrote a review for it, and as do, apparently, a number of people.
minion was sucking on my finger, laying on my arm, and fell asleep. i can tell b/c she's doing that twitchy-asleep thing. but my finger pad is still between her teeth and she keeps biting down. she is so obnoxious and cute.
things have gotten stormy in the meowee east. the problem is minion's idea of a good time is to jump up in the air and land on haley's back. over and over. it's not appreciated.
[She's off my hand! She almost punctured the skin of my finger! The rotten bum.]
She also doesn't respect Haley's high up hiding places, so there's no way to escape unless I lock Minion up.
I read that little kitties are often inappropriately aggressive in play and their mothers have to teach them to play more gently. So I've been teaching her the meaning of NO! And often: MINION!!! I've been successful enough that I was able to get her off Haley's perch, without having to get up and physically remove her, for the time today. Since I've started this, things have settled down a little.
I have all these Cutesie pictures of Minion, and not Haley, cause she likes to sit on the couch with me. So Haley doesn't. (Except during Minion Lockdown.) Though since I've been taming the beast, Haley's been hanging around a little more.
So much for not being dominant. Interestingly Haley never gives Minion the smackdown I suspect she's fully capable of. She yells, she hisses, she swats--but I have personally been on the receiving end of a Wolverbean, so I know she can do more. I don't know if she holds back because Minion's a baby? Or she only believes in savaging humans, and not fellow cats?
Ah well, here's the latest pics.
Happiness is a warm kitty on your lap, on a chilly night.
It's hard to take a picture of a cat when she keeps chasing the camera strap.
I finally realized how to give myself an asymmetrical shag haircut. A regular layered cut is easiest to do by tipping your head upside down and cutting in a straight line. So I thought, well, just cut in a diagonal!
It worked perfectly. I decided to go with a longer cut, and I can make it super short on the one side if I want, next time. The problem with a real short cut is you have to part your hair unnaturally really to the side, and I don't know if it would always be flipping back and bugging me.
initial cut
drying
I love the first shower after a haircut--washing your hair goes zoom!
I also gave myself thicker bangs, starting further up my head. We'll see how I like that.
Friend Maewitch has a friend who makes beautiful jewelry, and she'd desperately like to sell a little more of it because her kitty is sick and will need a lot of money to treat. Kitty Olive recently had an expensive eye infection, and now she has fused vertebrae and needs an MRI and/or surgery.
