is there anything cuter than a sleeping kitten?

Um.. yeah.. an Emmy that eats!! Well she's not back to her ol' self just quite yet, but she did have a moist treat when I offered her one. Usually you have throw them at her cause she gets so excited she ends up nipping your fingers trying to get to it.. It was very mellow, but she did eat it.

I spent the day away from the house. She vomited last night and has explosive diarrhea, I called the vet and he said not to worry. Other vet said to worry only if she wasn't eating by Wednesday. So I left the house. I actually went to the movies on my own for the first time ever. Was kind of a bizarre feeling, but you know, when you go to the movies with a friend, you really are in their by yourself when you think about it. It's not like you chat during the movie - or at least you shouldn't. I actually didn't attend the movie by myself though. A woman and her young daughter came in and the daughter ended up wanting to sit with me. Well, not so much with ME, but right next to where I was sitting. I didn't mind at all, she was cute. I came home to find Em still lying on the bed, more diarrhea on the floor (she tried but she missed) and the treats I left her next to her. But I gave them to her and she ate. So I gave her the food that was in the room and she started eating that too. The dr recommended I give her some Pepcid AC to help settle her stomach, but pilling her and her not eating is what caused this in the first place.. since she's not eating, I don't feel comfortable pilling her.

I went down stairs to give the kittens some attention. They have had the run of the room for a while and aren't making a complete mess, so I'm leaving them free. This means they wear themselves out during the day instead of waiting till I show up. So they ate dinner and went to sleep... on me. it was sweet.

*crosses fingers we see the light at the end of the tunnel*

the kittens first outing

I went to play with the kittens the other night and noticed one of them was much shyer (shier? more shy?) than the others. I thought it would be a good idea to take them up to my previous place of employment so they could get some travel time and some cuddling. It was fun, but they were a bit too squirmy for a furniture store. Wasn't like we could let them down and let them run around. They will be going back to the shelter on Tuesday. They are big enough now, but finding a vet who had time to do them was the issue.

Well Em's curve was non-existent. Her readings were in the 300s all day, so we put her back on one unit of insulin. This LOOKS like it is good for her. She licked all the food off her plate, and then when she got to Eli's and jack's plates, she licked them clean too. She's spunky and this FEELS right. I'll test her in a couple of days and make sure we are on the right track, then do another curve.

The one reading will give me a ballpark of where her sugars are - in relation to where they should be. Doing a curve - taking readings every several hours throughout the day - gives me (and the doctor) a better idea of how she is processing her foods and dealing with the insulin. Since she doesn't like to bleed for me and gets quite grumpy when I try to stab her ear, I've started getting the blood out of her claws. Her back claws have very long quicks and needed to be trimmed back anyway. I bought some styptic powder and only once did I need it... no wait, twice, but the first time didn't really work. Done right, getting blood out of her claws is WAY easier than stabbing her ear.. but since the claws don't heal quite like the ears do, I really can't be doing them as often. Worse comes to worse I can start stabbing her ear again.

I'm currently a stay at home fur mom

Well, the cats have figured out I'm home full time now. They love it. It's so cute, no matter where I am I have at least four of the six cats with me. Right now I have Eli sitting on the printer watching my typing. Tweedle is in the chair next to me, and Muffin is in the other chair that she has taken to - and I have only been in here for less than five minutes! Give it a few moments, and Em will be in here too.

Speaking of Em... I think she is still losing weight. I am going to do a full BG curve on her tomorrow. I did have a thought that maybe she's losing weight due to the fact we had fleas (I HATE FLEAS) a while back, and she might (yes, I'm reaching) might have tape worms. I haven't seen evidence of it, but you don't often till the infestation is pretty far along. I think I'll get something to deworm her just in case If her BG tomorrow is normal, I'll wait a bit and take her in to see Dr. B when the exams are due in Feb. If not, I'll schedule them next week or so... wait.. next week or so is Feb.. *rolls eyes* I don't know. She looks good, she's acting fine (well except the sleeping in the kitchen on the mat, but then again maybe the mat is comfortable) she loves her wet food, and she still takes her pills like a trooper.

I'm also finding flea dirt on Em. Not on anyone else, and I'm not finding fleas. At least I THINK its flea dirt. I wonder if I shouldn't give her a bath and see what happens. I suppose I could just frontline everyone again to be on the safe side, but that is expensive. At $11.00 a cat.... well let's just say I'm glad I don't have any more than I do.

Although technically I do. I just brought home a mom and her four kittens. Someone else was fostering, and had to go out of town for a bit, so they are here. The kittens are big enough, but the shelter is all booked up with neuterings at the local vets, so I'll keep them here until next week. Mom is still sniffly, so she's on doxy for a few more days. I put them in the basement. It seemed warm enough. I'll have to make sure. I don't really want them upstairs if they are sick without transporting the cage up here too, which I also don't really want to do. I do have a heater I can turn on.. which is probably what is going to happen. They were a little freaked out by the move, so I'm letting them settle. I need to go down and give them "what for" though, to get them to open up and be more social. Kittens that hide in the back of the cage don't get adopted easily.

I am surprised by how many kittens the shelter still has in its care. It was such a late starting season.. but man did it last. When are people going to learn to get their cats altered?? arrrgh.