Happy Thanksgiving

We cooked a turkey here at the house, and my own kitties were quite enthralled with the scent. When it was done, I took little pieces and gave it to my kitties. They all enjoyed it, but jack and muffin became turkey vultures. I went off to give Emerald some, and she took her sweet time standing up and before she could get to the piece both of the turkey vultures were poised to steal it from her.. so I dangled a larger piece in front of them, and led them off into the other room.

Later that night I took a small plate into the kittens. The pieces were small but they were big compared to what the kittens normally eat. They were absolutely thrilled. George and Gracie had to "kill" their meat before they ate it. They had so much fun and enjoyed it a lot.

can you say AWWWW.. i knew you could

I went in to cuddle with kittens last night. They are always very cuddly before dinner, but this time, after I fed them I hung out for a while.. laid down on the couch in the room, and started watching TV. One at a time the kittens all came back to sit on me and groom. after they were clean, they then cuddled up to me. Gracie got under my chin, George was on my shoulder attacking my glasses and my ear, Shirley cuddled up next to Gracie, and The Fluffinator started out on my stomach next to Shirley, but then moved up near George, and fell asleep next to me on my arm, on his back.. it was EVER so cute.. sleeping in the same position as I was laying down.

ever had four kitties in your lap at once?

It was so fun today.. I went into the kitten room late this morning, and they were happy to see me. They have figured out what dry food is for, but they do not like to eat it.. so they were a little hungry, so all four kittens were on my lap purring, being absolutely adorable.. it was so sweet. Sadly the Fluffinator is still a little skittish of me.. he stands off to the side when I walk in the room. I suppose that is a good thing, I won't step on him again that way. Unfortunately, they are still going pale in the gums from time to time.. I really should look into it and see what is going on. Shirley's glands are still very swollen as well. I think I'll mention it to the vet when I go in on Tuesday.

yes.. Tuesday. I'm taking a personal day off from work. My grandmother died last night. I met her once. I personally am not upset about it. I'm more just out of whack. Just seems so strange. My mother.. she's a different story. It's like her mother's death didn't affect her at all. It feels like she's only taking the time off because it's in her contract, and since she didn't take any time off when her father died - a couple of years ago.. which totally didn't affect me - she feels she has this time coming to her. I'm going to go over tomorrow and bake cookies with her for a bit, then come home and sleep. I'm sure a nice long nap will put things back into perspective for me.

oops

I stepped on Fluffy today. I didn't mean to, and I didn't do an ounce of damage physically, but the poor thing was terrified of me afterwards.. So I picked him up and cuddled him, making sure everything was okay, and gaining back his trust. After a few moments I had it, so I put him down.. he was fine.. untill I stood up, then he was all cowering again. It would have been so adorable if I hadn't felt so horrible about it

Emerald has been on the PZI now for a few days and has been doing extremely well on it. Her coat is better, and she seems a bit more interested in what is going on around her.

I think there has been a slight improvement in Eli's eyes. He has been visiting the herbalist twice a week now for a bit.. she's using a laser on his face to stimulate growth of healthy tissue around his blockage. He's such a sweet little boy, but I think he's catching on to his Monday and Friday trips to the vet..

Vaccinating kittens

Well.. the kittens are doing so well that I gave them their first round of shots today. All kittens get at least one distemper shot and a rabies shot when they are neutered. If they have been at the shelter long enough (one month) they get their second set as well. I should have given them the first shot the other week, but they were so sick, the doctors recommended against it. Today Fluffy's eye is so much better it's not noticeable, and we only have an occasional sneeze.. although was a pile up of snot around fluffy's nose.. but I wasn't worried. They took it beautifully.. although fluffy did squirm quite a bit, and I did need some help holding him still. I took a few more pictures. Lest you think getting good kitten pictures is easy, let me assure you, it is not..


I spent some time today and did a little grooming of my own kitties.the whole teeth cleaning, nail trimming, combing thing.. which usually follows giving out a whole bag of kitty treats to tempt another kitty to come close to me when they just saw what was going on. We got through it all with relatively little hassle. Going to start Emerald's PZI tomorrow.. hopefully, she'll do well on a low dose, cause that stuff is expensive. Not that she's not worth it.. but we can hope.