Happy birthday to me

It started this morning at 12:01... I swear. Muffin woke me up to give me attention. Em started in at a reasonable hour. Jack came out of his 'seclusion' and was ALL over me.

Yeah.. probably reading more into it that there was, but you know what, I'm happier thinking my 'kids' care than thinking they are just sitting on me cause I'm warm. and I'm happy in my little land of denial.. :D

btw... do you think I should change the name of this blog to the tails from the cat lady??

:)

I've been having fun surfing cat websites from a piece of spam called topcatlinks.com. I found on my cat newsgroup. I couldn't resist. I normally shun all things like this, but it seemed so innocent - till I got so caught up in it all, and wasted several hours just looking at cat stuff. gifts, graphics, etc. This one I had to share.


Totally off topic: I broke a nail while gardening today (I have acrylics). I came to a realization. I hate gardening. There is only one thing I like about it, and that is having flowering plants, or nice plants, near me. I don't like being outside. I don't like working in dirt, I don't like running across ants the size of cars, I don't like finding insect pupa, I don't like flying insects that want to bite me, and I most definitely do not like the sun.

I also fed Jack his dinner, which he ate most of. I opened a jar of chicken baby food which he shunned (the world is coming to an end!!) and cuddled him a bit with his collar off. His urine again went from clear to bloody, so I popped his clavamox in him and put him back. He was NOT happy... but its in his best interest.

oh the guilt trips cats can lay

It's amazing.. it really is. Last night we were out late, so the kids didn't get their dinner till almost 11. Eli and Jack get fed wet food upstairs - because of their previous history with crystals, and the rest go downstairs to get dry. Well, Eli dug right in, and Jack sniffed and walked away. He then proceeded to do what looked like a pee pee dance, or for more official terminology, he looked like he was trying to spray. I felt his bladder, it didn't seem that big, but he was dribbling a bit, and looking very uncomfortable, so we took him to the new local emergency clinic. Almost 400 dollars later, he's here with a catheter in him being very pathetic. I set up a cage for him because the catheter is causing him to leak urine uncontrollably, which is a good thing for him, but not so good for wandering the house. He also has an E-collar on, which makes him act very pathetic. I took the collar off him for a while and went and cuddled him in another room with a towel, but he didn't want to sit there, he wanted to go conquer his domain. I feel bad, but I'd rather he be here than spend the day at the emergency hospital.

As for the guilt trip, last night when we called the vet, Jack gave a startled expression when we mentioned the vet clinic. Yes.. We are probably projecting. Then once we got there, he cowered in my arms making me not want to leave him. Which was his plan all along, but since I AM the human, I knew better and did. After the tech took him away, he started crying out, but when I didn't come to his rescue, he hushed, and the tech said he settled in great out back and was purring away.

We picked him up this morning, brought him home. I took off his collar and he ate some. I then left him alone for a bit while I caught up on some sleep. Then the cuddling, which of course caused me to notice that the urine coming out was now pink not clear as it had been. I can't help but wonder if all his moving around caused the catheter to irritate something so now he's bleeding. So I'm going to leave him alone in his party hat in his sad little cage till dinner time. It's amazing how docile he is in that hat.

As for the fosters, they are doing really well. I dewormed them. I think there might be a different parasite involved than what nemex will kill, cause their bellies are still very round, and their bones still are very evident. I'm going to try to catch some fresh kitten poop next time I'm in to get analyzed. They are really very cute and friendly. Their thing is to crawl into the couch. The couch is a base, with two pillows to sit on, then three for the back. The back ones are movable, and the base pillows don't stay tight to the back, so it creates caverns. They love to sleep in that. They are still VERY messy but are looking very good. Gig's is doing well too. Still a bit of a wobble, but she is climbing the scratching post thing, and being a terror.

I smell like urine. I need to do some gardening, so I'll probably just head outside, and hope no one just drops by.

Hug Your Cat Day

I got an email today saying today was hug your cat day. I googled, and found today was, yesterday was, and so was May 15th. So come on people.. get a huggin.

• Maximum people love cat, so if we spend a day on our lovely cat then it will became beautiful. For this reason every year we celebrate Hug Your Cat Day on 4th June, so open your arms and hold your dear cats closer to your heart, and celebrate this day with your sweet cats also encourage all the cat lovers you know among your friends and family members. However don't miss this day without celebration

kitten update

oh they are so cute. sadly they are too fast too. For example, yesterday i went into the room and Kau was sleeping in the dry food bowl, but the second he saw me he got up and ran toward me. Cloud was sleeping on the couch but also on the pillow, so he was practically upside down, but again moved by the time I even thought of getting a picture. Scarlett and Zhannah - who I'm changing the name for now to gizmo, are both very affectionate. Scarlett in an "I'm a princess, adore me!" kind of way, and Giz in an "I like it when you pat me so I'm going to walk all over you" kind of way. Giz still obviously has issues. It's not IMMEDIATELY apparent, but it is pretty quick. I suppose if you weren't used to what kittens do, you might just think it was young kitten uncoordinated, but I know better.

Cloud finally started eating the other day. I once again put food in his mouth and he tried to spit it out, I put it back, and out it came, but by the third try, he figured out it was supposed to go the other way and he liked it.

on an off note, Kau is starting to remind me of a previous foster I had named Domino. it's cute.