*sobbing*

Yes.. I'm a nut.. man I am going to miss those guys.. in 12 hours I'm sure some of them will have new owners.. or at the very least be being cuddled by strangers..

I made them little beaded collars.. they came out really well.. unfortunately, Fozzie either doesn't like hers or likes it a little too much... she has chewed through two of them already.. so I took them off for the night and will put them on again in the morning. Fozzie's new owners will get the warning.. and if perchance she doesn't go home, I'll take the collar off her before I leave.

*looks down at arm and sees pile of Emmy fur*

I don't need another in my face kitty.. I don't need another in my face kitty.. I don't need another in my face kitty..

*mysteriously remembers the bunny got out of his cage yesterday and wanders off to check on him then toddle off to bed*

Wish me luck..

Oh the fun with glucose strips

Well.. back down to 6 units we went.. and her b/g was quite high.. so we recreated the night by picking up the food early, and her b/g was still high.. so we went to 6.5 units, and her b/g was still high.. so I'm thinking that 40 reading was wrong. Going to go up to 7 units on Sunday and see what that does over the course of the day.

The Muppets are going back tomorrow. The trip to the vets was "fun" Poor Miss Piggy was terrified the whole day.. hissed at one of the techs, kept hiding under the towel. They didn't do very well on the trip down.. there were at least three vomits... at least the ride home went better, but then again I think it was because they didn't eat. We got home and they were all still a little sleepy from the sedation, so we hung out in there and let sleeping kitties lay where they would.. and most of the time it was on me :) Peanut curled up near my head... man I am going to miss that kitty. The vet said that the deformity wasn't any major deal... so there is no chance they will let me keep him. *sigh* Honestly though.. I suppose not having another in your face kitty would be a good thing.. cause having to fight off two kitties when I'm eating breakfast is one thing.. with three I might lose the battle..

I'm going to bring the orphans in on Monday to be neutered. I think I'm insane to do it.. will totally empty my house of kittens.. but I've been sick this past week, and I really could do with some time to catch up on my sleep.. not have to worry about feeding cuddling and cleaning up after kitties. It's fun.. don't get me wrong.... but it does take time out of your day.

Oh the fun of owning a diabetic cat

We increased emerald's insulin to 5.5 units tonight. I looked at her and thought she looked a little scraggly.. so for the fun of it I did a reading.. it was down to 40!! Didn't I panic? I offered her some regular cat food, and she ate a bit of it. So I decided she needed a little extra help, and put some honey on her gums. an hour later it was up to 52.. I gave her a little more honey.. she's acting fine, she just looks a little scraggly.. well and she doesn't much like the honey so back down to 5 units we go.. maybe we'll increase the amount of the DM she's getting. We are trying to go slowly with it to make sure it doesn't upset her digestive system..

kinda glad I got her a full vial of test strips now..

when searching to make sure that honey was ok to use, I came across http://www.felinediabetes.com/ Don't read the diary unless you have a big box of tissues with you.

Got some flea meds for the kitties.. so they should be flea free by tomorrow.. yea!

Also made an appointment with the vet for the muppets on Thursday. They'll come home with me afterwards and I'll bring them back to the shelter on Saturday for adoption. Wasabi is gaining a little weight despite not appearing to eat much.. Man, these kitties need to find their owners..

Gonzo!

well... we have fleas.. again

Somehow my own kitties now have fleas. It's not bad.. a smidge of dander, and one or two darting around.. but its enough to make me run out and get some front line for them. I HATE fleas.

I started to do a blood glucose curve on Em. It was in the 400's before breakfast and her insulin.. then a couple of hours later it was down to the 200's. It's supposed to be around 100. It was in the 300's when she went in to the clinic for the curve, so it was stress, but it's not as low as it should be, so we'll be increasing her insulin a bit - as recommended.

Muffin is also having a reaction to her acne. It's extremely mild, I hadn't even noticed she had any - and I was looking (but not searching) her lip puffed up again.. doing a search for swollen lip on google, I found it can be a reaction to acne, so I cleaned off her nice white sparkling chin with peroxide and found a bit of black dander. Will have to talk to the vet about that too. He is so going to regret hiring me.. but hey.. he knew my kitties had health issues before he hired me.. so he can't complain now.

The orphans are still flea free. Ate up a STORM today.. normally they have one can per feeding, and there is some left over, today they had FOUR cans.. and then they cleaned off my plate of ranch dressing.. it was cute.. Nanoo stood in the dish to get a better angle at cleaning it off. I read down there for a while and ended up with a couple of kitties in my lap. :)

I then went upstairs, and the muppets weren't crazed out of their gourd.. I fed them, and they left half the food down.. quite odd. I sat in there reading.. Gonzo and peanut couldn't figure out why I was staring at this thing, and did their best to distract me, it was ever so cute. Peanut laid down on my chest and let me pat his belly. I REALLY love that kitten....

I say that as Jack jumps into my lap and starts purring. Yes Jack.. I still love you most of all.. and no.. you shouldn't be disappointed because I didn't do a blood glucose test on you.. ask em.. she wasn't too thrilled about it.. (but when she was done.. jack was right there wanting his.. he's such a strange little boy - and I love him so)