We started ripping apart the house a bit yesterday in the afternoon. I ended up taking Rhiannon over by my mom's to hang out while my mom put up her tree and got a call from Chris saying he'd moved a cabinet in the basement that probably hadn't been moved for upwards of 25 years and found a live bird behind it which promptly started flying all ( Read more... )

Remember how I said I was picking Frodo up from the vet? When I got there Friday evening just after 5, they told me that they actually wanted to keep him overnight because he seemed to be in more pain than anticipated and was a "little mopey," and they wanted to be able to give him another injection of kitty morphine. I said that yes, they could ( Read more... )

I took Frodo in for his teeth cleaning this morning. I just called a few minutes ago to see when I could pick him up, and they said he's doing well and I can come get him anytime after 5:00. I then asked how the actual procedure went and found out they had to extract six of his teeth -- two canines, two incisors, a premolar, and a molar ( Read more... )

Within the last week or so, my cat Hobbes' attention-procuring tactics have gotten even more aggressive, if such a thing is possible. When I play my harp, she usually comes by me, gets on her hind legs, and pats/paws at me, either meowing piteously or making Marge-Simpson complaining noises that she wants to be petted. When that doesn't work, she ( Read more... )

I went and picked up the cat carrier/pet taxi that my mom borrowed from me a while back. I'm going to be taking my cats to the vet this weekend to ensure they are vaccinated enough ahead of daitengu bringing his cats up from MS for the inoculations to actually take effect by that point. Given the insane skittishness and deep suspicion my cats have of ( Read more... )