So I was juuust getting ready to go to bed like 45 minutes ago, and was feeding the cat, when I see an ant emerging from the wall behind her food bowl. And another ant. And another, other ant. And long story short, the cat is shut in the powder room (meowing miserably, and yes, I do feel guilty) and I have bugsprayed* the hell out of the kitchen ( Read more... )

1. Spent some time being concerned because Fern stopped scratching her post and was increasingly destroying banisters/jumping at walls/risking electrocution by pawing at outlets. Turns out her post was a kitten-sized one and now that we've gotten a bigger post she's scratching at it merrily ( Read more... )

Sooooo we took Fern to the vet today. After the traumatizing events of last time, we picked up a sedative from the vet in advance in the hopes that it would keep her from trying to attack me/Matt/the other cats in the waiting room/the vet ( Read more... )

I'm not sure how I ended up discussing my cat's tapeworm with my hairdresser today. Probably the same way parents end up talking about their baby's bodily functions. Yikes.