My dear darling cat!
My poor baby cat...
If you follow my Twitter, you might have seen me tweet about how worried I was for my baby last night.
Around 11pm yesterday Verdandi started growling and hissing out of nowhere. Now, both off our cats are very silent. They might mew silently now and then, but very seldom and just to let us now that 'Hello! I am here! Pet me?'. So when Verdandi started growling and hissing (something I've never heard her do), I figured something was really wrong, and my heart jumped up my throat.
Sitting down on the floor I talked to her and petted her and tried to figure out what was wrong... She continued to growl and hiss at me. Wanting to keep my skin firmly in place, I was quite careful. Our cats have all the claws left (I am firmly against de-clawing or cutting the claws of cats), so if she got pissed enough at me, there would be blood...
Since Skuld and Verdandi are indoor cats, I couldn't figure out what she could have done? I mean, we've made sure our apartment is very VERY cat-friendly. Carefully feeling over Verdandi, it was clear the front of her body was not a problem. She got nuts when I touched the back of her body, but I couldn't figure out if it was her legs or her stomach...
Cue me being worried as hell until peting73 came home. When he did, we both talked and cooed over Verdandi trying to figure out what was wrong using both our brains. It seemed as one of her hind legs was the problem... And when we urged her to move, we saw a slight limp.
Right. So today our girl has been to the vets for a check up. I was nervous as hell until she got home. Apparently she'd somehow pulled a muscle, straining it. o.O I didn't even know cats could DO that! Especially not an indoor cat who doesn't move around quite as much as an outdoor cat... So now she got painkillers especially for cats that will also prevent any swelling. And she is doing much better, even if she doesn't wanna move around much, and goes all hissing and growling if one tries to pick her up. I am mostly leaving her alone, so she can rest.
Typically enough this happened on the busiest day of the week for me. :-P I worked from 8-12am at one library and then 2pm-6pm at another library. *head-desk* Luckily peting73 didn't start work until 1pm, so he could take Verdandi to the vet... Safe to say though, I was very distracted at work today.... I might not write about my dear darling cats Skuld and Verdandi often, but they are seriously my babies... I love them to death and was so, so worried about Verdandi today. When I got home for some lunch mid-day today, peting73 was off to the vet with Verdandi, leaving Skuld home alone when I got there... She was totally confused. She has never been without her sister and clearly missed her even that short amount of time. So I took some extra time cuddling Skuld today... She is usually more attached to peting73, but I guess today I was sufficient. :-)
Gawd I love them two black furballs... *sniff*
Verdandi showing off her fat belly...
Verdandi has this weird thing for the kitchen sink...
Verdandi also has a weird thing for shoes... That would be my red Docs she is trying to fit her head into...
Now Skuld ain't much more normal... She has a weird thing for feet... Especially peting73s feet. Either when they are smelly and disgusting from work... or right out of the shower. She acts like an addict just getting her fix... It is nuts. I should videotape it one of these days...
Verdandi (left) and Skuld (right) on one of their ventures outside. We don't take them out often, since they seem to find it frightening. They like it to, I think, but they are on constant guard and the smallest sound scare them. Plus, they don't like walking in a leash. They do stick damn close to each other though when they walk around exploring all the stuff and smelling everything... And if their sister gets to far away from them... RUN TO CATCH HER! DO NOT WANT TO BE ALONE! I usually have Verdandi's leash and peting73 Skulds. And we let them lead where to go, which can turn quite interesting sometimes! I like this photo of them exploring a bush. I have it as my background on my smartphone. :-)
If you follow my Twitter, you might have seen me tweet about how worried I was for my baby last night.
Around 11pm yesterday Verdandi started growling and hissing out of nowhere. Now, both off our cats are very silent. They might mew silently now and then, but very seldom and just to let us now that 'Hello! I am here! Pet me?'. So when Verdandi started growling and hissing (something I've never heard her do), I figured something was really wrong, and my heart jumped up my throat.
Sitting down on the floor I talked to her and petted her and tried to figure out what was wrong... She continued to growl and hiss at me. Wanting to keep my skin firmly in place, I was quite careful. Our cats have all the claws left (I am firmly against de-clawing or cutting the claws of cats), so if she got pissed enough at me, there would be blood...
Since Skuld and Verdandi are indoor cats, I couldn't figure out what she could have done? I mean, we've made sure our apartment is very VERY cat-friendly. Carefully feeling over Verdandi, it was clear the front of her body was not a problem. She got nuts when I touched the back of her body, but I couldn't figure out if it was her legs or her stomach...
Cue me being worried as hell until peting73 came home. When he did, we both talked and cooed over Verdandi trying to figure out what was wrong using both our brains. It seemed as one of her hind legs was the problem... And when we urged her to move, we saw a slight limp.
Right. So today our girl has been to the vets for a check up. I was nervous as hell until she got home. Apparently she'd somehow pulled a muscle, straining it. o.O I didn't even know cats could DO that! Especially not an indoor cat who doesn't move around quite as much as an outdoor cat... So now she got painkillers especially for cats that will also prevent any swelling. And she is doing much better, even if she doesn't wanna move around much, and goes all hissing and growling if one tries to pick her up. I am mostly leaving her alone, so she can rest.
Typically enough this happened on the busiest day of the week for me. :-P I worked from 8-12am at one library and then 2pm-6pm at another library. *head-desk* Luckily peting73 didn't start work until 1pm, so he could take Verdandi to the vet... Safe to say though, I was very distracted at work today.... I might not write about my dear darling cats Skuld and Verdandi often, but they are seriously my babies... I love them to death and was so, so worried about Verdandi today. When I got home for some lunch mid-day today, peting73 was off to the vet with Verdandi, leaving Skuld home alone when I got there... She was totally confused. She has never been without her sister and clearly missed her even that short amount of time. So I took some extra time cuddling Skuld today... She is usually more attached to peting73, but I guess today I was sufficient. :-)
Gawd I love them two black furballs... *sniff*
Verdandi showing off her fat belly...
Verdandi has this weird thing for the kitchen sink...
Verdandi also has a weird thing for shoes... That would be my red Docs she is trying to fit her head into...
Now Skuld ain't much more normal... She has a weird thing for feet... Especially peting73s feet. Either when they are smelly and disgusting from work... or right out of the shower. She acts like an addict just getting her fix... It is nuts. I should videotape it one of these days...
Verdandi (left) and Skuld (right) on one of their ventures outside. We don't take them out often, since they seem to find it frightening. They like it to, I think, but they are on constant guard and the smallest sound scare them. Plus, they don't like walking in a leash. They do stick damn close to each other though when they walk around exploring all the stuff and smelling everything... And if their sister gets to far away from them... RUN TO CATCH HER! DO NOT WANT TO BE ALONE! I usually have Verdandi's leash and peting73 Skulds. And we let them lead where to go, which can turn quite interesting sometimes! I like this photo of them exploring a bush. I have it as my background on my smartphone. :-)