Holiday break was quiet which should have been my signal that 2025 was going to be quite the adventure. So far when we got back yesterday, Elaine found out that the person that had accepted her job offer backed out since her current place offered her more money. She was supposed to start the day after MLK day so it was annoying ( Read more... )

I thought I was screwed about 9:20 when the kitties were ON to me and zipped to hide under the bed when I was moving carriers around. Luckily for me, JuneBug's desire for treats outweighed her sensibilities about being afraid of the carrier and I was able to nab and stuff at about 9:45 to the sounds of sad, sad betrayal. lol ( Read more... )

JuneBug gets spring allergies, so it's not uncommon to deal with fussy appetite, sneezing, etc. But more and more she's had this weird fast wheeze kind of thing and it's happening too often for comfort. So I called the vet on Wednesday and they're able to fit her in at 10am this morning ( Read more... )

When I got home at lunchtime today, I noticed the boy was limping. He's still limping several hours later

What do you think? When I felt his foot earlier, he didn't react so it's clearly his leg. I'm guessing what happened is he jumped down from my bed (which is tall) when I got home and landed a bit off ( Read more... )

They didn't have to sedate Whiny McWhinerton (they did told me he cries a lot and I said "Yeah, that's par for the course with him. He's a whiner."). It did take a while because he'd emptied his bladder sometime earlier so he didn't have much in him and so they waited a bit and he ate a little of the wet food I sent with him to get a urine sample. ( Read more... )

I was wondering whether I could give JonJon broth during the fast and actually found out on many vet sites that the 12 hour fast historically recommended is actually bad for cats, that 6-8 hours is preferable. Well that was a relief. I fed them their last "meal" at 11pm and then at 1:15 am he and the girl got a small wet snack (he gets turkey baby ( Read more... )