Now, all we have to do is turn in the keys and unpack.

Please pause for station identification. And whining.
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George is getting back to his old self, though he still doesn't seem thrilled about dry food instead of wet. I'm not sure how to get him back on his old eating paterns. Sigh. And all of them are now sneezing - I wonder if it's a reaction to the vaccinations?? Double-sigh. Four cats seemed like such a good idea at the time...what a minute, what ( Read more... )

Tuesday morning, Buttons, George and Ripley were carted to the vet. George and Ripley for their shots; Buttons for dental work and shots. Because George always poops and pukes every time he has to go in the car, I had him in one carrier, with Buttons and Ripley sharing the other. George actually made it almost the whole way before throwing up, a ( Read more... )

Update - Cleo's fine. The vet gave her a shot of antibiotics and said I should keep an eye on her, but she couldn't find anything obviously wrong. Whew ( Read more... )

So midnighter is writing and starring in the 48-hour film project at AI. One of the scenes involved his character 'rescuing' a cat. Enter Buttons, our 10-year-old calico.
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I once knew a girl who had nine dogs and two cats in a little house with a back yard that was not nearly big enough for that many animals. I don't know, is any back yard big enough to house that many animals? She had grown up on a farm and lived in a bad neighborhood, so the dogs were for her protection as much as anything. Once when I visited ( Read more... )

Took Buttons to the vet yesterday to try and deal with certain bowel problems the poor thing's been having. As always, she was exceptionally well-behaved, though her constant meowing on the way there and back is nerve-wracking to say the least. The vet says she's healthy for a cat of nine, though she will need some dental work sometime in the ( Read more... )