Mickey The Cat
I mentioned yesterday that my brother's cat had been hit by a car and asked for good wishes. Well I spent the day with them (the cat and my brother) and can report that he (the cat) is doing much better then I'd have expected.
His name is Mickey, and they will probably never know who hit him. His tail was ripped off in the accident (they found it in road later), but he is recovering well. He's shaved in places, including his whole backside, but other then the bare patches and areas of stiches, and lack of tail, he seems to be doing great.
He was pretty skittish of me at first, would sniff my hand if I held still, but wouldn't let me touch him. After a few hours of this, we gave up and did the 'ol Bribe Method. Once he started seeing me as The God of Treats, he warmed up. An hour or so after that, and he was playing with my yarn and the laser pointer.
I sware, there is nothing funnier then the sight of a cat with a shaved ass and no tail, crouched down and doing the butt wiggle about to pounce. ::lol:: It's absolutly halarious.
By the time I left, he was comfterbul enough around me to get up on the coutch next to me and curl up agasint Geoff's arm. He would even pur for me when I scratched him. Which is a compleat 180 from the wairey eye he gave me for the first three+ hours I was there. ::chuckles::
When I go to take care of him next week, I'll try to get some video of him doing the tail-less-and-shaved butt wiggle. It really is priceless.
His name is Mickey, and they will probably never know who hit him. His tail was ripped off in the accident (they found it in road later), but he is recovering well. He's shaved in places, including his whole backside, but other then the bare patches and areas of stiches, and lack of tail, he seems to be doing great.
He was pretty skittish of me at first, would sniff my hand if I held still, but wouldn't let me touch him. After a few hours of this, we gave up and did the 'ol Bribe Method. Once he started seeing me as The God of Treats, he warmed up. An hour or so after that, and he was playing with my yarn and the laser pointer.
I sware, there is nothing funnier then the sight of a cat with a shaved ass and no tail, crouched down and doing the butt wiggle about to pounce. ::lol:: It's absolutly halarious.
By the time I left, he was comfterbul enough around me to get up on the coutch next to me and curl up agasint Geoff's arm. He would even pur for me when I scratched him. Which is a compleat 180 from the wairey eye he gave me for the first three+ hours I was there. ::chuckles::
When I go to take care of him next week, I'll try to get some video of him doing the tail-less-and-shaved butt wiggle. It really is priceless.