Womancat Wensday

BINQ:   Im searching.

I know Loki is somewhere around here, but I cant quite find him!

Well, I'll just keep looking...

After resting a while.

Twofur Tuesday

LOKI AND BINQ:   This is the easiest place ta be together and near TBT.

Mancat Monday

 LOKI:  Since I cant go outside yet, I spend a lot of time lookin into corners of the house...

Easy Like Sunday

TBT:  Today we are all sort of relaxed.  

Lori is still having issues,  but I saw her sniff noses with Loki and that is good.  She raised a paw, but lowered it and just walked away.  Not even a hiss.  I wish I had a pic of that, but it was too surprising.

I have been giving Lori her meals closed in the bedroom.  She appreciates that.  No competition.  Partly to make sure the other Mews don't eat her calming med, but she cleans her bowl when left alone.

Non-med meals, Lori sometimes eats with the others.  That is encouraging.

But I never know what will happen tomorrow!

Caturday Saturday

LOKI:   TBT and I decided it was a good day ta show poses of me...  Ive been werking on them.

Flashback Friday

 This week's flashback is to this week in 2013!

Ayla was having her dinner on the shoe rack.  Marley was hoping she would leave him some.

He had already finished his in the kitchen...

Iza watched them both.

Marley licked a bit of sauce.

I tried to get her in mid jump, but was slightly late.

I had better luck with Marley!

Womancat Wensday

 BINQ:  Im still tryin ta unnerstand pictures.  I get that it copies me fer the puter ta show.  But Im not good at settin still fer them.  

Im a very self-activated kitty.   I sleep on the TV chair top or seat most of the day and play with toys  at morning an evening.  I even pulled the box of toys over so I could choose my own.  An of course TBT tosses me some and helps keep me going.

TBT says he should have named me "Lightswitch" because I am either All On or All Off!

So being halfway is is hard.  An that's when TBT takes pictures of me other than nappin.  Im werkin on just settin still sometimes.  Here are a couple of tries...

Twofur Tuesday

 BINQ AND LOKI:  We're buddies!

MARLEY:  Yesterday was my 13th Gotcha Day.  We forgot to look at our calendar...  I had a good day though!

Mancat Monday

 LOKI:  TBT was gone a long time today, so it was a good time fer nappin...

The good news is that he brought home a lot of our foods along with his own stuff!

Not Easy Like Sunday

 TBT:  I can't say this is the usual "Easy Like Sunday".  The Head Vet emailed me about Lori's issues with diarrhea and aggression issues Monday, saying there was a new med for Lori at the front desk.  I picked it up Tuesday morning.

The new pill is amitriptyline.  I don't really like what I read about it, (a serious sedative) but the vet is a respected vet, so he must know what he is prescribing.  Still, I am unsure about it.

But it is a moot point.  Lori won't accept the pill in any form.  I put it in a pill-pocket and she ignored it.  I ground it up and mixed it with a small amount of food.  She backed away like it was poison.  

I went firm and gave her nothing than small amounts of food with the pill powdered and mixed in.  She refused to eat it for 3 days.  I surrendered.  She ate a spoonful of the same food (unmedicated) like a fox on a mouse.  It's not the food.  It's the med.  She just won't eat anything with that med in it.  

I've emailed the vet about that, and am waiting for a reply.  He seems to like my emails; I am detailed and specific.

Lori is actually doing better about the diarrhea and attacks on the new Mews, but there is still some of both.  So the issues remain even if "lesser".  

I don't know what is going on in Lori's mind and body.  That's why I go to a vet.  He has a great reputation and is one of the rare "board-certified vets.  He has awards on the walls.  .  And I don't think there is anyone better locally.  

Something about him concerns me.  He is fanatical about "no kibble".  I thought it was good for their teeth.  But OK, maybe it isn't.

What really concerns me is that his email said I misunderstood about stress causing diarrhea.    My recollection of the conversation is that I suggested Lori's diarrhea might be stress-related and he poo-pooed the idea (no pun intended), saying that stress did not cause diarrhea.  And he said something like 99% of all cat diarrhea was caused by food problems.

When I asked about that in an email, he said I "misunderstood".   That stress does cause such problems.   What bothers me is that he was pretty forceful in saying it didn't when I talked to him face-to-face and then said the opposite in email.  I have a pretty good memory for things like that.

Maybe there was some detail he had in mind during our face-to-face visit that I failed to understand.  But he's the best I've got.

And Lori gets her rabies shot on the 24th, so I can ask more questions then.

Lori is actually doing better the past few days.  But better is not perfect.  She still "syurps" a bit and hisses at Loki and Binq sometimes.

This is all quite confusing and sad to me.  I'm used to a happy cat household.  Nothing has been "right" since Iza suddenly had blood on her backside in April 2020 and died.  Looking for a Tonkie, I accepted Laz ( half Siamese) who had serious problems.  I thought I solved his fears, but they re-emerged into vicious attacks on Lori.

And I thought Lori missed friendly housemates, so I got Loki and Binq.  And she utterly hates them.  Everything seems to be going wrong...

Lori is so upset that when she sleeps under the covers with me, she is all claws against my skin.  I'm kind of "losing it"...

Caturday Saturday

 LOKI:  I mentioned recently about sitting in a bucket kike a box...

That's because I tend to bust up regular boxes...

Flashback Friday

 Today we go back to this week in 2012.  

Iza was enjoying The Lap.

We were playing with toys.

Getting along all friendly-like.  Marley and Ayla...

Ayla and Iza...

And because we have 6" of snow on the ground today, we thought we would show you that sometimes Spring comes early.  We had crocuses blooming!