Went to the vet to get them this morning. Since the shelter told me that muffin has acne, we went out last night to get them some non plastic bowls. Went to the christmas tree shops, and got some. They had the cutest kitty bowls and plates sitting out front. THey were near some other bowls that were appropriate for cat food bowls, which we picked out, and then the shop announced they were closing. I sent the hubby to the register to check out, and I ran out back to see if they had more of the plates and bowls, which they so did, so we are going to go back this afternoon and get some!!
anyway. we were going to go this morning, but we couldn't get out of the house on time, so we just went straight to the vets to get the kitties. we pulled out our carrier which is WAY too small for the three of them, but I figured the shelter would have left one with them. Jack however decided he wanted to come with us, so we brought him along in the carrier. We got there, and Bugs is still sick, so he needs more meds, but everyone else is apparently doing fine. They didn't have a large enough carrier there for the three of them, so we put muffin and melvin in one, and I carried bugs out to the car, and ended up shoving him in the carrier with jack. no one was very impressed with the car ride home. But once we got here, I opened the door, and bugs RAN out into the house. Jack sauntered out, then went back in. The hubby brought the other carrier in the house, and when that one was opened, they both ran into the house as well. They have been exploring for a while now.
Muffin just came up and jumped on my lap purring. It looked like she had something stuck on her claws, so I looked, and she had torn up her claws, and had some blue fluff embeded in them. I gently pulled the fluff off, then tried to peel back the layers of the claw that had flaked off. Most went ok, but one was so bad that when I went to peal it off she winced, and a small drop of blood came out. She does NOT like to be contained!! *not to keen on having her claws picked at either* She's now in the window watching 'daddy' snow blow. Have I mentioned to you that she's a sheep in wolves clothing? She really looks like that with the white under belly and paws, and the mask and cape of gray on her head and back. She also really acts the part.. being all cute and sweet, but she is an unstopable force when she gets her mind on something
*smile* Its nice having them back.
however, I am despriate for names for bugs and melvin. I haven't hit upon anything that we both like. yet one more reason I'll never have children.
As chaplain in a university residence hall, I am supposed to uphold all of the school rules, which include a ban on pets. That changed when a kitten adopted me. The freshmen in my dorm kept my secret. They covered for me by calling my kitten "the Book," since I had so many in my room.
One morning I was leaving the dorm with the kitten in a carrier.
A student stopped me and asked, "Where are you taking the Book?"
I explained that I was taking the kitten to the vet. "She's getting neutered today," I told him.
well.. they are gone :(( I miss them so much.. its so quiet around here. Jack was all over me for a while, but has since gone off to explore the depths of some dusty hole Im sure. I'll be able to pick them up sometime tomorrow I believe. will have to call and check.
Found out what it is on scoots chin. Apparently its feline acne. Been recommended that we not use plastic bowls. *sigh* will have to go out and get something else. Will have to scour some off price stores to see if they have anything. Maybe I'll check ebay. will have to get like eight bowls.. six for food two for water.
scooter has some thing weird going on. Under her chin there has been some black debris for a while. I finally decided to bite the bullet and wash it off. She doesn't take to water well at all... last time I washed her she bit me. so anyway.. the black stuff turned her white fur pinkish, which lead me to believe that it was flea dander. I searched her, and didn't find a speck of it anywhere else. I searched the other kitties and didn't see a speck on any of them either. I cleaned her up and figured that was the end of it. But it wasn't.. cause its all back... just as bad as it was before. I have NEVER heard of a flea that hangs out under a cat's mouth..
Im thinking they are mental fleas cause they are hanging out on the mental kitty..
I am NOT looking forward to bath day.. Im hoping that I wont need to once they get back from the vet.. tomorrow night is going to be tough, as Im bringing them in to the shelter for their fasting, then will have to back to adopt.. although I'll probably get a lot of work done.. lol
I brought everyone into the shelter today cause mom HAD to go back, and I wanted them to take a look at bugsy and melvin's eye. They really didn't do anything for them, but schedualed them to be neutered on friday. I am going to bring them back on thursday so they can fast there, and we'll pick them up on saturday.. *thinks* yup.. probably saturday.
Was sad leaving izzy at the shelter. She got so cuddly yesterday.. the woman at the shelter said she was nursing.. sigh.. she's probably so scared.. *wants to run to shelter to get her* *cuddles Emerald instead*
Mom is in heat. At least she's not all that obnoxious about it, but just obnoxious enough. She keeps looking at ollie and jack and meowing and acting all slutty. They just look at her as if to say "what's all the comotion about". great thing about getting your kitties neutered early.. they have absolutely no idea what that is all about. She woke me up this morning meowing.. so Ive thrown her downstairs. Im am definately bringing her back to the shelter tomorrow.
Scooter was sleeping on the couch this morning. I went to pet her, and she had a little bit of blood on her paw. Didn't come from her.. so Im quite perplexed about it, but no one seems to be hurt, and no one else has blood on them, so Im going to just let this one go. She probably knicked someone in a fight, and they are all better now.
I was thinking that the full dose of antibiotics was doing the trick with the kittens. The vet said 1.5 once a day.. the shelter says 2 twice a day.. so I decided everyone was going to get it twice a day. Bugsy's nose finally cleared up.. his eyes were too for a while. Yesterday he had a speck of dust on his eyeball, I don't see it now, but his eyes are still watering big time. Melvin's are too. I just don't understand why they aren't getting better. *throws up hands in frustration*
