every time I go check my stats (for this website) I just want to scream.. For example, there are two in there right now.. one is 'high fever in cats that wont come down' and the other is "swollen glands kitten" Both are highly serious.. and are usually signs of something very bad going on.. I just want to email the people who searched for those things and tell them to rush their kitties to the vet..
went down to check on Charlie.. looked in her ears and saw a few drops of blood in one. She's got mites, so Im sure she just scratched herself when scratching them. Will have to keep an eye on it. Its kinda difficult to clean her ears when she's pregnant.. that and she's not too into having it done in the first place. She's still quite hungry, so I doubt we'll have kittens any time soon.
Jack is doing really well. He seemed almost tired once I first put him on the antibiotics.. but he's back to his old self. A couple of different references Ive read recommend adding vitamin C to an FIV (and an FIP) positive cat. and that there are many cases with fiv positive cats testing negative once the vitamin c levels are brought up. That would be nice.
The clinic that the shelter brings their pets to is hiring. I went and dropped off my resume this morning. I kinda doubt I'll even be called for an interview as I have no tangible experience in that field.. but I do have excellent customer service qualifications, and Im easily trainable.. so who knows. Guess if they are willing to give it a go, and no overly qualified applies? oh well. I suppose it doesn't really matter to me one way or the other.. work would be good, would help me financially for some of the home improvements we want to do, but if not, its just more kitty time for me... :D
Tobin has cancer.. its benign.. but its something I have to keep an eye on. At least he's enjoying the extra attention.. which in its self is kinda weird.. cause he's never been a social bunny. I seriously considered getting him a girlfriend.. the shelter has a ton of bunnies.. but none were female and overly friendly.. I don't really want to take in another anti social bunny. yup.. Im a little selfish that way.. But its quite an investment with no return .. so I didn't bring one home. There is a nice boy bunny there.. a couple in fact, but I don't think Tobin would appreciate a young stud in the house..
I got some drops for Eli.. Tresaderm. After the first dose his ears were 90% better. He needs them twice a day for two weeks. He's not going to like this one little bit cause he hates the drops, and it doesn't help that they have to be kept cold. Im going to miss the daily ear checks.. Cause I get him to cuddle up next to me, and usually when I clean his ears he starts purring.. but its probably just cause they feel so much better with out the goop in them.
Im thinking about setting up my webcam to keep an eye on charlie (my new name for midnight the pregnant cat) I'd like to be able to keep an eye on her while Im in the rest of the house. *looks over past blog entries* I haven't told you much about her.. I took one look at her and said wow. your black as midnight aren't you.. and I could have sworn I heard her say yes.. When I looked at her paper work, her name was midnight. She responds very well to verbal commands.. come here, go there.. roll over.. its freaky. She also likes the name charlie. We joked we'll name the kidlets charlies angels.. :) I took her into the vet with me when I went in with Tobin. She took an xray.. and there are definitely five kittens in there, there might be six. Charlie only weighed 8 lbs 3 oz.. with six kittens? she must have been a tiny cat. The vet thinks some time in the next week.. I think it might be longer. Although I do hope it is sooner.. Im getting kitten fever.. *grin*
I now have a new cat in the house.. a siamese looking totally black cat that's pregnant, and yes Im totally freaked out by the prospect.. but I figure she knows what she is doing, and I have a friend who just went through that, so im covered. *crosses fingers* No idea how far along she is, nor how many kitties she's got.
Sunday I found a growth on my rabbit, Tobin. He's 10 years old, so its probably not good.. He's going in to the vet tomorrow. I also did an easter egg hunt for the kitties.. it was kinda fun. I bought some cheep plastic easter eggs, and I put nip in a few and some treats in the rest. The kitties weren't quite sure what to do with them.. they enjoyed the nip though. I have some cute pictures.. I'll post them later.
