Varmit Report

[tenaya]

As is usual for the beginning of winter, the varmits come around less and less. Nevertheless, tonight was a busy night. We had three opossums, a couple of skunks, two stray cats, a pair of peanut-loving raccoons and Cutiepie. And we had a lovely time enjoying the parade...until we saw a coyote looking in the window at us! I have no idea how it got into to the yard and obviously we'll have to check out the fences tomorrow. So frustrating.

As for the kitties, Reg is fine. His kidney issues don't seem to be bothering him. I have a hard time not rubbing his shaved tummy though. Scooter is his usual self. Brindle spent nearly three weeks living in the bathtub. Then he spent about five days thinking he needed to sleep at the base of the toilet. Needless to say, he didn't ever feel like moving so it made visiting the loo a bit of a balancing act. Now, for about the past four days, he's been nesting on my dresser. On occasion, he runs outside, freezes for a few seconds then runs back inside. He is the oddest cat we've ever lived with.

As for us, we're okay. Mom's blood sugar levels have been up since we came back from our trip. Tonight, she hit 310 and got on her treadmill finally. It went down to 230 so yay! Me? I got sick on Wednesday night. Too many sick adults breathing in my face as I listened to their breath sounds and I caught their crud. It's moved out of my lungs for the moment and now I'm sneezing and doing the whole sinus thing. This is in reverse of how things usually progress, I believe. Oh well. Yuck!

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[tenaya.livejournal.com]

Brindle is a cat of extremes, black and white. The tub was IT until it became all wrong, then he moved three feet away to the base of the toilet. I had thought that he liked the tub because it was cold in there, therefore pressing his back against the porceline was also soothing? That's as good as I can guess. Nesting in my pile of socks and underware (clean, it just hadn't been put away yet) should be warm I would think. His skin has cleared up, so since he is still eating a variety of canned food, I'm leaning towards corn as the culprit to his allergies. Being inside has made him corn free.

Barfed on your bed, eh? I hate that, especially if I'm just about to go to bed...or currently in bed. Mom flings them off the bed in mid puke, but I can't do that; the puke goes everywhere. *g* I want to get a bed under a small table lamp for Scooter before we go on our next trip. We did that for an old cat we used to have and she loved it; she'd do 'heat treatments' on her hips and whatever else was sore. I'm sure he'd love it if we got a convection heater, but that won't be happening.

I'm a little better this morning. I slept 12 hours and then took a bath. Now I'm having some green tea. I can almost remember what it feels like to be human again. *g* I still need to trudge out and look at the fence. Too bad I don't feel up to *doing* anything about it.

[moonchildetoo.livejournal.com]

Yeh, when Wheelz hangs out in the tub in the hot weather, it's because it's cool(er) in there. When I had Brat Cat, he used to sleep in the sink for the same reason.

Wheelz had already left his present for me at some point during the day. I too tend to fling "mid puke", but this time it was after the fact :-(

I don't know about the pet stores, but the mail order and online pet catalogs sell special "animal heating pads" that only have low settings and safety features, so that you can leave them on for elderly and arthritic pets.

http://www.doolittlespetproducts.com/petheatingpad.html
http://cozywinters.com/pets/?source=go

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the urls. I shall investigate them.