Does your Cat (or any pet) misbehave since caregiving your loved one?
Have you been required to take care of your loved one's pet after they have passed? Does your pet have cute antics that entertain your loved one?
And finally, has the cat or dog transferred their loyalty to your Mother?
A squirrel came to the front porch at 1:00 p.m.
It peered into the screen door.
Aggressive much?
This was not even Nutjob, the squirrel I have named.
There are many photos, and even cat art online.
So, can we have pictures of your cats in your Avatar, or a favorite online photo, and more cat stories? I love the cat antics, and stories. Sometimes wondering if cats know more than we do.
Cat Avatar week starts now......
The cat with the thyroid problem is still losing weight, not a good sign. Vet did a sonogram, either its a bad infection in her stomach or it is cancer. MORE PILLS !! This time I needed to wrap her in a towel so that sig other would shove the pills down her throat.
Found some senior "soup" type cat food that is easier to eat... they come in packets. Of course, now they won't eat anything else.... [sigh].
Our wild child sees the Vet tomorrow for his follow-up glaucoma eye issue. And while there I will have the Vet check his head as it looked like he had a disagreement with a bird and lost the argument. Probably was a crow, as the cat's collar was taken, which was shiny. The boy never has realized that not everyone wants to be his friend.... [sigh].
I havve an old male cat and a MaMa cat with 3 of her kittens..They have alot of fun too.
I don't know what I'd do without mine either.Cat's are awesome!
My 18 year old cat knows just where to sit at dinner time. She's so smart. If she smells a sea food meal or a chicken meal, she runs over to sit under grandma's table. She knows that grandma is a terrible eater always dropping food on the floor so like a dog, she sits and waits for the food to fall, it always does, and she gobbles it up. It always makes me laugh to see how excited she is for falling food.
My three and two year old cats like to run and play chase. It makes me laugh to see them running around the house knocking things over playing hide and seek. The cats will hide behind things even though we can see them so we know the other can see them but they dont care. They hide behind trash cans, people's chairs, under tables, behind chairs, on top of shelves, etc and wait for the other cat to come find them. My 3 year old is too anxious and always jumps out before the 2 year old who is willing to sit all day under a bed, waiting for it to be quiet to come out. She always wins every time but that doesn't stop them from jumping about. My favorite thing ot watch is when Annabelle jumps up on a shelf hiding from Willow who heard her and knows she's there. Just when Annabelle's butt wiggles to ponce, Willow always scares her either jumping up or yelling or something to make Annabelle jump and run away. It's so funny to watch.
I love my cats and need them to keep me sane in my insane life.
Have you taken the kittens out for recess since they have been spayed?
Maybe they are trying to tell you something, and they don't know you cannot go out in the rain. Can you explain it to them so they will behave?
So cute!
And Sharyn, So cute too!
One day I had laid out some hamburger to thaw and when I came home from the store,the hamburger was on the kitchen floor with tiny bites taken out of it,but they never hid it,thankfully.And I bet you were exhausted that night trying to get your Mother bathed and Midget pulling his stunts too,but it is funny.....now,right?
Midget the poodle is quite a character when it comes to stealing. When we first placed our mom in care, she was allowed to have her little Midget with her. I went over one day to assist my mom with getting a shower. I took fresh clean clothes out of my moms dresser laying all items on the bed. I turned on the shower to warm it up, when I returned, my mom had put away the clean clothes and Midget had taken the clean socks. I went after Midget to get the socks away from her (she was stuffing the socks in between the couch cushions. I get the socks, walk back into the bedroom and remove the clean clothes again. everything laid out on the bed. I start helping my mom undress for the shower, Midget comes in the bedroom and takes the socks again. I chase Midget down, get the socks from her. In mom's bedroom, mom is putting her clean clothes away Again. It was like watching an old B&W comedy sketch on TV. I finally shut the bedroom door to keep Midget out and the shower was done. Phew, it was funny but also exhausting.
And Freqflyer,that is just gross where you finally found your glasses.I sure hope these 3 don't pull that one!
And Gershun...THANK YOU for telling me about the mushroom.That didn't even cross my mind.It was a big white one,just one that I picked up in the produce department to put in an omelet.I have a book on what to do for cat accidents and injuries I was hoping I wouldn't ever need but I think I better keep it close by.You never know about these little monsters.
One time my sig other couldn't find his eyeglasses. Searched house high and lo. While scooping out the litter box, guess what I found? :P
A black Bombay is a cat, not a dog? Ok!
Saw a picture online, a beautiful cat!
Charlie is a wonderful brother~
Yes, that is interesting, and so sweet.
Have you had the male checked for health and thyroid too?
We could all use a dog as our caregiving companion early on, imo.
Use every means possible, it is not a one time thing.
Place a piece of a fleas collar inside the vacumn cleaner bag.
Spray an online product called "Cedarcide" on bedding, carpet, on your shoes, socks, even lightly on your skin.
Using an essential oil mixture:
In a spray bottle (2 ounce), blend the following essential oils:
8 drops Cedarwood or Sandalwood.
10 drops Basil.
10 drops Frankincense.
8 drops Geranium.
12 drops Lavender.
One will have to see if this actually kills fleas, prevents their eggs from hatching, or just prevents fleas from jumping on a person and biting. But it is natural, except for the flea collar.
Vacumn every day.
Brush the dog before allowing it indoors.
The past few weeks we have been dealing with his sister [litter-mate], 17 years old, who has been losing weight, turned out to be thyroid which we need to now control. And now that Bombay has become a "caregiver" to his sister. Now he never lets her out of his sight. Even on these cooler mornings he will follow her outside and lay on the mat cushions that she likes to sleep on. You can tell he is cold, but he wasn't leaving her side.
I do notice at night "Charlie" is very tired, no different than human caregivers watching over someone. It's like his 12-hour shift is over, now it is our turn.
So how bad is your problem?
The Vet said the hot humid weather has made it a battle field for fleas. I use to hate to use meds on the cats [both 17] as the side effects weren't worth it. This season tried Revolution on both of them and knock on wood, no side effects :)
Daily we vacuum, and of course the sound is like an air raid drill with the cats, they go into hiding. And I wear white socks to see where are places that need the most tending. If some fleas hop on my white socks I transport them via the socks to the toilet as they can't swim... flip them off into the water, hopefully not losing my balance and getting one foot in toilet :P
I went on-line to see what natural products might work. PetMd suggested putting salt and baking soda on the rugs? Hmmm, cats wash their feet so that salt may be an over load. I know cedar chips help but those would get vacuumed up.
Anywho, lesson learned, combing DOESN'T WORK all of the time. I thought I could control it with the Shark and the comb... NOT. And next week it is going back up into the 90's, this isn't our usual autumn weather !!!