Back to the vet today as Indiana is still limping. This time, further diagnostic tests reveal that this kitten has an old hairline fracture! Not a recent one according to the vet- but one that is at least a month old. Because of the cost of the surgery coupled with the fact that Indiana is so young an operation isn’t in the cards. Instead, the hope is that as the growth plates in the leg develops the fracture will be absorbed. It isn’t the perfect solution- and if it backfires and gets worse then down the road the leg will have to be amputated. So we will just see what happens and that is all I can do.

I have a gal coming in tomorrow morning. She is interested in Tarzan. I am a bit hesitant as she is moving to Bend and that is quite a distance for a homecheck. I will just see how she responds to the cats and kittens here, check her references and check in with her vet. Mike wants to keep all the recent kittens, but I keep telling him we can’t. I know it sounds cliche, but if I kept them all, I couldn’t help anymore. As it is we are spending more on cat food, cat litter (the stuff I got for free the cats hate) and vet care. I have to get the numbers down and these cats and kittens deserve loving homes where they are the only cat or they share their space with maybe one or two others.

Everest is also still limping, but I can’t take him in right now. I just have to wait and see what happens with him as well.

The weather is nasty. Every time I think we just might get the garden planted the skies open up. The roofers are supposed to come next week and fix the roof- I hope so, I would be so happy to get rid of the leaks in the bedroom although the cats seem to be entertained chasing the drips.