Not a good time for me right now, lost my Dad one year ago and the days are hard to get through. But life goes on, I know that we will see each other once again and he will be able to walk and talk and be out of pain. I just hope it gets easier as the time goes on.
Catching up: the Persian kitten is now almost full-time spending in our yard. Unable to get close to him because the other cats (once they see me drop down to the ground and crab crawl to make contact) just think this is a wonderful game to play with me. Have you ever tried to crab-crawl across grass with two kittens on your back? I am not that talented.
I have yet another new stray in the yard. For a minute, I thought it was Pretty Girl as they look remarkably similar, but Pretty Girl (who is now called Dyna) is living the life with Naomi and her family. This one looks a bit younger and not quite as matted as Pretty Girl.
Someone left a box with three kittens on the porch the other day. They are at least weaned from mom, their eyes are open and they are cuties. I am taking them to the vet on Friday along with Mason who also has an appointment. mason is holding his own. He still has issues with pooping, he will go, but he screams bloody murder beforehand. I am thinking about putting him on a raw meat diet for a bit to see if it might be easier on him to pass his food along.
Kojak has left us. He is living in Washington with a nice family and 2 acres to roam on. I will miss the little scamp as he was one of my favorites. But now he has a chance for a normal life. The gal has adopted from me before and she wants her last kitten to have company. I couldn’t be more thrilled.
I had a bad computer issue and had to start over from scratch. I lost so much information because of it. Really taught me a lesson about what to keep on the computer only (in regards to CATS Inc.,) and what to keep on hard copy. NOW I will keep everything on hard copy as well. We are still working out the issues so I might be absent a bit in the next few days. I don’t understand why what happened did and I don’t want to go into detail about it. I just hope it is all behind me now.
7:07 p.m. Just heard from Kojo’s new family. They are all thrilled with him and already smitten by this boy! The report is he is so friendly and loving. Not eating yet (expected) hiding under the bed (again normal) but comes out when called and allows the family to love on him before going back under the bed to his secure place.
Not a good time of the year for you, I can understand. As for the computer issues, what do you back up your information on? I use DVDs; just copy the information straight over, a different disc for each subject. I certainly don’t do it as often as I should but it gets the job done.
From here on in, I will use a thumb drive. I also back up my computer to my husband’s computer which is across the room. I used to use DVD’s but that turned out not to work as well as I thought it was supposed to. it was a learning experience to be sure. Gotta love technology.
Glad your back! Missed your updates.
You were saying that one of your kittens screamed really loud when it had to poop, well my kitten had the same problem. I adopted a feral kitten from a woman who was taking a box of them to the city pound. My little boy had to be bottle fed and and I had to use a warm rag to get him to use the bathroom. The vet said he was probably 4to5 weeks old. Anyway what happened he got diarhia and would havd trouble pooping. Then blood starting coming out in it. We went to the vet and he said he had a bacterial infection in the colon, which will cause lesions inside. That will make it very painful to poop. So 10 days of antibiotics and bum cream to disinfect the outer area and all is fine. I guess it is common for feral kittens to get this, but most will die because they aren’t treated.
Thankfully, not the issue in this case. Turns out it was keeping this kitten in isolation in the cage was not helping him move his bowels. Had to keep him this way due to feline distemper hitting us in Nov of last year. Now that he is fully vaccinated, he is running amuck in the bedroom and pooping up a storm without crying and screaming. Never had the diarrhea always formed stool