slacker...

That mom lady....

we are seriously thinking about trying to trade her in.

First she leaves for the WHOLE WEEKEND!! And then she says she can't get anything posted for today cause she had a dentist appointment yesterday and doesn't feel good.  Whatever.....

And yes, that is Tim you hear snickering in the background - something about paybacks.

(mom: I had to have root canal on a back molar....I don't recommend it.)

However, we couldn't just leave you hanging, so we thought we would post this:

Random Fridays.....

To all our friends in the northeast US - PLEASE stay safe and warm in the coming storm!!
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Faraday, Maxwell and Allie mentioned on the post about the new playpen for the kittens that it might be useful for other animals in case of emergency. Mom hadn't even thought about that. Not that she thinks shoving all of us in one of those would work, but it is a good idea. This is the one she bought for the kittens.

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 Mom has read on several blogs (she would give you credit if she could remember them all (love and hisses is one) - darned mom is getting old) about using auto windshield shades as self warming cat beds. She liked the idea for Allie and her boyfriend. It has been SO cold here recently - it has been in the 20s F all week during the day and colder at night. Mom found a cheap one the other day and dismantled it and cut it into pieces to put in the carriers in the garage. It was big enough to cut up another piece to have upstairs....mom was hoping Maestro would use it as he is old. Nope.....

Mo "the hot man cat" was caught sleeping on it. Mom snuck up and him and bent back the blanket from Miss Connie so you could see the reflective thingie. Although considering he weighs less than everyone else here except Maestro, guess we can't blame him too much. :)
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We have seen several comments asking us about baby jail. We do love it, but it isn't fool proof. And it sure isn't adult cat proof. Mom bought ours here. But keep in mind that the walls are only about 29 inches tall (according to the website - mom has never measured). The bars are about half of that - once kittens get to a certain height, they can get over by climbing.....see the paws on the middle rail:

(the Gs from November 2011)

So it works for little kittens, but even Maestro (the old man cat) can jump it. OK....Ivy can't but she and gravity have a love-hate relationship.  MOL
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Tim saw Dr. Tom for a checkup on Tuesday. Tim is on one week more of antibiotics. All of his stitches haven't fallen out yet, but it looks good in there. Plus he is back to eating dry food. AND..... no fights for a couple of weeks. Mom has found some serious scabs on both Tim and Tom, so those fights were a little worse than mom thought (though Tommy's ripped out toenail appears to be slowly growing back). Glad that is over with - it gets everyone here worked up.....

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Comment from yesterday about Emma and the baths:
"I have been there, too! Ask your vet about a "dip" that you apply at home and leave on. It's miconozole. Vet labels as to how much medicine to mix with water and you wet kitten with dip and leave on to dry. No smell like the lyme stuff and far more effective. I used a cloth wet with the dip to wipe over head/face area so as not to get in eyes or ears. The same miconozole comes in towelettes (handy-wipes)."
The shampoo is miconozole - and weirdly she smells like mint toothpaste.  But we didn't know it came in towelettes.....gonna have to look into that.  THANKS
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Tim on Tuesday....

Well, it has been a week since my teefs were stolen......  Mom says she doesn't think I am feeling "perfect" yet and she was mumbling something about dragon breath. But I feel much better and there haven't been as many fights around here in the last week. Not that I am saying ANY of that was my fault of course, but.....

I still don't open my mouth all the way - it isn't comfortable. I did let mom take a little look on Sunday and she said it looks so much better....though a little strange with no teefs back there. I am still eating canned food with Emma....she isn't so bad (OK - she growls at me a little, but come on, she is tiny). I hope that continues, but I am not sure mom is gonna fall for it forever.

Thanks for all your support and purrs and comments - they have meant a lot to me. And it is nice to know that other kitties out there have gone through this same thing and been ok with it.

Tim

Emma and I spent Sunday afternoon on mom's lap

Wordy Wednesday

Thanks for all the well wishes for Tim. He seems to be feeling much better. Mom noticed that he wasn't rubbing his face on things quite so much last night, so it may have been the drugs. MOL

Plus....she found a toy drowned in the water dish this morning so he MUST be feeling better (he is the only one she has caught doing that).   Mom hasn't tried to take a look yet so no news there. Dr Tom cleaned his front teeth and sealed them, so we are hoping that those get to stay. For right now he is still eating canned food (what a hardship) and will go back for a checkup on Feb 5.

Mom completely forgot yesterday was Blog the Change (can't get mom to remember anything these days), so we are combining it with our Thankful Thursday post tomorrow.....

Tim and the v-e-t.....

Well, Tim tried to escape his fate, but mom grabbed him yesterday morning and shoved him in the PTU. Then is was off to the v-e-t. Even his warrior songs in the car did not deter her.....

Dr Tom is a very nice man - he was very gentle with Tim and answered all of mom's questions. Plus he was the first to give her a good explanation of why the stomatitis started and everything else. Our v-e-t Dr Taylor had said she suspected an abcess in the back where he had his molars stolen. Dr Tom said that in some cats, a dental is done and the gums are exposed and the plaque gets in there as it is cleaned off and the body reacts by causing an overwhelming infection. So......

Tim lost all his teefs but the front ones. The infected teefs in the back are being rubbed by his lips and that is aggravating it even more (mom saw pics - it was ugly - poor boy). He will be on anty-biotics for a while and rechecked in 2 weeks. Hopefully he will get more comfortable and be back to his normal lovey self soon.

While mom liked Dr Tom, Tim didn't seem as impressed and at one point even tried to climb into mom's shirt.

Mom was kinda smart last night when she brought him home. She put him in the bathroom with Emma to get some dinner and left him in there for a little bit (she had an appointment). When she let him out, he smelled like home and less like the v-e-t. He seemed pretty comfortable and there was no hissing or anything. Though he does keep rubbing his face on everything like he has an itch (which he probably does).

Fanks for all the comments and purrs for our boy. We have read the sites recommended and know he will be fine.....though mom's wallet can't say the same thing. :)  She is mumbling something about someone around here having to get a job.