Billy Bob

Tragic news:  Billy Bob, my black bob tailed cat was killed on the road.  He was here fo supper,  Abot an hour later, a nice woman  called to say her father saw a black cat on the side of the road.  He even thought he might still be alive.  She drove the 20 some miles to see.  But he was dead and she saw his tag and called us.  Dad brought him ome.  We'll bury him in the cat cemetary in the morning.  Mum wants to plant a peony.

I spent the entire day outside.  It's finally back in the 70s.

Poor Bits cries constantly if noone is in the room....

Dog

A big brown dog visited the deck today.  He didn't have a collar, but did wear a chock chain.  He ate all the dry cat food, the bacon fat, and a dish of grilled shrimp, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes.  Must have been hungry.  He chased me, but ran from Poppy.  But Gary made it clear he(she) wasn't welcome here.  Gary watched him thru the deck door and then charged the door.  Poor dog ran away with his tail between his legs.

Bits and his Bad Ear Day!

It's just terrible.  Poor Bits!  He had to go back to the vets to really fix his ear--another $96.00....
He had to have surgery, sutures with plastic sewn to his ear, and an Elizabethan collar.  He was absolutely frantic and we were told he HAD to be kept inside for at least a week or more.  That is soooooooo difficult with cat doors and the rest of us.  He's confined to Dad's room.  He's desparate to get rid of the collar.  We all fell sooooo bad!

Mum is very upset with herself for thinking the new vet's method would be better than Blackie's button ear.  It was much more expensive and definitely worse for poor Bits.

He does much better with Dad in the room than by himself.  He is getting special treats....

Bits

Ear Continued

Mum's back is really bad tonight.  She weeded and vacuumed the floors.  The pain has even made her throw-up, kinda like when I eat grass.

After the Blog ate my writings, I'll try to reconstruct....

Mum and Dad took him to a different vet (the one she used 40 some odd years ago with her 1st Abby, Samantha).  Doc Garvin knows newer methods than her farm vet.  The cost was alot higher, but he doesn't have a button.  He drained and put a dressing on the ear. Doc also found a very bad ear infection but NO ear mites.  Doc says it's very rare for him to treat ear hemotomas.  My brothers have had 3 within 5 months.....  Mum and Dad have had cats for some years 64 years without ever seeing one before.  Bits didn't seem to have any trouble with the bandages or his meds, but came home for supper without the dressing....  Mum is very upset because the ear is already filling up with blood.  They don't want to have to pay another $125.00....

Exhausted

I'll write a little before I crash for the night.  I am exhausted!  I've been out and about since dawn. It's now dusk.  I love being outside.  I don't always come when called but once in awhile I do. 

Mum is really upset because she doesn't know where I go.  She says she wants to put a bug on me so she could track me.  She is so afraid for me.  She even thinks someone will steal me....  (like Sorophy).  I don't think I'd ever go to a stranger.

Poor Old Bits.  He's 68 in human years.  The only problems with illness he's had were abscesses from squabbles. 

But he developed a hematoma on his ear, just like Blackie.

May 2011

I'll write a little before I crash for the night.  I am exhausted!  I've been out and about since dawn. It's now dusk.  I love being outside.  I don't always come when called but once in awhile I do.  Mum is really upset because she doesn't know where I go.  She says she wants to put a bug on me so she could track me.  She is so afraid for me.  She even thinks someone will steal me....  (like Sorophy).  I don't think I'd ever go to a stranger.

Poor Old Bits.  He's 68 in hyman years.  The only problems with illness he's had were absesses from squabbles.  But he developed a hemotoma on his ear, just like Blackie.  But Mum and Dad took him to a differrent Doc who knew a newer technique to fix it.  The cost was higher, but he doesn't have a button.  Don Garvin drained it and put a dressing on the ear.  He also has a very bad ear infection but no earmites.  Doc said it is very rare for him to have to treat ear hemotomas.  Mum and Dad have had cats for 64 years and never seen one before.  He didn't seem to have trouble with the bandage or the meds, but came home for supper without it....

Roamings

Mum is sooo upset when I am out in the rain, because it's cold and wet.  Mum's stud cat was stolen.  Sorophy got outside and it rained.  Then it rained hard.  She looked everywhere, searched all over and couldn't find him.  She heard from her vet that half Abys were being found 4 blocks away.  About 10 years later the sister of a woman who lived nearby said her sister, who was a client of Mum said, knew about her GrCh cat and stole by her.  The sister said that Mum didn't care because he was out so she took him and moved to Florida where she and he died.

Happenings at Night

At night in this househood can be very interesting.  After Mum and Dad go to bed, if I'm not outside I observe.  Last  night there was ayoung oppossum on the deck.  No food so he went away.  Some of the cats slept all over the house.  Some were awake watching.  Mommy Cat came out to eat.  Mum woke up, but Mommy didn't run.  She didn't run.  Instead she sat lay down and played with a catnip toy.  A good sign.

The I saw the strange catlike face thru the cat door.  It was a young racoon.  I charged and he ran, but he came back and I had to charge again.

It's fun at night....

Obsession

Mum calls me "obsessed" with being outside.  Saturday was sooo nice.  I stayed out just about all day and night.  I would come in and check on Mum, eat something and go out again.  During the night I brought in and ate 2 moths, then went out again.  She was up at 3 to get a drink of water just as I was coming in the for the night.  She was not happy.  (These moths aren't the only thing I've caught. I caught several other moths, a fly and a big ant earlier, but they were in the house.)  Yesterday it started raining during the wee hours and continued until this morning and it's colder and rainy today.  I'm spending more time in the house today even on top of the kitchen cabinets in my basket.  Last night she and I couldn't sleep very well until 3:00.  I kept going out.  Everytime I came in and ahe called me "wet cat".  I then waked on her BSF homework and smeared the answers in ink.  She uses real washable ink in a fountain pen.  She said she'd use the excuse just like the old saying. "My dog ate my homework."

Tomatoes

Mum says we have a BIG problem.  Dad told her I ate lots of the beautiful tomato that she keeps with the fruits.  She says tomatoes are toxic to cats!  And can give cats severe stomach distress.  She says I can't have anymore.  She'll hide them.  But what will she do in August in the garden??  And what will I do.

Mommy cat speaks to her kits when they mew, kinda like a soft growl.  They're still under Mum's and Dad's bed.  She comes out to eat and play with the toys, but she's awful shy.  Nobody bothers her.  We want her to become more domesticated so we can tame the kittens.