Balloons and cats

[Epona]

Poor kitty, I hope the operation goes well and she has an uneventful recovery.

Cats are impossible, kittens doubly so. Mine has a hoard of empty lighters under the sofa and can detect the presence of a plastic bag from 2 rooms away. Last night I bought home a bag full of books from a charity shop and before I could get my hand in to take the first book out the kitten was in the bag head first wriggling under the books - I had to upend the whole lot on the floor to get him out, and he would eat chunks out of the bag given half a chance. I've also had to lock the veg rack in a cupboard after the recent broccoli and chilli theft incidents. He also tries to eat packing tape. It's a full time job making sure that he doesn't have access to anything that may hurt him - and for all the items that you can imagine being dangerous, there are just as many that come as a surprise until you find them at it. The carpet underlay is a case in point.

The only way to keep a kitten from chewing things is to strip your home bare of all fixtures, fittings, and furnishings, and even then it would probably have a go at the wall plaster.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

She's survived the op. They've taken out the last bits of balloon. Apparently if she makes it through the next five days she should be OK.

 

[DrRingDing]

Poor kitty, I hope the operation goes well and she has an uneventful recovery.

Cats are impossible, kittens doubly so. Mine has a hoard of empty lighters under the sofa and can detect the presence of a plastic bag from 2 rooms away. Last night I bought home a bag full of books from a charity shop and before I could get my hand in to take the first book out the kitten was in the bag head first wriggling under the books - I had to upend the whole lot on the floor to get him out, and he would eat chunks out of the bag given half a chance. I've also had to lock the veg rack in a cupboard after the recent broccoli and chilli theft incidents. He also tries to eat packing tape. It's a full time job making sure that he doesn't have access to anything that may hurt him - and for all the items that you can imagine being dangerous, there are just as many that come as a surprise until you find them at it. The carpet underlay is a case in point.

The only way to keep a kitten from chewing things is to strip your home bare of all fixtures, fittings, and furnishings, and even then it would probably have a go at the wall plaster.

Bloomin 'ell where have you popped up from!?

 

[DrRingDing]

She's survived the op. They've taken out the last bits of balloon.

 

[Epona]

Glad to hear she's got through the operation, you must have been beside yourself with worry

Bloomin 'ell where have you popped up from!?

Oh I do pop up from time to time, I've not left, I've just been busy! Bird or Cat threads tend to be of particular interest to me though

 

[beeboo]

She's survived the op. They've taken out the last bits of balloon. Apparently if she makes it through the next five days she should be OK.

Fingers crossed

 

[DrRingDing]

Oh I do pop up from time to time, I've not left, I've just been busy! Bird or Cat threads tend to be of particular interest to me though

What about that bearded one, is he lurking?

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Apparently she's just woken up, so I'm off to visit. No grapes though.

 

[sojourner]

Apparently she's just woken up, so I'm off to visit. No grapes though.

Hope the next 5 days is uneventful for you, and her. Fingers crossed for a complete recovery - only to find something new to try and poison herself with!!

No one ever tells you about this bit do they? I always thought cats were clever crafty creatures, with a superior intelligence - until I had them

 

[trashpony]

Hope the next 5 days is uneventful for you, and her. Fingers crossed for a complete recovery - only to find something new to try and poison herself with!!

No one ever tells you about this bit do they? I always thought cats were clever crafty creatures, with a superior intelligence - until I had them

Seconded.

Domestic cats don't have a reputation for having nine lives for nothing - many seem to flirt with disaster on a disturbingly regular basis.

 

[Badger Kitten]

oh dear just found out about this, poor cat.

Poor you.

Hope cat feels better soon.

 

[dervish]

Come three am and she is leaping around the house with her stashed bottle of olbas oil crashing it merrily into my head and shrieking with glee

Olbas oil????

That was the one sure fire way of making any of our cats clear off sharpish, they all hated the smell. I thought all cats were the same. Mind you I was just about to say that I've always had cats right until I moved out, we never had problems with them eating things they shouldn't. (That we knew about anyway) I'm worried about our new kittens now.

 

[TopCat]

Whats the vets bill so far?

 

[Donna Ferentes]

In excess of five hundred euros.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Apparently, she used to live with an old lady - after being shot, presumably - but she had kittens and the old lady immediately decided that both cat and kittens had to go. So, off they went to the pet shop, where not only was Ichy separated too early from her kittens, but she was kept in a terribly confined space (the Spanish reputation for cruelty to animals is not entirely undeserved) where she was discovered, being taunted by stupid little kids, by a friend of ours, a Portuguese woman who's a sort of hippy-traveller type. On asking, she was told Ichy was to be put down soon, so she rescued her...

 

[Epona]

No one ever tells you about this bit do they?

This is very true. Radar is my first ever cat. After the first couple of days of kitten chaos I was so exhausted by him that I ended up bursting into tears. He is still a right little horror, love him to bits though and now I'm used to him, I wouldn't have it any other way And now I want another one

Over 500 euros - ouch! Is she home yet, or still at the vets for observation?

 

[Donna Ferentes]

She's at the vets for observation until at least eight this evening. Apparently she's running a temperature but that's normal enough after an operation.

 

[liberty]

My dog loves popping balloons

 

[Yu_Gi_Oh]

Poor cat.

 

[cyberfairy]

I hope she feels better soon

 

[bluestreak]

good lucky itchy

 

[Griff]

All the best Itchy.

 

[Jazzz]

fingers crossed for your feline friend DF.

 

[dogmatique]

Dp

 

[dogmatique]

Would I be right in thinking that if you tried to insure a cat in Spain they'd look at you funny?

Fingers crossed for Itchy's speedy recovery...

It was awful last year waiting for Dr Jones' arrival back from the vets after having his jaw and various other injuries seen to.

He wasn't in the best of sorts for a good while afterwards, but seemed very relieved to be home after three days at the vets, poor lamb.

 

[bluestreak]

any news DF?

 

[trashpony]

any news DF?

Yes - Itchy is keen for an update

(DF's cat is called Ichy - no T )

 

[sojourner]

Yes - Itchy is keen for an update

(DF's cat is called Ichy - no T )

Still scrattin then chick?

 

[trashpony]

Still scrattin then chick?

Yes - but my cats are called Itchy and Scratchy also

 

[oryx]

I hope she is OK DF - any news?