( crazy cat lady ramblings )



So there's your Demon Kitty update.  He's been fine since the last vet visit, when we put him on the maintenance food.  It's about time to go get more, so I'm going to have to call them, and I hope they don't want me to bring him in.  (I don't think they will, though.) 

Haha.  "Yes, I mulch my backyard yinzer tomato garden with dirt from all over the world."

so... busy...

I've been sore like crazy lately, and I don't even have the $100 for a new futon mattress.  I decided to augment my existing mattress with all the spare blankets I didn't have closet space for.  (Two birds!)  Anyway, if any of yinz yinzers have unwanted spare blankets, I could use them.

Also, if anyone could use a plant, I have a houseful.  These are the available ones, in order of most to least overrun -- jade, spider, green and purple wandering jew, green and purple King Kong Coleuseseses, orchid cactus.

This is a public service announcement.

Cats are not dogs.  Cats are excellent at hiding their pain and weakness until the last possible minute.  So by the time you know something's wrong, something's probably really really wrong.  If your cat is showing any of these signs, take them to the vet immediately! 

• peeing outside the litterbox
• peeing frequently, especially in small amounts
• inability to pee at all
• crying in the litterbox
• excessive licking of the crotch area
• change in smell or color of the urine
• frequent vomiting in a short period of time
• not eating (for the record, whatever reason they stop eating, this can also be critical or fatal in a very short time.)
• "acting funny" - may include sitting with the legs spread to avoid pressure to the bladder, slinking around, holding the tail in a funny position, crying out when touched.

Urinary problems affect boys more than girls, because of their anatomy.  A boy is more likely to go from infected and/or irritated to completely blocked, which can be fatal in as little as a few hours after you notice it.   However, this can still happen to girls, too.

Even if your cat is not yet blocked, any UTI or crystals or whatever need to be treated as soon as possible.  Not only will your cat thank you for sparing it from days of pain and all sorts of hideous procedures, just from the standpoint of money it makes more sense.  A UTI is some antibiotics and maybe special food.  Blockages can involve many days in the hospital, plus tubes, injections, and meds, permanent disabilities, risky surgery, and hundreds and hundreds of dollars. 

Put it this way - you may go to the e-vet and be wrong, and be out $90.  Or you may put it off and run up ten times that much, possibly still having your cat die.  It is better to risk the little bit of money now, than the lots of money later PLUS your cat's life.

Thank you for your time.  We now return you to your regularly scheduled f-list. 

I present you with a little bit of history. 

The Immaculate Reception is the moment that pretty much started it all... And the story's got a little bit of everything - mystery, intrigue, scandal, physics, John Madden, and this quote: "NFL Network in 2007 ranked the "Raiders versus the World" as the biggest feud in NFL history."

He's not being TOO much of a jerk... not that I could blame him anyway...

So yesterday and today, when I've turtle-fought with him, we've had to stop because of bleeding.  And today, both times there was bleeding, I found a baby tooth on the floor.  I hope this means it'll happen quickly, because blood is EWW GROSS.

Poor little kitten...


ps - WTF is this icon, and why did it have to happen to the only icon of Max I have?  Thanks so much, LJ...

I am sore and cranky and I decided to stay home with my cat and my computer.

Here are some interesting things I am currently working on.

I got sick of my constantly-repeating playlist, so I dumped every song I own into winamp and hit "shuffle," then saved the list.  I'm keeping them in that order and playing through, and as I find things that are crap, I delete them and re-save.  I have been surprised by some awesome things already, and I'm only at 125 (of songs I've kept).  

I'm also backing up my computer for the new year.  Exciting, huh?

Oh look, it's 12:03.  I CAN'T BELIEVE I WAS SPRAYING MY CAT OUT FROM UNDER MY DESK AT MIDNIGHT.  Ha ha.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Does anyone know a good driving school? 

And before one of you thinks about volunteering, keep in mind I need to learn stick. 

Today is free shipping day!

They don't actually expire till the end of the year.  YEEHAW!

see also I'm Awesome - The Beginning and The Continuing Adventures of I'm Awesome.

When Max Power gets the crazies, you better watch out.   He is actually reaching beyond "kittens are bad little jerks" and striving for "total asshole."  He hisses, he runs around with his tail puffed out, he attacks me, sometimes he even bites me deliberately, and he gets into the same forbidden territory again and again and again and again...

Usually I just snap my fingers and go FFFFFT.  When that doesn't work, I point the spray bottle at him and go FFFFFT.  That's usually enough to send him tearing away.  Tonight I got so sick of him repeatedly swatting at the same plant, and nothing was working, so I went ahead and squirted him dead in the center of his chest.  It's the first time I've actually pulled the trigger in days.  And let me tell you, after a few minutes of hiding and sulking and drying off, he hopped right up into my lap and went to sleep.

I guess sometimes you just need to pull out the big guns to get your point across.


***edit***  for anyone who needs a good dose of kitten, I've posted more pictures.

A few pictures I took today... more on my flickr

( Not safe for squeamish vegetarians; may also include toxic levels of kitten. )

I just got a picture message from a friend... my phone doesn't receive them, but somehow she can email them to me right from her phone. 

This m&%^@#f!?&@er is taking up 3 seats AND IT'S RUSH HOUR!

(Old-timey punctuation filter activated, so I could make it public.)




She went on to say that there were no other seats, and probably about five people were standing.  What a jerk, right?  So I had to call him out publicly on the internet, even if maybe eight people are gonna read this, and on top of which he's unidentifiable.

FOR SHAME, SELFISH SLEEPING JERK, FOR SHAME!

18:06 note to self - cryptobranchus is my copilot

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ps -- it's a 3mo boy... forgot to mention that we totally disregarded the "females only" thing.