There's A Reason

There's a reason why Homer is so upset and chews his hair off.  A friend and neighbor happened to be watching animal planet and they were doing a program on Chantilly cats.  She called me and said, "tune into the program", and I was astounded by all the similarities between the Chantilly and Homer.  This explains a bunch about our little Homer.  Chantilly's are highly nervous and have high anxiety.  They over-groom because of their problems.

When you rescue an animal you never quit know what to expect for behavior.  You have no idea what breed they are from (usually) unless it's obvious like the Siamese or Burmese.  The Chantilly also has a weird meow.  It's not a real meow it's sort of a trill.  They need more love and attention than most breeds and also need grooming more.  That is...when they haven't chewed all their hair off.
Now at least...I don't feel guilty for taking out a plastic garbage bag and swishing it through the air to open it, only to find Homer running away like I'm going to bag HIM and throw him in the trash.

We had a incident a couple of months ago.  Homer was asleep on the carpet close to the front door.  There was a solar tube almost over his head. (This lets in more light in an otherwise dark corner of the room) The cover decided to fall to the floor right next to him and he almost ended up on the ceiling where the cover had been.  He certainly is a good jumper.  He jumps higher than any of the other cats ever have.

Now we need to learn to live with our part Chantilly cat.

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Major Update (not exciting)

The kitties are all doing fairly well.  Moosey is holding his own and still being force fed three times a day.  Every once-in-a-while he will scarf down some friskies but most of the time I have to give him 50 mils Hills Science Diet ad food.

Tanner's immune system isn't the best because if his Thyroid problem or his thyroid is bad because of his immune system...not sure which.  He has developed allergies to flea bites and has to have a shot more times than I like. I can actually pick him up now without him freaking out.  He and Lamont live in the back bedroom.  I tried the other day to get them to come out for a bit and socialize with the rest of the gang.  NO WAY!  I pushed Lamont out the door and he ran back in.  The door remained open for at least an hour and a half and neither one would venture out that door.  I think I'm going to throw them out of the room and close the door before they can run back in.  They are not getting the exercise they need in that small room.

Homer is finally growing his hair back on his back half.  Strange though....it's coming in sort of grey instead of black.  He has completely stopped spraying and has made friends with Paddy.  I haven't determined if Homer is now the alpha or Paddy kept the title, but everything seems cool between them so it's all good.

Cherry and Sugar are good but Cherry has to go to the vet and get some de-worming pills.  I noticed when I picked up her poop today that she has worms.  YUCK!  
They both look so cute in their little parkas and knitted hats with the pompon's on top. The weather has turned very chilly here so they're getting suited up before going out for potty.  Sugar always manages to work her hat down over her eyes as she walks and ends up not being able to see where she's going.

The weather man here says Winter is just around the corner and we can look forward to cold weather for quite a while.  COME ON SNOW!!!!!!!  It has to snow this year.  It's been several years since we had a good snow storm.

I am now on Medicare part B.  Yea!!!  No more Providence preferred insurance. That was expensive with a huge deductible.  If you weren't going to the doctor all the time it was like not having insurance at all.  Now I have HealthNet and it seems to be doing the trick.  I went to the doctor for my yearly and it didn't cost anything except a small copay.  My blood work was basically free too.  We cancelled our insurance through my husband's work and now we get so much more on his paycheck.  He is covered by VA anyway.  He was only carrying it so I could have insurance.  Things are getting better.

So that's the way it is as of today.

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I Do Not Have Cat Hair In My Eye!

On Friday I had to rush over to my eye doctor's office.  It seems I (according to the doctor) had something in my eye and it swelled up and turned super red.  Oh ya,  It also hurt like crazy.  He said it was probably a cat hair that came out after it caused the angry eye. I maintain the position that I think I would have felt it if I had a cat hair in my eye.  I can sure tell if I get an eyelash in one of my eyes.  I still think it was an eye infection.  I shouldn't say WAS because I'm still having pain from it as well as swelling.  I'm hoping tomorrow it will stop hurting.

I went into the Humane Society's web cam tonight to check on Damien.  He's  hiding in one of the cubes they have on the floor of the cattery. I'm happy he is sleeping soundly and not bullying any of the other cats into a fighting frenzy.  The Humane Society must have had a lot of people through there today. All the cats seem to be out cold.

All is well here at our house.  The cats are fine and the dogs are fine as well.  The bird watching isn't as exciting right now because it's been raining for a few days.  Paddy and Homer are doing their favorite rainy weather sport.  They wait until Fina gets up and then chase her until she goes back to bed again.  Poor Fina!

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The Saga Of Damien

I usually keep an eye on the local Humane Society's website.  A few months ago my son took his cat to the humane society because he no longer wanted to care for him.  The Humane society was told that he could not be an outdoor cat because he bullies other animals and gets torn up in the process.  They didn't bother to tell the people who took him home any of this and now (I think) he's back in the Humane Society's care with chunks out of him.

This cat I believe to be the cat we took to the Humane Society a few months ago.  If it is him, this is the third time he has been stitched up from being outside.  They have him listed as FIV positive now.  He wasn't FIV positive when my son had him. I should have just taken him home with me instead of letting him go to the Humane Society in the first place. This is so upsetting to me.  I can't let my other cats get FIV too or I would go get him tomorrow.



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Amos Is Still Strong

Amos took a turn last month and lost weight again. We were unable to get his Feline Immune Support pills any more.  The manufacturer told me they will be making the same formula in a chewable formula.  Ya right, a cat is going to willingly chew a pill!  Especially an older cantankerous one that can't smell much because he has a drippy nose anyway.  I bought out the rest they had on hand and a couple I found on Ebay too.  I have a years worth now. Amos is doing better, but it will take awhile for his weight to get back to where it was.   I must say between the special foods and the pills my kitchen looks like a vet's office.  Oh well.........we do what we can to make our geriatric children feel better.

I'm still trying to get everything together to start selling on Ebay.  There's a lot to learn before you jump into selling.  I tried it once before and didn't sell a thing.  This time I'm doing the research needed to see a profit.  My other blog about how to make money on the Internet is being worked on slowly also. It's sort of on hold so I can move forward with the Ebay project.  I'm anxious to start an Ebay store selling everything pet related after I get the auction selling part established.  I have to sell dog jammies!  My girls need more jammies!

The cats have been enjoying the warm weather we are having right now.  The windows are cracked open and they spend most of their time with their noses stuck to the window screens.  Many of the birds of Spring are showing up now.  Just in the past week I've seen Tanagers, Orioles, Red Winged Black birds, Steller's Jays, Grosbeaks and Nut Hatches.  The cats are loving all the noisy birds at the feeders.  Unfortunately the stray cats have noticed them too.  Most of the cats in the neighborhood think this is their well stocked Deli.

So.....stay tunned for more on the Ebay sales / Internet Money Blog info.

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