Kitty Woes as Kitty Woos
Say no to Baytril. It's a cat antibiotic and it has a very bitter taste and odor to cats. Finbar gave up eating when I put it in his food. That's how bad it must be.
I thought I'd be back at the vets today, but I discontinued the pill, and tempted him to eat again by offering the finest morsels of food I could find. Now he's very addicted to Fancy Feast which I'm letting him eat until I'm sure he's fine -- then he's going back to regular canned food!
Today he woke up perky and playful and hungry but I must have laid awake for most of the night worrying about him. And Saturday night too. (In case you didn't know, I've become very attached to Finbar!)
My next problem is kitty litter. I've been using Arm and Hammer clumping litter but I read that it can clump in the cat's intestines. So I'm up for something better. My older cat doesn't use a box, never has and won't. I don't know how he does it but he'll just wait till we let him out. Of course, he's in and out all day long.
One of our ideas about why Finbar wasn't eating was worrying he had a blockage from the litter. I''m tired of worrying about the little bastard, so by changing the litter I should be able to cross that worry off my list. Anyone have any recommendations on what to buy?
Finbar is so adorable he just makes me love him more and more...which brings on more worries.
I seem to be stuck in a worry mode. Does that ever happen to you?
Would someone please slap my cheek so I could say: Thanks, I needed that?
Psychological reason for my worries about Finbar: Growing up Catholic I was filled weekly with lots and lots of guilt for being alive. I've always had animals and adopted needy ones. Before I even got Finbar I said I wanted a pretty cat for a change. (Here comes the Catholic juju, hocus pocus, hex.) I shouldn't have "wanted" a pretty cat I should have just adopted a needy cat and all would be well.
Is this why he's had so many ailments?
Logical side says, don't be a fool, of course not.
Catholic juju says, yes, your vain desires will granted, but you'll get a "sick" pretty cat, how do you like them apples?
Reading: The Red Tent by Anita Diamont
Listening to: Dinah Washington sing "What a difference a day makes"
Eating: Smarties
That's it for now, must go back to my nail-biting and breast-beating! (ouch)
Say no to Baytril. It's a cat antibiotic and it has a very bitter taste and odor to cats. Finbar gave up eating when I put it in his food. That's how bad it must be.
I thought I'd be back at the vets today, but I discontinued the pill, and tempted him to eat again by offering the finest morsels of food I could find. Now he's very addicted to Fancy Feast which I'm letting him eat until I'm sure he's fine -- then he's going back to regular canned food!
Today he woke up perky and playful and hungry but I must have laid awake for most of the night worrying about him. And Saturday night too. (In case you didn't know, I've become very attached to Finbar!)
My next problem is kitty litter. I've been using Arm and Hammer clumping litter but I read that it can clump in the cat's intestines. So I'm up for something better. My older cat doesn't use a box, never has and won't. I don't know how he does it but he'll just wait till we let him out. Of course, he's in and out all day long.
One of our ideas about why Finbar wasn't eating was worrying he had a blockage from the litter. I''m tired of worrying about the little bastard, so by changing the litter I should be able to cross that worry off my list. Anyone have any recommendations on what to buy?
Finbar is so adorable he just makes me love him more and more...which brings on more worries.
I seem to be stuck in a worry mode. Does that ever happen to you?
Would someone please slap my cheek so I could say: Thanks, I needed that?
Psychological reason for my worries about Finbar: Growing up Catholic I was filled weekly with lots and lots of guilt for being alive. I've always had animals and adopted needy ones. Before I even got Finbar I said I wanted a pretty cat for a change. (Here comes the Catholic juju, hocus pocus, hex.) I shouldn't have "wanted" a pretty cat I should have just adopted a needy cat and all would be well.
Is this why he's had so many ailments?
Logical side says, don't be a fool, of course not.
Catholic juju says, yes, your vain desires will granted, but you'll get a "sick" pretty cat, how do you like them apples?
Reading: The Red Tent by Anita Diamont
Listening to: Dinah Washington sing "What a difference a day makes"
Eating: Smarties
That's it for now, must go back to my nail-biting and breast-beating! (ouch)
posted by mary bishop | 10:57 AM
15 Comments:
Mary, I get like that too, worrying myself to death but you must take a step back for a minute and think about all the kitties that live out in the woods with no veterinary visits or special food, your kitty will be jus fine. Cats are very resilient as you know since your cats have longetivity
living in your care.
Maybe he ate a bug out in the yard or something else that upset his tummy.
My cats always outgrew the litterbox too. We used the cheap stuff until they decided to use the outdoors. I kept moving the box closer and closer to the back door so that would encourage them to want to go out.
I miss having a cat. Good cats are hard to come by.
i have a cat who thinks shes a dog but shes awesome and now that its colder has recently taken to sleeping on parts of me...the crook in my shoulder or on top of my head (which is new)guess its warm though:)
anyway i am back from vacation i hope little finbar is ok:) hugs
Dashababy, you are right...and today he's so much better. I've been keeping him inside until he's bigger and better able to protect himself.
So true that good cats are hard to find, and Finn has much potential to be a wonderful cat.
Minijaxter - how sweet that your kitty loves to snuggle. My dream is to have Finbar be a snuggler because Tripper is no snuggler...he's as aloof as a cat can get.
Thanks for your well wishes, I think, knock on wood, that Finbar's on the road to health...I sure hope so!!
Its hard not to worry about pets, I mean they are part of the family. Thats so wierd that your older cat wont use a litter box. I have never had a cat that wouldnt.
I'm grateful to hear Finbar is feeling better.
I came here this morning before any other comments were up...I wanted to say something but I wasn't quite sure what to say. What you wrote (and what another blogger wrote today) about guilt really has had me thinking all day long. And I still haven't arrived at anything coherent yet.
I can say that I don't believe in guilt. As a way of life, as a habit.
I can say "Try to trust yourself more"... but that seems so empty somehow. I think the crux is something deeper or more central. Control, maybe. I don't know.
It's a compelling subject. I so seldom feel guilt, but I think it's the microculture I grew up in, the idea that I got early on that adults/authority figures were vulnerable and so much more full of shit than children, and my own coping mechanisms. And no Catholicism.
This is so foreign and yet, some of the people I care deeply about hold onto guilt so deep within them. So it is compelling for me.
I will go on my way and let you know what comes of it if anything.
P.S. Dashababy is a true mom. Pragmatic, loving and she knows how to put a fretful heart at ease. Props, dashababy.
Marko, I think my older rescue cat was used to being outside and even though we've given him a loving home, he sees the outdoors as his true home and where he should go to the bathroom.
Right now he's on the sofa which is a coup as he's been unhappy with Finbar being in the house since we brought him home. Maybe they'll learn to like each other!!
Sheryl, guilt plagues me. It's a very debilitating emotion and most people would say that I have little to feel guilty about yet it's almost as if I'd be done with guilt if I had something big to feel guilty about.
Then again, it's one's choice to feel guilt. What makes me feel guilty (like wanting a "pretty" cat) probably wouldn't bother to many people.
Dashababy is so wise, so funny and such a good person, she always puts things in perspective and with the gentlest of words. I love her.
*sniff*
Mary,
Between you and Sheryl, ya got me all teary eyed but that isn't a difficult thing really, now is it?
LOL.
Thank you both for the kind words.
It means so much coming from Sheryl who is the master at thoughtful, loving comments. Yeah, I notice stuff ;)
And Mary, you know I always come back here because the way you write, it's like I can hear you and see you talking. Plus, you interact with your commenters so graciously. The sweetness that is Mary, comes through. You two are way too smart for me tho, I can't keep up with you on the political stuff, you know that ;)
xoxoxoxo
Much love,
Kathy
Dashababy, you know I feel the exact way about you. It's as if we're sitting at my kitchen table talking -- that's how real and uninternetish it is when you comment.
Sheryl is very smart, I agree, but so are you my dear!!
(I'm not sure I'm sweet as I certainly don't see myself that way, but I do see YOU that way.) xoxoxo
xoxoxoxoxo
Sweet Finbar. Sweet Mary.
I'm still thinking about the whole catholic thing. Is that the mindset-really. That's terrible and that you still think that way, or your thoughts drift in that direction says something about the mind control that religion has over a person. Can you tell I'm a little upset? I just got over my mom telling me that everything bad, even thoughts are satan at work. I don't think I can even get into that right now.
You should know that Finbar is a dear cat who is very lucky to have you and is just a kitten. Kittens, puppies all have these little problems until they have been in the house for awhile. My Emily(dog) had eye mites that would ot go away. She rubbed her eye so much we called her "naked eye"
Just in case you are still looking for litter, I swear by Tidy Cat. Or my cat does. and not the kind with odor crystals. He hates that fru fru stuff and will not cover.
Pg - I shouldn't say this but you have every reason to be upset. Mothers' words have so much impact and even when we become mothers ourselves, we still can become reduced to a toddler when our mothers say or do something that hurts us -- even when they don't mean to.
Anyhow, growing up Catholic, Irish Catholic, there were so many times I was made to feel badly for just being myself. So you can see why I have no religion now and am gloriously happy in my nonreligious state!
Thanks for the tip on kitty litter. Husband bought some wheat litter??? this morning on his way to work, but I like simplicity and I like cheaper prices than he paid for this chichi litter. It's going to get pissed on and this must be remembered and reflected in the price!!
I'm starting to get better about Finbar but I question my sanity at times and wonder why I am so terrified of losing him. Which brings me back to the guilt for wanting a pretty cat and being punished for my superficial and vain desires.
Oh mom's, they can say one thing and really mess a person up. My husband's mom told him before we moved up here that he'll never make it in NYC. Isn't that terrible? And my poor mom. Her ideal perfect daughter died and she's left with 2 that worry her to death. I will admit that I am like her the most, and she sees that too.
About Finbar, I'm glad you are getting better about him. You have something else going on though with worrying about him. It may be to prove your Catholic upbringing wrong. Let me sleep on it and I'll have a complete dianosis in the morning. In the meantime, have a glass of wine and sit by the fire.
Wine by the fire sounds so good, can I do it at 10:57 AM??
Wine by the fire sounds so good, can I do it at 10:57 AM??
In my book it's that time somewhere in the world, so I say cheers to everyone in let's say Russia.
A double post for me on the wine and fire indicates the gods are telling me it was a very good idea PG, I just didn't do it though..wish I had!!
My mother used to say it's 5 o'clock somewhere and I like that one too.
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