Category Archives: Cats

The Carnival of the Cats is back at This Blog Is Full Of Crap this week because the host who was scheduled to do it apparently had better things to do. It is a lame BlogCarnival-driven template of the links. … Continue reading →

Took this one a few minutes ago. The reason Miss Gracie is looking so peeved is because she hates the flash, so she’s refusing to look up. But you get a good view of her beauty spot on her shoulder. … Continue reading →

When I got home from synagogue tonight, Gracie was by the food dishes, rubbing against the wall, and asking for something more interesting than dry food. So she got some of her tuna-flavored Fancy Feast, and I got a great … Continue reading →

It’s IBD. It’s totally treatable. And it’s only taken an extra three weeks due to sheer incompetence at the old vet’s. I have an appointment with the new vet this afternoon. I had them fax him the lab results, and … Continue reading →

I promised you a picture where Tig does not look like a goofball. Here he is, looking ultra-dignified out in the sun. His ruff is wider than usual for several reasons: He was recently brushed, it had rained before he … Continue reading →

I have not been posting daily updates because it’s been the same-old, same-old. It’s a waiting game. We haven’t got the lab results yet, except for the liver biopsy, which came back clean. And I haven’t been posting updates because … Continue reading →

She has spent most of the last 24 hours sleeping in my laundry basket, which is, er, full of laundry. Today when I get home, I’m going to switch her to the rag basket. I need to wash clothes. She … Continue reading →

Gracie is home, has eaten, visited the litterbox, went up the stairs, used her scratching post, oh, and growled at me, big-time—for trying to remove her IV bandage. I have to give her antibiotics, but I’m hesitating right now. Wow, … Continue reading →

Carnival of the Cats #137 goes to the land Down Under and gets all crazy with the Crazy Meezer. Lots of Meezer noses, Meezer toeses, and all the links that the Meezer choses. So who is the Catmodel of the … Continue reading →

So let’s see. This morning, Gracie seemed worse. I worried most of the day. I came home and she walked slowly down the stairs, then stopped halfway. She usually doesn’t do that. I fed her some more of her favorite … Continue reading →

Well, I took Gracie to another vet today for a second opinion. I now have absolutely zero faith in my current vets. Second vet said I have to get the biopsies done, and they need to be surgical. The works, … Continue reading →

I’m trying to find another vet that performs endoscopies in the Richmond, VA area. I know of two clinics that will charge me well over $1,000. Can’t afford that. Does anyone know how I can find out which vets in … Continue reading →

Carnival of the Cats #136 is celebrating Halloween with a spooktacular roundup brewed in the kettle over at Watermark, which based on the Poet’s excellent track record I’m thinking out to be the go-to place for all holiday editions at … Continue reading →