Sally hanging out on Friday morning.
Luf, Us
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Showing posts with label Sally. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sally. Show all posts
Friday, November 12, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Easy Like Sunday
Here is Sally hanging out, enjoying the rays of sun this morning. Ah, how nice it is that it is in the lower 90s!!! We are so HAPPY that it is much much much cooler than it has been!
Luf, Us
Luf, Us
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Photo Hunt #40
The Photo Hunt theme this week is I Spy wid mine own liddle eyes, a quadruple stacked poodin tree.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Thursday Updates
Grey is home with his Mom & Dad. They had to get a baby bean playpen for him to stay in because it's softer than a cage or a kennel. He still doesn't have the use of his back legs. His Mom & Dad have to set him in his litter box so he can use it, then they have to clean him up. The V-E-T said that dissolving the clot would take 7-10 days, and this is the 7th day so efurrybody, PLEASE KEEP SENDING PURRS & PRAYERS TO GREY!!!!!
He has to take 8 pills and luckily, his Mom is able to hide them in his food and he is eating them just fine, so they must not be gross tasting. He is eating and drinking. His Mom is very worried about having to give him an enema if he doesn't poo, so let's hope that he feels the urge to do that on his own....
In other noos, Sally hissed and growled at the V-E-T and tried to be her most furrocious self. I was totally UNHAPPY to hear that she also has FORLs. Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesions. I SO did not need to hear that. If any of you haven't read about Dorfington Fish Stanley's ordeal with FORLs yet, it's quite the story. Luckily, Sally's jaws didn't chatter while she was under anesthesia, so they aren't the excruciatingly painful ones, yet. We'll see how her bloodwork looks tomorrow, and decide how we want to proceed. This may explain her howling and also rubbing her face against anything and everything. I always thought she was just marking the wall corners and the furniture, but maybe she is trying to soothe her painful teeth. Don't you wish they could speak to us?????
As for Smokey, his x-ray shows a teeny bit of honeycombing in his lungs, which might be asthma, but his heart looks abnormal. And since both V-E-Ts heard his heart murmur loud and clear, the heart worries me. Apparently a murmur isn't too big a deal, but an abnormal shaped heart is. We might opt for a sonogram to see what's up with it. We're going to see what his bloodwork shows also.
So, yes, the saga of the special needs kitties here at the Forty Paws continues. Just another day in the life...
We're going to need to raffle off a kitty Ham-mick for the Forty Paws.
Luf, Us
He has to take 8 pills and luckily, his Mom is able to hide them in his food and he is eating them just fine, so they must not be gross tasting. He is eating and drinking. His Mom is very worried about having to give him an enema if he doesn't poo, so let's hope that he feels the urge to do that on his own....
In other noos, Sally hissed and growled at the V-E-T and tried to be her most furrocious self. I was totally UNHAPPY to hear that she also has FORLs. Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesions. I SO did not need to hear that. If any of you haven't read about Dorfington Fish Stanley's ordeal with FORLs yet, it's quite the story. Luckily, Sally's jaws didn't chatter while she was under anesthesia, so they aren't the excruciatingly painful ones, yet. We'll see how her bloodwork looks tomorrow, and decide how we want to proceed. This may explain her howling and also rubbing her face against anything and everything. I always thought she was just marking the wall corners and the furniture, but maybe she is trying to soothe her painful teeth. Don't you wish they could speak to us?????
As for Smokey, his x-ray shows a teeny bit of honeycombing in his lungs, which might be asthma, but his heart looks abnormal. And since both V-E-Ts heard his heart murmur loud and clear, the heart worries me. Apparently a murmur isn't too big a deal, but an abnormal shaped heart is. We might opt for a sonogram to see what's up with it. We're going to see what his bloodwork shows also.
So, yes, the saga of the special needs kitties here at the Forty Paws continues. Just another day in the life...
We're going to need to raffle off a kitty Ham-mick for the Forty Paws.
Luf, Us
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Wordy Wednesday
It's amazing how much more quiet the house is with 2 poodins missing overnight. With Sally and Smokey boarding overnight at the V-E-T, there were only 8 poodins to count when it came time to close the cat flap to the enclosure. Only 8 poodins worth of output to scoop from the litterboxes this morning. Of course they were missed. Without Sgt. Sally's howling, it was eerily quiet last evening. And without Smokey to wrassle Dorf and Reno, there wasn't much fur flying in the hallway.
During their health checks yesterday, it was determined that Smokey really didn't need his teeth cleaned. Yay! But, he does have a heart murmur, and we wanted his heavy breathing checked out. When he's lying down, we can hear him breathe from across the room. I don't know if it's because of his Herpes virus, or if he has asthma, or if it's his weight. He only weighs 15 lbs., which isn't overly large in this house. So, he stayed overnight with Sally and will have x-rays and blood tests done this morning.
Sally was throwing a hissy fit at the V-E-T. She was not happy at all. She used to get that way when I would take her to the PetsMart Adopt-a-Pet center. One hour in the cage and she was spitting and hissing and wanting to rip the arm off anyone who came near her. That's how we ended up keeping her. It was just too difficult to try and find her a home. I assume it's because she was kept in a cage for the first 10 months of her life at the Crazy Cat Lady's garage.
I will say this 100 times over on this blog. Anyone who believes they are fostering by keeping cats in cages are doing a disservice to that cat. Yes, shelters keep cats in cages because they have little choice. Most are publicly funded and way down on the community's priority list. But an individual who performs "rescue" should not need to confine the animals. They might be saving the life of that animal, but at what psychological cost to it?
Luf, Maw
During their health checks yesterday, it was determined that Smokey really didn't need his teeth cleaned. Yay! But, he does have a heart murmur, and we wanted his heavy breathing checked out. When he's lying down, we can hear him breathe from across the room. I don't know if it's because of his Herpes virus, or if he has asthma, or if it's his weight. He only weighs 15 lbs., which isn't overly large in this house. So, he stayed overnight with Sally and will have x-rays and blood tests done this morning.
Sally was throwing a hissy fit at the V-E-T. She was not happy at all. She used to get that way when I would take her to the PetsMart Adopt-a-Pet center. One hour in the cage and she was spitting and hissing and wanting to rip the arm off anyone who came near her. That's how we ended up keeping her. It was just too difficult to try and find her a home. I assume it's because she was kept in a cage for the first 10 months of her life at the Crazy Cat Lady's garage.
I will say this 100 times over on this blog. Anyone who believes they are fostering by keeping cats in cages are doing a disservice to that cat. Yes, shelters keep cats in cages because they have little choice. Most are publicly funded and way down on the community's priority list. But an individual who performs "rescue" should not need to confine the animals. They might be saving the life of that animal, but at what psychological cost to it?
Luf, Maw
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Tuesday Noosday
Bow went in last week to have some more blood work done. His blood glucose level was down to 164 from 245 so he was doing much better since we had stopped his massive treats intake and took him off the prednisolone and put him on Budesonide. Problem was, he was a bit dehydrated and he had lost 1.25 lbs. over 3 weeks. The pred increases appetite and water consumption. So we also had the fructosamine test run which tells us the number of blood glucose molecules linked to protein molecules in the blood. The test provides information on the average blood glucose level for the past 3 weeks in humans, usually over 1-2 weeks in felines. This reading was back in the normal range. So Bow received some sub-q fluids for his dehydration and we have put him back on the pred so that his appetite returns. Then he'll go back in for another blood test in 1 month. He turns 18 in one month.
Sally and Smokey will be going in for a checkup this afternoon, and then staying overnight at the V-E-T in preparation for their dentals and vaccinations tomorrow. They are way overdue. Everything got off schedule when Dorf kept having to have dental extractions.
We board the poodins overnight who are getting surgery. We don't attempt to take up food or water here at the Forty Paws because it makes for a grumpy bunch of 10 cats and no one gets any sleep.
We'll let you know how Grey is doing once we hear some noos.
Luf, Us
Sally and Smokey will be going in for a checkup this afternoon, and then staying overnight at the V-E-T in preparation for their dentals and vaccinations tomorrow. They are way overdue. Everything got off schedule when Dorf kept having to have dental extractions.
We board the poodins overnight who are getting surgery. We don't attempt to take up food or water here at the Forty Paws because it makes for a grumpy bunch of 10 cats and no one gets any sleep.
We'll let you know how Grey is doing once we hear some noos.
Luf, Us
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Wordy Wednesday
Owr furry own Sgt. Sally is feechured ofer at Kitty Limericks today!!! We ist furry honored dat Karen Jo did such a beeyoutiful limerick fur owr Sarge.
Luf, Us
Luf, Us
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Monday, January 7, 2008
Bouquet and Meme
Karen Jo from Kitty Limericks passed on this wonderful bouquet to Maw & Paw for taking care of all of us special needs poodins here at the Forty Paws and helping out other kitties too. Maw & Paw really appreciate her kindness. We poodins really try to keep them happy by one of us puking at least daily, and sometimes we even reward them with OLEs (out-of-litterbox experiences). As a matter of fact, just this morning Paw stepped in yak in the hallway, and Maw stepped on a cling-on that had fallen on the floor. Wasn't that nice of us to remind them that we are all still here? Thanks Karen Jo!!!!
The kids from Jan's Funny Farm tagged us for the Seven Random/Weird Things Meme. Sally will tell you 7 random things about herself.
1. When Maw or Paw get home and leave the big metal monsters in the garage, I howl at the garage door for them to let me go out and warm myself on the hoods of the big metal monsters.
2. When I go through the cat flap to go into the enclosure, I let the flap close gently on my tail so it doesn't go "FLAP FLAP". Maw told me she appreciates this.
3. I like to take my special foods out of the food bowl and go elsewhere to eat them. Like last night Maw gave me some steak, and I had to take each piece from the bowl and go into the living room to eat it. I do the same with tuna and Chick-Hen.
4. I am NOT A LAP CAT.
5. Maw has to wash off my right eye almost daily because of the black gunk that builds up from my Feline Herpes.
6. I like to walk around the house and howl. That's why my nickname is Sgt. Sally--because I'm on patrol.
7. I rub against every corner in the house and against the legs of every piece of furniture so that Maw has to scrub off the black markings every once in awhile.
This Meme has been around the Cat Blogosphere a few times, so if there is anyone out there with a burning desire to tell us 7 random things about yourself, go for it!
Luf, Sally
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Photo Hunters #21
From top to bottom, Reno, Smokey, and Sally on packing paper checking out the book, "We Are the Kitties".
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