Ca $$$ ching...Ca $$$ ching

Today we made another trip to the Vet's office because our little Princess Pinky was jumped by a mean ole puddy tat and rolled in the mud about a week ago. Princess had stayed out for a couple of nights (she had a date) and when she returned home she was covered in mud from her head to her tail. It wasn't just a light coating of mud, but she looked like she had been in a mud wrestling match and lost. At that time we also noticed that one of her eyes looked a little injured but it didn't look too bad so we decided to wait and let her take care of her own eye, but it slowly became worse and then yesterday we noticed some infection and decided to take her in, but the Vet's office was closed.

This morning we called our Vet and he was able to see her first thing this morning. After he examined her he said that her eye was fine, only a little inflammation & infection of her eyelid, so he gave her two medications. The Vet applied an ointment to her eyelid while we were there and the antibiotic we brought home with us. Princess is such a gentle cat that we just picked her up and were about to give her a dose of that great tasting cherry flavored amoxicillin when she showed us her claws. We had never seen her claws before. We looked at each other and exclaimed, "Did you know she had claws?" She never even showed them to the Vet and just sat there and purred loudly for him while he rubbed an ointment onto her sore inflamed eyelid. She was such a good kitty at the Vet's, but now it was time for:

Plan II Wrap the entire kitty in a towel, but be sure to leave her head out and hold cat firmly, while another person administers the medication....then run!

I'm really looking forward to all of the added exercise I'll be getting three times a day as I chase the cat down to medicate her. Each medication is to be used 3x a day and I seriously doubt if she'll let us do both at the same time, but we'll give it a try.

Surprise, Surprise....

Count the kittens. How many kittens does Princess Pinky have?

Two of the kittens in this picture are just minutes old and the others were born right before 12:34:56 p.m.

Such inquisitive creatures

Why are cats so inquisitive, constantly searching for something, anything to get into?
She stalks the window shades, looking on each slat for movement, a dust bunny perhaps, anything. I turn and breathe out and cause movement of the lace curtains and that‘s all the movement that is needed. I hear a crash as the cat tries to climb the delicate loops of the lace threads and they give way.
The cat tumbles down and goes on to something else…another window. Here she swats at the plastic rod that opens & closes the blinds. It swings away and into the sheer curtains again making the curtains the center of her attention for a moment. Losing interest she moves on.
Back & forth she walks, like a lioness stalking & searching for it’s next prey. She hears a quiet snort, stops and listens. She sees movement and she pounces. Jimmy wakes with a fright and the kitty quickly jumps off his face and runs off to look for something else to pounce on.