I love our animals. They bring such personality to our life. The cats do their own thing and you never know what they are thinking. Sophie-dog is one of the sweetest dogs I know. She loves you unconditionally and is always happy to see you, even if you have only been gone for five minutes.
But this morning I am feeling a little something different about our beloved animals. For three weeks now we have had three cats get sick. It started out with Brady throwing up fifteen times in one day. I might add this was just five days after we spent $200 to have the carpets cleaned. And he couldn't seem to get that we wanted him to get sick downstairs where there was no carpet. No, he had to find a new spot on the carpet each time. After $180 at the vet we concluded that it was indigestion. Again, I didn't realize that cats could get heart burn. Three days later he started sneezing horribly and had really bad eye crap. Back to the vet we go. Turns out he had an upper respiratory virus. More meds and another vet bill. Two days after he got better our cat Astro started showing the same signs that he had a cold. Another trip to the vet and another $60. Then last Wednesday our cat Ben showed the same signs that he was sick. Now Ben is a big baby anyway (my fault for treating him like he was my baby) and he milked us for every ounce of "poor Ben"he could get. Luckily the vet just let us pick up the meds for him with allowed us not to have another $25 office visit plus the cost of meds. Through all this I have become an expert at giving cats pills. It was not always an easy task.
Then yesterday we come home to find that someone has pissed on our bed. We weren't happy and stripped the bed and cleaned everything. Then this afternoon I walk up to the room and our oldest cat Bonk is laying on the bed making that sound like "I am about to be sick". I try to get her off the bed,but I wasn't in time. She pucked all over the bed. So for the second day in a row we are stripping our bed and washing everything.
I love our pets dearly, but I have seen enough puke and piss on our bed to last a lifetime. Our room is now officially "off limits" to the children during the day. We decided that the next pet that pukes or pisses is going up for auction on this blog. Stay tuned.
The above picture is of Sophie and her new toy. She's like a little kid when you buy her something new.
7 comments:
Even thought we're down to just one cat now (and no, we don't want another right now -smile), one thing we've learned when we were a multi-cat household is that if one gets an upper respitory infection, it's likely they're all going to get it.
Our old cat, Sheba, had IBD, and with it came projectile vomiting, which often ended up on our bed or the carpet. I feel for you cleaning all that up, and can totally relate.
Yep I know what you're saying. Seems like these things come in waves like you're having too. Very hard on the checkbook, yikes!
Our dog peed on our bed a few times when he was younger. We just had to start keeping the door shut when we weren't in there. It's awful to crawl into bed, all ready for a nice sleep, and then "what is all over the bed???" Ick.
Well, I know better than to buy into the "auction block" thing, but I know you are frustrated. Hang in there, and they will be well soon. One day, you will be able to laugh about this, despite the "yucky factor" you're experiencing now. I know you both love those critters. Smile, sweetie.
It could be worse . . . you could be trying to move across several states and walking on your last leg!
We have 3 cats too and havent enjoyed the pleasure of having them all sick. Hats off to you two for putting up with that! It cant be any fun! Hopefully they all get better soon!
sassyfemme--come oh, i know you really want another cat..we'll even bring him to you
sandra--it's been a huge hit to the checkbook
amy--luckily for us we realized before we were going to be what had happened, otherwise i think laura would have killed one of them right there
lynilu--i can already laugh about it, but laura can't. and when she 's not happy, no onees happy
onecrazylady--it hasn't been fun at all
That is tough when they are emitting bodily fluids. Best thing is to limit what rooms they have access too when youre' not home or even when you are home whatever works best for you. Y'all are good furparents!
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