Introducing Boo!

That's wonderful! I hope you and Boo have many happy years together!
Please let us know how she is doing after her surgery tomorrow.

What a beautiful cat, bless your heart for taking in an older girl. I hope everything goes well for all of your family members. The less stress she has while recovering the better. I can't believe she's four and not spayed! Holy cow!

Will it take longer for her to adjust to the change than a younger cat?

Oh what a cutie!!! Hope the op goes well tomorrow - let us know! And don't worry, she'll adventure out from under your bed in no time..

She's such a pretty girl! I'm sure she will adjust and come out of hiding soon. How have Tiger and Jorin reacted to her arrival?

Please let us know how her spay goes. I'm sure everything will be fine and she will bounce back in no time.

Tiger and Jorin don't seem to be too upset by her arrival. They're pretty laid back babies. The few times they've met her previously, they don't do anything, but she starts hissing at them. Tiger runs and hides, and Jorin hisses back.

She was fine this morning, still nervous, but willing to come out when I called. She also didn't turn on me this morning, so I think she's getting a bit more settled. But then, I had to disrupt her again to take her to the vet...Poor thing. She did NOT want to get back in her crate, she was hissing as I put her in, but she calmed down once she was inside. I gave her the T shirt I wore yesterday, which has my scent and that of my 2 kitties on it. It'll either comfort her or it'll be shredded, I don't know which.

The vet I took her to was very nice, answered all of my questions, said I could come see her this afternoon. She also agreed to NOT give her ketamine for anestetic, and is going to give her FeLV,rabies, and distemper shots.

Moo cow kitties! Cooter Booter!

What a cutie pie! I'm sending heal-quickly thoughts and prayers. I'm so sorry little Nakita had to go through her troubles - but we all sure learned something from it, and hopefully Boo will be up and about real soon!

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I got a chance to see her this afternoon! She's doing great, she recognized me, wasn't too out of it either. She meowed at me a couple times and purred when I petted her. I feel so much better now! I also got to talk to the vet. Apparently her uterus was really thick and deformed. He thinks it may have been cysts. So that's probably why she was in heat almost constantly! I'll bet she's going to feel a LOT better now that we've taken care of that! I can't wait, I pick her up at 8:30am tomorrow (and get to take Jorin in to get his tummy looked at... should be fun with all 3 of them in the car. Tiger and Jorin in one crate, Boo in the other.)

Well, she's home from the vet. I turned her loose in the bedroom, she went straight under the bed. She did come out a couple times to snuggle with me. We snuggled and everything was fine until someone came over. I guess the sound of the outside door or something spooked her. I escaped with a fairly nasty bite, luckily the vet trimmed her claws! I've already got enough battle wounds from her "psycho kitty" persona on Wednesday.

Aw... I'm glad she's home, safe and sound. It's not fun getting your kitties used to clipping their claws yourself - I LOVE when we have to go to the Vet and we get to ask them to do it!

Please give her a couple of scritches from me (when she's in the mood for them!). Enjoy your snuggles!

Hi Myste,

Glad Boo is home for good now, hopefully she'll settle soon enough. (And hope you're wound is alright too!). How was Tiger at the vet with his rash? Just curious. . .

Post more pics of the three amigos (soon to be!)!

Marcy, I'm glad to hear that Boo's spay went well. I'm sure she will be a much happier kitty with that problem taken care of, especially since it wasn't right in the first place.

Hey Myste,

I'm of course glad that Boo is home safe and sound. I'm curious, after my experience with Ketamine, what did you vet say about this drug? And what alternative drug did they give Boo?

If Nakita every needs an operation, I'm now looking for alternatives.

I didn't get a chance to talk to the vet himself about the ketamine. I asked for isoflorane only. it's a gas type, I think. I just checked on her a bit ago, she let me pet her for about a minute then hissed(I had a protective glove on this time). She also took a step toward me and hissed, like she was going to attack!

Jorin's rash was fine, Vet said it could possibly be a food allergy, he thinks it's probably just a scrape. He gave me some antibiotic drops to put on it 2x/day

Boo stopped hissing at me yesterday afternoon,and came out for a cuddle. I spent about 3 hrs sitting on the floor reading in the bedroom, with a purring bundle of fluff on my lap! She did go run and hide when Mike came in though. So I went back out of the bedroom for dinner, had some friends over to game, etc. Went back in at midnight, sat on the floor, and she comes running up to me! Mike comes over, she takes one sniff at his hand, and head-buts him for pets! She even jumped up on the bed last night, allowing me to pick her up since she couldn't quite jump it because of her stitches (or so I thought), and settled down on top of me. Not sure when she got down, I was sound asleep. I woke up at 5am this morning when a 2 lb cat leapt straight onto my tummy. She's turned into such a love! She's eating, and drinking fine now too. She wouldn't eat the food until I held it in my hand for her!

Question- she's all of about 2 lbs. She's extremely emaciated, IE her sides nearly touch each other, you can clearly see her backbone. She's about as thick as my wrist! How can I fatten her up quickly? I've got her on kitten food, free feeding. SHe also is getting canned food, as much as she wants in the evening.

I'm glad Boo's spay went well! I think I missed something, why is she so thin?

That Boo is a sweetie. Don't worry about fattening her up. You may be amazed at how quickly she will put on weight now that she is spayed. My pussycat went from underweight to overweight within 2 weeks of spaying. A vet once told me they need less calories after spaying and this is the cause of weight gain.

My two have been on a diet at the Vet's recommendation and they look much better now.