Vibes and good thoughts for Tabby? - Page 2

Thanks so much and thank you for the vibes for Tabby! I tend to worry about her more so than the others and I was scared to death when she stopped eating. Thankfully, she's completely back to normal eating-wise anyway....she's back to doing circles on the floor while I'm preparing her food and as soon as I take that collar off, she's right at her plate, eating and purring at the same time. I just love that girl. She's making up for lost eating time, too; as soon as she's done with her plate, she moves from plate to plate, cleaning as she goes. I swear those plates are almost spotless!

Molli has been a bit of a PITB since Tabby came home....must be the vet smell (although it's not that bad) and Tabby's collar must bring back some memories for Molli. She's been sniffing and hissing. Even Amber hissed at poor Tabby and those three cats are good buddies. But she's taking it all in stride, thank goodness.

Poor Rick spent the night on the couch again. He had another bad sinus headache and he prefers the couch when the pain gets too bad. But he did come back to the bedroom, only to see Tabby all sprawled out on his side of the bed, sound asleep, burrowed into the covers. Mollipop was on the other side of me, sprawled out, too, and I was flat on my back with my hands on both girls. Pepe was between my legs and BooBoo was on Rick's pillow. He said there wasn't any room for him to squeeze in anywhere and he didn't have the heart to move anybody, so he went back out to the couch.

Lana, Tabby has to wear the collar for two weeks....our vet insists on the collar for the entire two weeks, until the stitches are removed. She has her stitch removal appt on Jan 5, so she'll be wearing the collar until then. We have awhile to go yet. She's doing OK, though, and does get around better than she did. She's no longer moving backward; evidently she realizes that the collar is going to stay on....or she hasn't figured out yet how to get the thing off (Molli figured it out in two days!). But she's starting to climb up the cat tree again and she finally started to climb on the back of the chair to watch Rick get the cereal ready for her to eat.....she loves Frosted Mini Wheats and she and Rick share a bowl every morning. Rick fills his bowl, then brings the bowl and a saucer over to the kitchen table. Tabby hops on the table and Rick places a soaked Mini Wheat on the saucer for Tabby to enjoy. She'll eat four pieces or so, then she's done. She started doing that again this morning. So she's getting back to her old self. But she (and we) will be glad to get that collar off!

No Onesies.....we didn't leave the house at all yesterday. Hopefully we can get down to Target tonight.

We call Tabby our little Southern Belle because she looks so darn cute with that collar on! It reminds us a bit of a bonnet.

Thanks for the vibes and the wishes.....I really appreciated them!

She tore her stitches out sometime today....with the collar on. Emergency run to the vet right now. *sigh*

Well, she has two stitches left. The vet glued the incision shut again, but no more stitches. She has a bit of a swelling, but they think it's from internal stitches and from her digging. So far, no infections and we are to keep an eye on her belly. And she can no longer even have the collar off to eat....vet says she has to get used to eating with the collar on. Which, to me, just isn't fair. It's only for her dry snacks, I guess, but for canned food? What a mess that would be. I have to get to Target, but with everything happening today, I didn't make it.

I no sooner got home and was working on dinner when I noticed her belly. And found the stitches on the kitchen floor. And we ran to the vet. Vet was very busy tonight and we waited a long time.

I told Rick "No More Female Kittens". The spay is simply too stressful.....on us!

OK, I have a silly question about Onesies and please bear with me; I've never used these for a cat......How does a cat use the litterbox while wearing a Onesie?  Do we have to keep an eye out so that when we see Tabby head for the litterbox, we have to unsnap her so she can pee? Rick looked at Target and he called me at work and asked me. I don't know!