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Thanks for asking about William and Ace!
I did take William's e-collar off this past Sunday, and I gave him a good neck rub and brushing all over, except for his tail area
and back end where they shaved him for his surgery. He was purring and purring. I kept him in the room for a little bit to see if he would try and mutilate the stub of tail he has left.
I was really happy to discover that the vet had put some sort of horrible tasting stuff on the tail stub, so that William foamed and drooled like crazy every time he went for his tail.
Armed with that information and knowing that Ace was outside missing her man, I went ahead and let him back outside. Ace was ecstatic to see him!!
You all will laugh about this, but a few days earlier when I was brushing William, I collected all the big puffs of his hair from the brush and took them down to Ace. The next day I found that she had moved his fur into her lair where she keeps all her favorite possessions.
Anyhow they were totally thrilled to be back together. Since he is back outside he has stopped vocalizing to me, but when he comes toward the porch or our house for his food he mews like a little kitten. Also I still let Ace and William in the house in the mornings and evenings for food and play. I put my kitties in a separate room. Sometimes I let them be around each other but it is going to take time.
William still lets me brush him and scratch his neck, but I have to do it at the time when I am feeding him, and move slowly. He cannot resist the neck rub and my brushing his face. I cannot go toward him whether inside or outside. If he were inside with the door shut, he would probably let me, but that is for another time, between now and this fall I hope.
For outdoor shelter, John and I are building them a sunray premium playground (without the swings LOL), believe it or not. I looked everywhere for any sort of reasonably priced structure or furniture we could have for them outdoors in the non-winter months and there was absolutely nothing. This was the only thing we could find, it was not cheap but everything else (porch furniture, other enclosures) was more expensive and didn't fit what we needed - something high off the ground where they could have shelter and escape if needed.
I know it is a lot to spend on the cats, but it buys me peace of mind. William already lost his tail in the 16 months since I first met him and if it were not for the surgery he would have died. So now there is less chance I will go to the door one morning and see one of them with an eye hanging out or worse, not see one or both of them and never know what happened.
I am still trying to figure out how to post pictures. I have a gorgeous picture of Ace and William but it was on my work PC and I just got reorg'd out of a job after a jillion years there (that is another story of many recent things in my life
). Anyhow I will just take new pix, this will take a little while of figuring out how to do it though.
I did take William's e-collar off this past Sunday, and I gave him a good neck rub and brushing all over, except for his tail area
I was really happy to discover that the vet had put some sort of horrible tasting stuff on the tail stub, so that William foamed and drooled like crazy every time he went for his tail.
Armed with that information and knowing that Ace was outside missing her man, I went ahead and let him back outside. Ace was ecstatic to see him!!
You all will laugh about this, but a few days earlier when I was brushing William, I collected all the big puffs of his hair from the brush and took them down to Ace. The next day I found that she had moved his fur into her lair where she keeps all her favorite possessions.
Anyhow they were totally thrilled to be back together. Since he is back outside he has stopped vocalizing to me, but when he comes toward the porch or our house for his food he mews like a little kitten. Also I still let Ace and William in the house in the mornings and evenings for food and play. I put my kitties in a separate room. Sometimes I let them be around each other but it is going to take time.
William still lets me brush him and scratch his neck, but I have to do it at the time when I am feeding him, and move slowly. He cannot resist the neck rub and my brushing his face. I cannot go toward him whether inside or outside. If he were inside with the door shut, he would probably let me, but that is for another time, between now and this fall I hope.
For outdoor shelter, John and I are building them a sunray premium playground (without the swings LOL), believe it or not. I looked everywhere for any sort of reasonably priced structure or furniture we could have for them outdoors in the non-winter months and there was absolutely nothing. This was the only thing we could find, it was not cheap but everything else (porch furniture, other enclosures) was more expensive and didn't fit what we needed - something high off the ground where they could have shelter and escape if needed.
I know it is a lot to spend on the cats, but it buys me peace of mind. William already lost his tail in the 16 months since I first met him and if it were not for the surgery he would have died. So now there is less chance I will go to the door one morning and see one of them with an eye hanging out or worse, not see one or both of them and never know what happened.
I am still trying to figure out how to post pictures. I have a gorgeous picture of Ace and William but it was on my work PC and I just got reorg'd out of a job after a jillion years there (that is another story of many recent things in my life
