HouseOfPurrfection

Because I don’t attempt to look inside Reina’s mouth at home, the only time I get a look at what’s going on inside her mouth is when she’s at the vets. Yesterday, our vet and I got a very good look, and we both winced in empathy. I knew that the Gingival Stomatitis was flaring [...]

Mom and I were standing in the kitchen, leaning against the kitchen counter, talking about how our respective days had gone at work. She was telling me that a pregnant coworker went home early due to physical discomfort, “Was she O.K.?” I asked. Pishogue ran between us suddenly and attempted to jump up on the [...]

When we had the laminated flooring installed last year, we cleared out the house of everything. As we began to refill our house, and we didn’t want it to become cluttered again, we only brought back in the essentials. What was nonessential remained in the garage. Since a lot of what was in the garage [...]

There’s a topic which I’ve been debating over whether or not to post. It’s a very delicate subject that needs to be handled with finesse. Or can I just ignore the fact that it happens in the HOP. Well, I CAN’T IGNORE IT ANY LONGER. I can’t when I see it everyday. I can’t when [...]

In our multi cat household, there are four cats that need to be segregated from the Main Clowder. This is for a variety of reasons: aggression, being unsocial, or being feral. One of these cats is, Jewel. She is a feral cat, so she doesn’t play well with others. However, she does share a room [...]

Last week our neighbor came over and pointed out that one of our large pine trees in our backyard was either dead or had some sort of disease. Having lived in a forest for only 6 ½ years, we’re still learning to pay attention to the big, tall sticks that have the ability to turn [...]

Barely a month after Reina was given another Cortisone Injection to control the pain of the Gingival Stomatitis she has, she is again having trouble eating. Our vet was hoping the affects of the Cortisone would last for three months or more and would then use the injections as treatment for the Gingival Stomatitis. It’s [...]

Some modern conveniences aren’t quite compatible with a multi-cat household. For example, using some of the convenient (lazy) cleaning products can pose a hazard to pets. Several weeks ago we began using one of those shower cleaners that you spray on the interior of the shower, after you shower, that helps to reduce cleaning (responsibility). [...]

The time change has never made sense to me. I’m aware of the history, but it’s a bit out dated. Therefore, even though it’s just a figment of my imagination that fiddling with an innocuous object, such as a clock, can in effect change time and space, I actually feel as though I did loose [...]

Yesterday Ariel’s blood test results came back the same way they did a month ago; the test showed that her thyroid is acting slowly. She is still on ½ ml twice a day of Methimazole for Hyperthyroidism. Our vet decided that it would be best if she remained on that dosage for now. This is [...]