HouseOfPurrfection

  As happens in a large enough group of any species, there are always a few who won’t like one another. This is the case within my clowder of cats. Zoe and Pooka are two such cats, as well as Zoe and Pishogue. Zoe and the Bad Boys are constantly at each other like two [...]

I don’t know how else to begin this post other than to admit that two mistakes were made in the HOP yesterday. I made the first embarrassing and potentially horrifying mistake; I accidentally and indirectly let Toby get out of the house. I’m still in shock that I allowed this to happen. The second mistake [...]

Some of my cats need constant physical contact with me. Whether they’re sitting on my lap or sitting close next to me, these cats must be touching me, even if I’m not holding them. Muli is one such kitty with this behavior. Whenever I’m reading, sitting in my office chair with my feet propped up [...]

Yep! It was all good news this morning at Avita’s follow up visit at the vet clinic in Sacramento. The test results showed that the margins were clear up to 1 ½ centimeters and the Fibrocarcinoma hadn’t spread to the ducts on either side of the lower jaw, meaning that the cancer hadn’t found a [...]

Why do our cats love our shoes and the feet that go in them? I haven’t got a clue. One of the cats, Preacher, absolutely loves our shoes, especially our slippers. In the morning, we usually find them under our beds, under the coffee table, or in the middle of the floor, several feet away [...]

The pain medication patch that the pet hospital put around Avita’s back right leg is finally off. We were instructed to take it off after 5 days, but we couldn’t! It was stuck tight. We had to soak Avita’s leg is some warm water in order to get it off. Very slowly, Mom peeled if [...]

We were instructed to keep Avita from doing certain things for two weeks after her Mandibulectomy in order for her to recover completely and without complications. First, we can’t take her for any walks. When we take her out so she can do her business, she heads off towards the street, anticipating her usual constitutional. [...]

The first few days after Avita’s Mandibulectomy were incredibly stressful for Mom and I. Worrying about her, trying to give her the medications, and making sure the healing process went unchallenged by infection kept us from getting much sleep. Besides stressing over how to best to get the pain killer and antibiotic down her throat, [...]

I debated whether or not in bringing my camera with us to Sacramento and visually recording the experience of Avita’s Mandibulectomy, and I just couldn’t think of taking pictures because we were so stressed with worry over the surgery. So, I’ll have to tell you about the trip rather than show you. If I had [...]

It’s been a week since Avita’s surgery, a Mandibulectomy, and she’s doing amazing! The healing process has been smooth, and she’s shown no signs of discomfort at all. And, she’s even begun eating her dog food without us having to put it into the blender. We were told to make a soup for her out [...]