It's the little things... like Jimmy relaxing in tall grass
30/52 I know it seems like a lot of my Little Things involve cats but when your life is surrounded by cats 24/7 they'd better bring you small pleasures... which they do. Just wait until Mack's expressive ears are one of my Little Things!
Jimmy (hospital cat) update:
As you may remember, 9 days ago a cat named Jimmy was left/abandoned at our clinic and after a week of appetite stimulants and painkillers he is finally starting to act like a normal cat. He weighed 5.80 pounds and promptly lost almost 1/2 pound. Although he was skin and bones we couldn't get him to eat and he was in so much discomfort (arthritis? muscle loss? something else?) he never relaxed. He never groomed or slept curled up on his side - he was constantly, even when sleeping, hunched up. After a week of weighing, medicating, snuggling, offering every food option known to man and lots of worrying, Jimmy is now eating, jumping up onto and down from a couch, sleeping on his side, grooming!, and trotting up to everyone or playfully trotting away. He jumps into his cage when he wants to eat or use the litter box and is ignoring the other two cats who roam freely in the same area.
www.flickr.com/photos/77654185@N07/35663845060/in/photost...
So far, all good news and so one of those Little Things left over from last week.
It's the little things... like Jimmy relaxing in tall grass
30/52 I know it seems like a lot of my Little Things involve cats but when your life is surrounded by cats 24/7 they'd better bring you small pleasures... which they do. Just wait until Mack's expressive ears are one of my Little Things!
Jimmy (hospital cat) update:
As you may remember, 9 days ago a cat named Jimmy was left/abandoned at our clinic and after a week of appetite stimulants and painkillers he is finally starting to act like a normal cat. He weighed 5.80 pounds and promptly lost almost 1/2 pound. Although he was skin and bones we couldn't get him to eat and he was in so much discomfort (arthritis? muscle loss? something else?) he never relaxed. He never groomed or slept curled up on his side - he was constantly, even when sleeping, hunched up. After a week of weighing, medicating, snuggling, offering every food option known to man and lots of worrying, Jimmy is now eating, jumping up onto and down from a couch, sleeping on his side, grooming!, and trotting up to everyone or playfully trotting away. He jumps into his cage when he wants to eat or use the litter box and is ignoring the other two cats who roam freely in the same area.
www.flickr.com/photos/77654185@N07/35663845060/in/photost...
So far, all good news and so one of those Little Things left over from last week.