Cat Update

Kitty is a girl and she is apparently healthy.

C is going to flip when he sees the bill. Granted $100 of that bill is the Revolution (heart worm/flea/etc) treatment I needed to buy anyway for both cats. I thought I was doing myself a favor by getting it from the Doc. My Pet Meds charges $15 less in general AND they had it on sale for half of what I paid at the doc's office. Live and learn I guess. Next time I'll know better.

Kitty also has to go back in 4 weeks for booster shots. It should be a whole lot less then. But, to get her spayed is another story. UGH. Sorry C! You don't even like the pets that much and you have to fork out the dough for them. Hopefully, our cat cost for this coming year will be a lot less without Rusty and his ailments. Anyway......

Now that it is confirmed she is a girl, approx 5 months old, and 5.4 pounds, I'm going to work on the kids to call her Star instead of Straw. It is so close in sound especially when said by a 4 year old. Do you think they will go for it?

I just went through it again and I didn't get screwed on the Revolution. The doc's office gave me 7 doses making each dose around $14.25 each. The price on mypetmeds.com puts it around $12.75 each and I would have only gotten 6 of them. I still would have done better online but it wasn't as huge of a difference as I first thought. Whew!

Kitty has been snoozing all day which is to be expected after such an ordeal but she seems fine. No adverse affects from the meds.

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Thanks to Spacemama's find this past Saturday morning, we have a new critter. We are supposed to be "test driving" s/he but I think s/he will probably stay. Looks like s/he and his/her siblings were well taken care of but dumped on the sidewalk near a major 4 way stop intersection in our neighborhood. With the way animals have been running rampant since last year's hurricane plus the recent economy, I guess the former owners felt the kitties had a better chance leaving them on the sidewalk than taking them to a shelter? I'd like to think that is their reasoning. Lucky for them (or is it us?!), they found the right people to adopt them.

We aren't sure of the gender yet. There is no visible male genitalia but I don't know how old they are or really anything about cat genitalia so who knows for sure. I've been calling her "she" for now. O wants to name her "Straw" because her stripes remind him of the stripes on a drinking straw. I honestly cannot get used to the idea of a cat named Straw. Once we go to the vet and know what gender we are dealing with then maybe we can think of a better cat name.

Here she is getting nose-to-nose with Brody. He is really good with her. He just wants to play and doesn't understand that when he chases her it scares her. She stands up for herself though and isn't afraid to approach him when he is not chasing her. Jetta, the other cat, has always been quite antisocial. She is not happy to see this critter in her territory. She hisses, arches her back and carries on beyond what is necessary. Little cat gives it to her right back and isn't intimidated. I think they will work out a truce eventually.

S/he is so pretty and has such a lovely personality. I just love cats and I'm happy to have 2 in the house again.