I think I found my new home!

[frau kaleun]

Sam'n'Carrot are at the vet again, dropped off this morning to be neutered, declawed, microchipped, and get their last set of kitten vaccinations. I won't have them back until tomorrow or maybe Saturday.

After that they will have to stay in the mudroom 24/7 until the end of the month.

And I had to shut them in there last night after taking all their noms and water away. I got a decent night's sleep without them bouncing on and off the bed until midnight, but I still felt awful.

On the plus side, having them confined will be a chance to get some more stuff done in the place without them distracting me or deciding that whatever I'm working on or with is a toy they should bat around until it disappears into the most inconvenient hidey-hole they can find.

On the minus side, after paying the vet bill I probably won't have any money to spend on projects.

[Sailor Steve]

Love comes at a cost.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

YIPES!!! Most of us slightly older guys instinctively flinch when 'thinkin' 'bout lady-related associations with a fry pan...and prefer SOLO to cringing instinctively! That one's so small, I'd never see it comin'!!!

Originally Posted by Wolferz

My lady has cast iron. Not those wimpy little aluminum jobs with the non-stick coating.

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Lol - I was gonna say, "that pan's not even cast iron, every lady knows if you have to hit a man with a pan you always use the cast iron one!"

Originally Posted by Wolferz

You would prefer the rolling pin?

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

"(S)he's a 'pounder' after all!"

Originally Posted by vienna

Good lord, you have obviously given the matter some thought. Is this knowledge empirical and, if so, were you on the receiving end?... <O>

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Everything flattened out in the end.

But, my ears are still ringing.

Originally Posted by privateer

From my own meeting with a Cast Iron skillet?
Only thing that flattened out was my five head!

The ringing goes away if the divorce papers are filed correctly.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Love comes at a cost.

Way to stay on THREAD HERR Großvater! We're all (safely) behind ya'!

[frau kaleun]

Called to check on them this afternoon and they both made it through the surgeries fine, they had just finally woken up completely from the anesthesia so they put them back in the same kennel (I mentioned this morning that they REALLY don't like to be involuntarily separated) and they had curled up next to each other and gone back to sleep.

Bandages from the declawing will come off tomorrow morning and if they don't have any spotting/bleeding during the day I can pick them up after work. I've already got the special litter in their box, had to turn off the automatic rake-thingy because it won't work right with that stuff in there. So that means Mommy will be doing a lot more poo scooping and litter changing for the rest of the month, which only seems fair after what they've been through.

Hardest part was that this morning when I went out to check on them, they weren't even mad at me. They just wanted to cuddle and play after a night with no food and water and being stuck in the mudroom. Of course they're cats so it could all be part of some elaborate guilt trip scheme they hatched up overnight...

[swamprat69er]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Of course they're cats so it could all be part of some elaborate guilt trip scheme they hatched up overnight...

If you find a couple of little brown surprise packages on your pillow, then you will know for sure that they are pissed.

[HW3]

How are the kitties doing?

[vienna]

Frau, is this possibly a relative of Carrot singing backup?:





Enquiring minds want to know...



<O>

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by vienna

Frau, is this possibly a relative of Carrot singing backup?:

OH GOD WHY DID YOU MAKE ME CLICK ON THAT?!?!?!

Originally Posted by HW3

How are the kitties doing?

Sorry I haven't updated. They are doing wonderfully well, they spent 10 days in "jail" after the surgery and got out a week ago yesterday. While they were in there I would go in every couple of hours when I could and sit for 10-15 minutes, they got quite clingy during the separation and wanted to pile on my lap and (usually) go to sleep so I often ended up in there for longer than I intended, lol.



Sam, especially, got very clingy in that he's usually no longer satisfied to sit in my lap, he wants to get up as close as possible. So he gets in my lap and cries until I lay back enough for him to get right up under my chin or on my shoulder and go to sleep. If I don't he'll stand up and put his front paws on my shoulder and rub his nose and face on my face/chin/ears until I comply, which pretty much makes it impossible to continue doing whatever I was doing anyway.

After a week of being out, though, those incidents have gotten a bit less frequent although when he does want in my lap he usually still wants my FULL attention until he goes to sleep, preferably with his head right up on my shoulder and both paws on my face.

Carrot is still the more independent of the two although he is not catching up in size so I guess he will always be a bit smaller. They gained almost a pound each in the two weeks between their first vet visit and the surgery, no clue how much since but Sam almost looks like a fully grown cat already at a little over five months and they usually keep growing until about nine months so he may turn out to be on the big side.

Carrot still looks a bit kittenish size-wise although he's lost the "little round ball of fur" thing and gotten longer and leaner. Even though he's smaller he's still the best jumper and climber. He managed to jump up on the kitchen counter trying to get to the sink last week, but I caught him and used the water spray bottle on him and have averted a couple more attempts the same way since then. He can't do it without a big effort and has to hold on with the front feet while scrabbling with his back feet to pull himself up so he doesn't try it often. Maybe getting sprayed a few times has put him off the idea but only time will tell.

But, yeah, the sink - Carrot LOVES running water. I have to shut them out of the bathroom if I want to wash my face or brush my teeth in peace, because he really really really wants to drink from the faucet and if he wants to do it, Sam will not be far behind him.



I just ordered them a water bowl with the pump and fountain thing, once I get that hooked up they will have their own little constantly running tap to drink from and maybe I'll get back custody of my sink. They'll probably still want to drink from it but I'll just have to pick them up and carry them to their fountain until they get the message.

We had a snowstorm here last Friday so they sent us home from work early, I was hoping to get some pics of them looking out at their first big snowfall but basically I just interrupted their afternoon naptime by coming home when I did. If they were fascinated by the snow flakes coming down outside the window I guess it wore off before I got there because they just wanted to get petted a bit and then go back to sleep.



Oh, and they've discovered the lower top shelf on my computer desk, which means that my view of the monitor now frequently includes one or both of their heads as well as a paw or two or four.



"MOMMY MOMMY MAKE THE HORSIE'S TAIL GO 'SWISH' AGAIN!!!"

[swamprat69er]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Sam'n'Carrot are at the vet again, dropped off this morning to be neutered, declawed, microchipped, and get their last set of kitten vaccinations. I won't have them back until tomorrow or maybe Saturday.

And I had to shut them in there last night after taking all their noms and water away.

Try looking at it from their point. First you starve them, then take 'em to the vet to get the gonads cut off, then take out their revenge creators and jabbed to boot.