Does your Cat (or any pet) misbehave since caregiving your loved one?
Have you been required to take care of your loved one's pet after they have passed? Does your pet have cute antics that entertain your loved one?
And finally, has the cat or dog transferred their loyalty to your Mother?
Thankfully my car pool rider has cats and feeds stray cats, she will take whatever food my critters refuse :)
birds discover your garden!
All of this is driving poor Bruce insane. At age 7 months, my mighty hunter has yet to have a "kill" of any kind - not even a moth or a spider has breached the walls of this sterile sky castle! - and he wakes me up to tell me about it every d*** morning! It doesn't help that the head of my bed here at mom's is RIGHT up against the windowsill that has the best view of the starling. He likes especially to lay on the sill, above my head, meowing loudly and twitching his huge, fluffy tail across my face!
So happy for you!
I had a black/gold cat that use to do that to anyone who came onto the property. She would hide in the bushes and comes out in that Halloween stance, moving sideways. Believe me, no owner walked their dog on our front lawn ever again !! If I knew the UPS driver was coming that day, I would keep that cat inside the house.
Well! I guess at the discovery that it was not ME coming through the door with the key, little Bruce fluffed up ALL his fur and came hustling sideways towards the door with a snarl on his face! Ready to rumble!! He quickly got over it once he realized who it was. But oh boy, that little guy was sure determined to protect his grandma from any strange intruders!
(Edit: "Little." Lol, it's kind of a joke to call him that anymore. At 7 months, he is the biggest kitten I've ever seen!)
I thought about it and thought about it, and when his picture popped up on the shelter's Facebook page, I just decided I would see what they thought about doing a foster situation until I could decide if I wanted to adopt him (though I was pretty sure I did). He came home with me and just settled right in - he's snoozing on the recliner right now. He loves to go out for walks and because he's small, he gives me another reason to get away from the computer several times a day because he has to go out more frequently. He hasn't barked - not even once - since I brought him home, which surprises me - he was very vocal at the shelter and had a really high-pitched, sharp bark, so I was a bit concerned about that. No bark at the mailman, at my friend who stopped by to meet him or anyone else. As annoying as my larger dog's barking could be sometimes, I was glad he notified me when someone came into the yard or the driveway, because he'd hear them before I did. I'll just have to get used to this, I guess.
I've never had a small dog or considered myself much of a small dog person, but he's working his way into my heart.
I find my parent's writing beautiful and comforting too.I'm glad you found those cards from your Dad to your Mom.I know they're priceless~
I'm speaking from experience. I almost died at home of a kidney infection once, not knowing how sick I really was. And if you have back pain already, you may not be able to tell if you have a problem with organs like your kidneys, liver, or gall bladder (often a cause of back pain as well, if those organs are inflamed and/or infected).
So sorry that I cannot help you, and I don't know you, but your post cannot be ignored.
If you are still that sick, and on the floor after falling over kitty, call 911.
If your daughter has abandoned you and your parents have hit you, call APS.
If you have many concerns, start a new question so someone can help you unravel things.
If you are ok, and just venting on the cat thread, let us know here. There is so much on your recent post, it is not really just about Kitty, is it?
You could be very very sick and not realize it because of vomiting. Call a doctor, or 911.
I have chronic severe back problems that I’ve managed to improve until both my parents have hit me as hard as I’ll let them to ‘wait on them’. I believe my daughter has decided I’m just trying to push everything on her. She’s not speaking to me.
Well, it happened. My beloved ‘kitty’ got my feet tangled and I fell, I am hurt and still can’t swallow.
This middle of the night fall just wrecked ‘kitty’ he was so frightened! He’s better now, he’ll let me pet him and I’m so glad. That’s about my only pleasure these days. We love our baby animals so much.
So am I having a nervous breakdown or what? Comments? Help.
Silly Cat!
Get down from there!
It would be nice to read of your parent's romance.
I kept my father's letters to me-it was so long ago.
Looking on lost/found, someone posted they found this cat nearby, and are feeding it.
That is why it wasn't hungry.
If I see it again, I should rescue it because there are coyotes. Then, keep trying to find it's owner. Not sure.
Speaking of my Mom's stuff. I was looking through some of it and I found some cards my Dad had given my Mom. He wrote so beautifully and sounded so romantic. He called her "my beloved" I must get it out and post some of it on here one day. I was so touched.
Uh oh.
Uh oh.
Uh oh.
It is a break time I am still happy to take, and there is no poop to clean up, I think. Not sure after all those peanuts!
Budgies have such tiny little poops anyway.
CW my eye flicked ahead so I misread that as you being "grown and grey at the muzzle." I was going to say I know just how you feel!
I *almost* had a new dog today - he was the same color as my late pup, but totally different breed and about 1/16th the size (Boxer/Shepherd vs Dachsund!) - and the kicker? He even had the same name. I was *so* tempted, but didn't have the money for the adoption fee, so I guess that was the universe telling me it wasn't time yet.