Today, Mattie was supposed to be dropped off at the vet where they would run a second set of bloodwork and depending on the results, they would either go ahead with the spay, or contact me about what to do about the bloodwork.
Mattie says to herself- “Phooey on this! I’ll show everybody!” And Saturday, she entered estrus. Depending on the cat, the heat cycle can last up to week or a bit longer- so we bumped her back to July 2 for this procedure. I thought she was talkative before- brother can she howl! LOL She is looking and calling for a mate. Thankfully, there are none around here that aren’t neutered. The big tom that I was trying to trap, the one who attacked three of our cats, I pulled him off the road two days ago. Had he been able to be trapped and neutered, he would still be alive.
So far, there have been no takers to Mattie’s loud invitations to dance with her. But if one shows up, the traps come out and his dance will be interrupted. There’s a new kitty in town, this is a female in bad shape. She is a dilute tortie and she just looks hammered. The minute she sees me- she flees into the pucker brush and only returns after I leave. At least now she is getting some food, because she is bone skinny. I wish someone would invent a safe feed-through parasite killer for the stray cats- so far that hasn’t happened. We use diacotumus earth crystals, but it doesn’t kill all the eggs- just the adult fleas.
I have to take Solo in to the vet later today. Over the past week, he has become listless. He’s not eating well, keeps pawing at his ear and his mouth and I can’t hang on to him without someone helping to check it out. He’s not lethargic- he just is acting really off. I don’t want to have been so wrapped up in Mattie’s issues that we neglect what might be wrong with him as well.
Oh, oh, OH! I too wish for a feedable, long-term flea/tick option; I can dose The PO’M easy enough, but Sweetie will NOT allow me to work on her. Hope Solo is okay, or easily remedied. It’s sad about that tomcat, and the dilute tortie who needs more groceries in her belly!
He has a heavy yeast infection in his ear and a few ulcers in his mouth. They are way back in his throat and they think he ate something caustic because of the unevenness of the surface and look of them. He was a doll at the vet’s office. I kept hinting he would make a great clinic cat- LOL The vet would stop messing with him, and Solo would stand up on his haunches and paw the air- as if to say “Hey come back here and pay attention to me!’ He is 11 years old (thereabouts) Thankfully other than the ulcers which they said I can put a mild rinse down this throat to coat them- his mouth is in remarkably good shape.
What a good boy Solo is, despite all the discomfort he must be feeling.
I’m sorry about the big tomcat. He had you thinking of his future, but it was not to be. Godspeed, Big Tom.