Hello,
Junior and Tiny are still doing OK. Tiny desperately wants to go outside,
but he can't. Hopefully he will adjust as well as Junior did, when Junior
became an inside cat. Funny thing is the fact that Junior became an inside
cat probably increased his exposure to FeLV. Tiny was also kept inside
during his bout of upper respiratory the summer. Although I don't know the
source of the infection . All the cats come in to eat from time to time.
I miss Lionel and Pumpkin. I planted some pansies by their graves.
Now for the other cats....
I feel that I am neglectful, because I am paying close attention to Junior
and Tiny and hardly seeing the other cats. The other cats have been staying
outside. Maybe they don't really care.
Close call for outside cats...
Last night around 4AM I heard a strange noise. I thought it was in the
house, but as I got closer to the Kitchen, I realized it was on the back
deck. A strange distressful call. So I peek out the door and I see what I
think is a big dog attacking what I assumed was Spike. She hangs out in the
back deck because the other cats pick on her. I do not have my glasses on
and I fumble to get the key in the lock to open the door. By the time I
started to open the door I see the raccoon. I still assume it was attacking
Spike. I have to feed the other cats outside and occasionally I see a
opossum or raccoon. The raccoon left the porch, and I see Spike on the
steps. She would not come in so I could not tell if she was hurt, but it
did not look like it. Then I saw the second raccoon on the rail. It too
meandered off as if nothing had happened. I go out on the deck and see not
fur or blood. It was starting to rain. I worried all night that to raccoon
maybe got one of the cats. I did not get much sleep. This put my schedule
off and I was not able to go by the vets office to see bout getting the
immuno-regulin injections for Junior and Tiny. I have to work tomorrow and
Sunday I have to drive to DC to pick up Eric at the airport. This will be a
6 hour round trip drive. I hope Juniors antibiotics continue to help his URI .
I don't know how y'all deal with this. I cannot depend on Eric to call the
vet and set things up. It all falls on me. Even though Junior is really his
cat!
Anyway, how do those of you who have other cats make sure the other kitties
are not feeling neglected. It will be cold soon. They will be (crossing
Fingers) vaccinated next Friday, I know i will need to wait two weeks, but
I hope to be able to mix them after that. There are 9 cats altogether. I
will still do my best to keep Tiny and Junior apart from them.
Thanks for the support of this great group.
Sally
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