Those little guys are the limit! One of the 3 Orange Boyz, Charlie,
wants to be Top Cat (and there are already two others--one is my big
baby tuxedo boy Billi Bi, who wants to be the only baby, not those
stupid red babies! Poor little Billi. He is such a sweetheart! He
had to have an operation to reroute his little pee pee because of
recurrent FLUTD and the fur is just growing back there so he looks
like a guy in furry black chaps--it's hilarious! But he is much
happier and pain-free now and the cool thing is he had reconstructive
plastic surgery so he still looks like a boy so his fragile male ego
is still intact--and not some strange little girl! Can you believe it?
Well, back to Charlie, who started life as Twinkie because he was
Twinkie-colored: cake on the top and filling on the bottom! And he
was teeny to boot. Well, now he's huge and obnoxious. It's just me
me me all the time! He pees in the bathroom sink and poops in there,
too, which is better than when he really gets pissed because he's not
getting enough attention: he pooped on my cd/clock/radio TWICE!
Fortunately it survived nicely with a delicate cleaning with paper
towels, q-tips and cat cleaner.
So I figure the bathroom sink is better. And, of course, he also
uses the cat boxes. What a wacko.
My advice? Don't close the bathroom door if you can get away with
it. When he can come and go he'll feel more secure, sigh, and lavish
him with attention, too. They usually are scared of the shower
sound, anyway, and will dash out. Hugs and kisses, carrying him
around. I've been doing that with Charlie. AND I've been calling
him Twinkie, too. He likes that, I think.
Does he pee and poo in the same location in the kitchen? Put some
peepee pads down and live with it for awhile for now. Better than
pooping in your clock radio!
Love and kisses,
Tee 'n' the Wildlife
On Aug 2, 2007, at 11:18 AM, Beckie McRae wrote:
Hi everyone.
Thanks for the responses. I had them do blood work on him, and its
fine, he’s eating like a cow, and drinking like a camel.
Something that I discovered today is that it’s NOT him going to the
bathroom in the kitchen; it’s our OTHER FLV+ cat, Miles. Now Miles
is about 4 years old, seems perfectly healthy, eats and drinks,
plays, etc. I HAVE noticed that last couple of weeks though he’s
been being REALLY affectionate, and I haven’t been able to spend as
much time with him and Holly (our 5 year old cat who does NOT have
felv) as I usually do because I’ve been so busy with Moe. Is it
possible that Miles has started to use the kitchen as his own
personal bathroom because he’s jealous of the attention that Moe is
getting and trying to get our attention? I KNOW it’s Miles,
because he didn’t hear me get up this morning, and Moe was lying on
my pillow next to my head (like he normally does), and I got up
went out to the kitchen, and he must not have heard me, because I
caught him red handed doing his business. I made loud noises, and
stuff, but I don’t know why he’s doing this. He has been acting
kind of weird. Like if we’re in the bathroom taking a shower or
using the toilet and the door is closed, he’ll sit outside it and
just HOWL. Never did this until a few weeks ago. I figured it was
because he was worried about Moe, but now not so sure.
Also, how much does heat effect felv?
We LOVE the heat, and try not to use the air conditioner, but it’s
going to get pretty warm here in the next week or so, and I was
just wondering if I should turn the air on for the cats?
Thanks again everyone. I’m so glad I found you all!
Beckie
