Ok, I know Koko has zillions of followers out there, and all of them are wondering why she hasn’t updated her blog in a long time. Well, the truth is Koko is lazy. Koko is fat, sassy and totally in control of this household EXCEPT when it comes to getting me to assist in blog updates. In that particular instance I am lazier than she is. Nah nah…………….
Koko is doing very well and truly rules the house. The other cats have learned to hiss and leave if she hassles them, leaving her to whatever they were eating/playing with. Several of them have found it is best to make friends with her and if they ask nicely she will sometimes allow them to share a dish of food, and will groom them while they take a bite! Pays to let her be boss I guess.
Slim is getting a bit lamer and I am concerned about where it will take us in the months ahead. He still loves to take walks but will often not be able to decide which of his rear legs to hold up off the ground. He hasn’t figured out a way to hold them both up – yet. Arthritis meds are very expensive and, from what I hear, hard on a dogs tummy. Slim already has an upset tum-tum on a fairly regular basis. When he does, his belly grumbles keep both of us awake! I end up dosing him with some liquid Mylanta and eventually we can both sleep. Poor baby. Vet says he isn’t’ that old (about 10 years) but with both rear legs having torn ligaments he is heading towards becoming a cripple with some tuff choices ahead for me. He is my sweetie so it will be hard to get thru.
Polar Bear knows he is my secret favorite and that he can get away with all kinds of stuff. It is summer so when we go for our walk he gets to take a swim in the neighborhood pond. He loves to swim but his mass of fur gets so water logged he has a hard time keeping his nose out of the water after a minute or two. I am seriously considering getting him some type of poodle cut for the summer so he can enjoy a real swim but I am afraid he will look so silly! And will it grow back? And if I do it, do I leave him a lion’s mane around his head? Do I leave his tail plumage to wave freely? Will he look silly if I leave his mane and tail and trim the rest? What to do, what to do.
For the second year in a row my whole house A/C isn’t working and I can’t afford to get it fixed. He is miserable – as am I – as are all of the animals. Window A/C is VERY limited in what it can cool so we all suffer when the temperature climbs above 80. Sigh.
In a different vein, there is a neighborhood tomcat that has decided to skulk around my place and pick on my cats when they go out. Lucky had to go to the vet cause the darned tom picked on him and chewed his butt – literally. I was rather embarrassed for Lucky that it appeared he must have been in retreat in order to get wounded in that particular portion of his anatomy but by the time he came home, (he was gone for 2 days and I was a nervous wreck,) it was so infected I couldn’t yell at him, just had to take him right to the vet. She had to open the wound, express and dress it and express his kidneys too cause he hadn’t been able to urinate! Poor baby! 2 weeks of Amoxycillin and he was fine but reluctant to go outside. All of the cats appear to be less enthusiastic about being outside with that mean tom around. I love all animals but that cat is pissing me off. If I could catch it I would, at the very least, neuter it before I let it loose again.
The newest kitty, Lacee, is doing great, getting along with the sociable cats and sleeping with Slim when he will let her. She appears to be a naturally small-boned kitty and I don’t think she will get much bigger. But then I didn’t think Slim would get big either and look what happened.
All of us are doing fine, surviving and happy to be doing so.
-Me
Slim, Polar Bear & Chica
Koko, Lucky, Shaggy, Lil Red, Taz, Newbie, Scruffy, Lacee, Sid Vicious & Buddy
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