It's been a while since I've updated this blog so I thought I'd give it a go now. I've been so busy since I last posted and yet I've not got a lot done. Let's see; in addition to the two cat's below Liz adopted a puppy back in october. At around only four weeks old he was thrown out of a moving car probably because he was covered in mange and she picked him up, on a speedy decision, I hasten to add, when he was 8/9 weeks. As she got him so young and suddenly he's kinda had to make a second home with me - which isn't as great as it sounds. He's a little terrier cross breed who is cute until you catch a whiff of him and he has no manners at all - he's untrainable, and I swear it's not through lack of trying! Now he's six months little Leo comes to mine at least twice a week and winds the household up. Bailey puts up with him to a degree and the cats will definitely give him a swipe if he gets too close, I sticks his head in the water bowls then dribbles it around the house and he doesn't eat normal either, I'm always finding food everywhere. At least he's housetrained now, though he still pee'd on my uggs last night!
Bailey's doing well now after she had to spend the day at the vets in november, she was throwing up constantly and almost collapsed so they admitted her and put her on a drip. The poor thing stressed so much she needed to be sedated after pulling her IV out three times. It took a week for her to get back to normal and she lost so much weight. She came home with four different types of tablets which weren't easy to give at all, more than once I got so frustrated I shouted at her when it wasn't her fault at all. We still don't know exactly what was wrong but thank god for insurance!
My oldest bunny, Willow, still isn't that well, it got to the point where I had to get her her own hutch as she pees on everything still. I think she's got a tumour pressing on her bladder as antibiotics didn't make any difference. She's ok for now, I don't think she's in pain or discomfort, but I don't know how I'm going to cope when the weather gets warmer and the flies come out. I've been on a few rabbit forums and everyone says to bring her indoors but she nearly five and has always lived in the garden, she just gets stressed if I bring her in and I don't want to do that, I'd rather she live out her days in her own hutch. I can't believe it's nearly a year since I lost her sister days after having a tumour removed.
My cat's are all well, Tilly's getting younger by the day. The other day I risked my life trying to groom her and in the end got the scissors out. I didn't realise how much I'd cut off until she stood up - her whole left hip is now bald! It's 'cos all she does is sleep she gets 'bed head' all over. And after only 18mths she's more tolerant of Max who now spends most nights under the duvet with me - I don't have a choice! Oh yeah, Millie had an abscess on her tail in october so I had to take her to get it flushed out, that was fun! She had to have the base of her tail shaved, I still wonder what the neighbours thought of it (I live next to a block of maisonettes where a lot of elderly people live and she visits them in their gardens, one lady calls her the cat with all the whiskers).
Work's been so busy, what with the credit crunch people aren't hesitating to leave their cats, in some cases literally leaving them outside the building. One day I found an empty box outside but fortunately the little old lady cat inside had gone between our two buildings so we got her in safely. We've never been so busy, we're licenced for 46 cats but lately have had 60+! We've had to resort to putting up some temporary cages as well as using our three kitchens and two offices as housing.
So that's basically what's happened the last few months, I realise I've only spoken about my pets but then I guess they are my life. I've recently gotten myself a laptop so I vow to post her more often and I'll definitely be adding pics at some point.
