Mac and Cheezits
Gratitude from some friends, regarding:
Hello!
Nice to hear from you all! All the kittens have been adopted, but Macaroni is still here, dealing with health issues. I’ve attached some pictures I think you’ll enjoy, mainly taken in our outdoor “Cat Gym”, which they get to through the open window. The one of Macaroni (who really needs a new name, but hasn’t decided on one yet!) where she looks like a statue of a head and front leg resting on a shelf really startles people, until they see the next one, which includes her body!
When she arrived, she was in terrible pain and peeing blood from a bladder problem, and it affected her mood and behavior in many ways. It took a round of antibiotics which helped but didn’t completely clear it up, then a UA and culture which showed crystals and bacteria, a second round of a different antibiotic which helped more but she was still in pain and peeing blood, a second UA which showed no evidence of infection remaining but crystals, two xrays to see if she had bladder stones (two tiny ones) which she passed with in a few weeks of treatment, a third xray to confirm this, and a special diet which she remains on. She is still not relaxed about having her hind end touched, and may need more tests and /or treatment in a month or so….
The female grey tiger kitten was adopted by a lovely family, and the two orange boys were adopted by the son of a client of mine, who missed his family cats now that he has his own place.
The fourth kitten, incorrectly listed as a boy, “Mickey”, was only about 4 weeks old, eyes just opening when she arrived. My 9 year old daughter Mali re-named her Mishell, and helped nurse her to health. (She had upper respiratory, including runny eyes and nose, fever, diarrhea, etc.)In the process of caring for her, we all became very attached…she has a special personality, and decided to adopt us!
My husband and I each have a cat trained to stay up on our shoulders when we do events with the animals, and my daughter now has her own, too! In addition to basic commands Mali has also taught Mishell some tricks – my favorite is “dead kitty”: Mali holds her on her back, says, “Oh, the poor dead kitty,”, and Mishell goes limp until her head, tail, and all four legs are hanging down to the floor! She’ll remain that way now for about a minute, until Mali says, “Re-animate!!” and Mishell sits up in her hands.
At our house, life is never dull!!
~Alexandra
I remember having all these little ones and Macaroni overnight. I don’t think Macaroni was their mother. She didn’t want to have much to do with the kittens. I hope she gets to feeling better. I’m going through the same thing with one of my cats. He had to have surgery to remove a mass of bladder stones. He’s on a special diet, but after 3 months is now trying to get more stones. He has crystals and sand in his urine. I’m trying to keep his bladder flushed by adding water to his food. He’s on an antibiotic too.