mountaineer musings

missing in cat-tion

Nicole ran outside last night as i came in from the lawnmowing. usually she'll stay out for a couple hours and come back when she gets hungry.

it's now been 24 hours, and i'm a little worried. i hope she's ok, and i hope someone has fed her. Minerva's a little freaked out, too, is crying a lot.

Professor Minerva McGonagall

i did not stage this picture. Minerva just feels an affinity for the Harry Potter books, because she knows who her namesake is. that's my girl.

oh, and i asked her how she felt about the latest movie, and she agreed that there should have been more Quidditch, an explanation of the Marauder's Map, and more of the struggle with the Patronus; other than that, she said it was great.

so the vet called...

he said that Nicole's bloodwork showed that it's just her kidneys, getting old.
:-(

one's sick, the other one's crazy

i took Nicole to the vet last night to see why she's losing weight, eating all the time, itching all the time, etc. the vet said she either has diabetes or hyperthyroidism, both of which can be treated (how expensively? i don't know.). so they weighed her (she's lost 10% of her body weight), took her temperature (kitty cats just LOVE that) and took some blood. i told the vet that giving her pills is practically impossible, and after he brought her back from the bloodwork, he told me he believes me about giving her pills, because "she's a squirmer".

this morning, i'm trying to drag myself out of bed (i feel worse today), and in the a.m. the cats are always very attentive to Mommy, because the second i get out of bed, they want to make me fully aware that it's feeding time. so Nicole is next to me, cleaning herself (as always), and Minerva comes up from behind me and just starts FREAKING OUT. hissing like crazy AT Nicole, and i'm totally stunned by this, because Minerva came home from the zoo around August 15, and Nicole's been here all along; in fact, Minerva is THE ONLY cat that Nicole has ever been congenial with, she even lets Minerva clean her head, which still awes me every time i see it. Minerva is always running around playing w/ Nicole (torturing, rather), so to see/hear Minerva freak out over seeing Nicole is bizarre. Nicole must smell different.

ugh. would someone please take the pressure out of my head?

swelling with pride!!!!!

Minerva has long chased paper balls and water bottle caps, etc. well, today, she finally crossed the line and learned what i've been trying to teach her for months.

yes, that's right.

Minerva now fetches. i'm so proud i could cry; could, but won't.