One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

[babsbag]

Glad that is all over for her; that had to hurt like crazy.

The worst (and most expensive) abscess I ever had on a cat was caused by a "roommate" of his...go figure. They would sleep together and play together and guess it got out of hand. The hole was the size of a quarter, had a drain installed, etc.

She should heal up nicely, glad it was something "easy and fixable".

 

[OneFineAcre]

Awww.
I was wondering if she had gotten bit by a snake earlier but got interrupted typing.
Glad it is drained and hopefully she has a long time still ahead of her.

She's an inside cat so I don't think it was a snake. If Buddy got her, I don't think he meant to.
This is their routine. She is sitting on the floor. Buddy runs up to her and barks at her. You know, little dogs have this Napoleon complex going on. She smacks him up side the head and takes off running to the laundry room with him hot on her tail. She jumps up on the washing machine and looks down at him swishing her tail thinking "you stupid dog".

 

[OneFineAcre]

Princess Zoey sitting on her throne watching over her kingdom aka our laundry room.

 

[Latestarter]

Wow... glad you were able to figure it out and get it drained and cleaned out. Not a cat person, but can't stand to see any animal in pain, and I gotta think that hurt! Hope she heals up real well now.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Wow... glad you were able to figure it out and get it drained and cleaned out. Not a cat person, but can't stand to see any animal in pain, and I gotta think that hurt! Hope she heals up real well now.

Thanks

I'm a sucker for strays.

 

[Latestarter]

Yeah... me too... They're now "X"s

 

[Southern by choice]

Yeah... me too... They're now "X"s

One Fine- your description is hilarious! "Stupid Dog"

 

[babsbag]

I'm a sucker for strays.

That would be me...not only strays but since I have "retired" my vet knows that I am sucker for bottle baby kittens too. Every cat I own right now (5) was a stray or bottle baby. Next year I will tell the vet "yes" provided she gives me free kitty check up before I adopt them out.

My cats and dogs play similar games...I just hear the cats going "neener neener neener, you can't get me" as they jump on or under somewhere that the dogs can't fit or reach. I love Zoey's throne, and she is a beautiful kitty. My first cat of my own, when I was 10, looked just like Zoey. Thomasina was her name and she lived for 18 years. Hope that your Zoey beats that record.

 

[OneFineAcre]

That would be me...not only strays but since I have "retired" my vet knows that I am sucker for bottle baby kittens too. Every cat I own right now (5) was a stray or bottle baby. Next year I will tell the vet "yes" provided she gives me free kitty check up before I adopt them out.

My cats and dogs play similar games...I just hear the cats going "neener neener neener, you can't get me" as they jump on or under somewhere that the dogs can't fit or reach. I love Zoey's throne, and she is a beautiful kitty. My first cat of my own, when I was 10, looked just like Zoey. Thomasina was her name and she lived for 18 years. Hope that your Zoey beats that record.

I was wrong in my OP.
She only weighs 9 lbs.
When she was about 5 or 6 she hit 13 lbs and the vet told us she was obese, and we were cutting her life short.
Well I thought to myself her life had already been extended exponentially but....
We put her on diet food for a while and she lost some weight, and then she completely refused to eat it anymore.
But, she did lose some weight and she has been eating regular food every since, but controlled amount.

But she is really a tiny cat.

 

[sadieml]

@OneFineAcre The life expectancy for a female feral cat is 2 to 3 years (closer to 2 because of breeding). I think among us, you, @babsbag, and I have added a couple hundred years to kitty lives! We currently have 23, only 2 of which weren't rescues or babies born to strays who wandered up pregnant!