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Siwsan

(27,296 posts)
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 10:24 AM Mar 2024

Guess who was sitting at the kitchen window, waiting for me to return from the shops

Little Sian! I gave her just a bit of pate and she ate it right up. I also bought some new kibble - much smaller kiblets(?) than the other. And it's supposed to help with hair balls.

I'm breathing a sigh of relief. I couldn't find any regular Vernors Ginger Ale (just the diet stuff) so I bought some lemon/ginger tea, which is healthier, anyway. I'll brew up a cup and then relax. I'll keep an eye on my precious little mischief maker, too.

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Guess who was sitting at the kitchen window, waiting for me to return from the shops (Original Post) Siwsan Mar 2024 OP
Oh, that is very good news!!! May her, and your, recovery be swift. niyad Mar 2024 #1
I'm so glad she is feeling better already. 3catwoman3 Mar 2024 #2
My mind always flashes back to sweet Tudor Siwsan Mar 2024 #3
Way back in the late 1980s, one of our cats managed to out... 3catwoman3 Mar 2024 #7
A little off topic, as I know Sian wasn't hiding. Good for a laugh. 3catwoman3 Mar 2024 #8
Now THAT'S funny!! Siwsan Mar 2024 #9
One of our now-departed cats, a pretty little Lynx point... 3catwoman3 Mar 2024 #10
Cats exist in both a liquid and a solid state, and they can teleport. niyad Mar 2024 #11
I'll bet you are feeling much better knowing Sian is Polly Hennessey Mar 2024 #4
I am! Siwsan Mar 2024 #5
Good to hear! 2naSalit Mar 2024 #6

3catwoman3

(25,453 posts)
2. I'm so glad she is feeling better already.
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 10:59 AM
Mar 2024

It's all too easy to push the panic button in a nanosecond. I've done it many times. (This is not criticism - just empathy.)

Siwsan

(27,296 posts)
3. My mind always flashes back to sweet Tudor
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 11:54 AM
Mar 2024

He seemed fine, one day, and gone the next. That was a hard loss.

I gave Sian a little more pate. She's NEVER before not wanted to eat. Her behavior is pretty much back to normal. I'm not going to leave any kibble in the bowls, tonight.

3catwoman3

(25,453 posts)
7. Way back in the late 1980s, one of our cats managed to out...
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 01:03 PM
Mar 2024

...of our house. We didn't know it until a next door neighbor came over to tell us she had been hit by a car and had died. I was devastated. We never did figure out how she got out.

She was only 3 years old. She'd shown up in our yard a couple of years before, in late kitten stage, and adjusted to indoor life with our other 3 cats without a hitch. Never showed any interest in going back outside.

To this day, if I can't find one of our cats for more than about 10 seconds, I immediately fear that someone has managed to get out somehow, and I have an instant knot in my stomach. All 4 cats wear beeper devices on their collars so I can "beep" them if I can't see them. Great peace of mind.

And cats are so damn good at hiding.

Siwsan

(27,296 posts)
9. Now THAT'S funny!!
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 01:11 PM
Mar 2024

I once found Sophie on TOP of the open front door! I have no idea how she got up there. Boudicca used to hide in plain sight because her tortoise shell colorings completely blended in with the old shag carpeting that was in the den.

I'm going to dig around and see if I can find the pictures I took.

3catwoman3

(25,453 posts)
10. One of our now-departed cats, a pretty little Lynx point...
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 01:24 PM
Mar 2024

...Siamese, was a very tiny little thing as a kitten. I was looking for her one day, without success, and noticed her brother on one of the dining room chairs, staring intently at the juncture of the table top to the table base. I took a look and found his sister inside the table base. How she got in there, even as small as she was, was puzzling because the opening to that space was really small. Her brother's head was too big, or he'd have probably gone in there, too.

I'd never have thought to look there.

Polly Hennessey

(7,459 posts)
4. I'll bet you are feeling much better knowing Sian is
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 11:56 AM
Mar 2024

a happy girl and eating again. I know your anxiety when one of our fur kids go off their feed.

Siwsan

(27,296 posts)
5. I am!
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 12:03 PM
Mar 2024

Seeing her behavior being SO different, this morning, was just deeply concerning.

I'm going to try feeding her in a different room from the rest of the kidcats. At least for a while so I can keep better track of how much she's eating.

2naSalit

(92,752 posts)
6. Good to hear!
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 12:36 PM
Mar 2024

Some times they just have a little tummy upset and all is well after they get it out of their system. Glad she's acting normally now.

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