The Care and Feeding of Old Ladies (Cats)

The Care and Feeding of Old Ladies (Cats)

When mom passed away in October, I wasn’t sure how long Belle, her beloved companion cat, would make it. In 2017 Belle had a bout with Bobcat Fever and miraculously survived. Then, in the fall of 2017, she was diagnosed with high blood pressure. She’s gone...
The Care and Feeding of Old Ladies (Cats)

Weighted Cat Blankets

I hate thunderstorms. Especially severe ones, or the threat of severe weather, because it triggers emotional flashbacks in me. Hail is the worst. It’s like Mother Nature is yelling at me and throwing things and threatening to hurt me–for no reason. So...

I think they know…Mama J update (cat tales)

It’s not like me to be running, and yet, over the last ten days, I was going somewhere for nine of them. And even when I was kind of home, I had outdoor projects and all sorts of things happening and so I didn’t get to sit down at my desk the way I...

The Joys of Senior Kitties

My mom adopted Belle from a chain pet store where she lived probably close to 14 or so years ago. Her story was that she’d been left in a box on the humane society’s doorstep and for a great many years whenever mom tried to adopt a kitten/second cat, she...

The Joy of Office Cats

I find myself very lucky in that my “day job” has an office cat. (No that’s not her in the picture). Since I’m usually the first one in the office every morning, I let her out into the main part of the office. She curls up and sleeps on the...

Hepatic Liver Disease In Cats (Cat Tales)

You may have remembered my talking about Mama Jewel’s liver disease. She had hepatic lipidosis, or the feline version of “fatty liver disease”. It means the liver isn’t processing fat well, or at all, and the liver values become so out of order...