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Friday, January 29, 2010
Cat mother makes peace with the old vet
Bongo is healing nicely. He has a weekly appointment with the new vet but it is the handy work of the old vet which is seeing him on the mend.
This morning Cat Mother made her way to Marks and Spencer and procured chocolates and biscuits for the Kemp Town and Portslade teams as well as a bottle of expensive pink sparkling wine for the surgeon and then visited both offices after the new vet visit and before going off to see "Nine".
It seems that Bongo is to be allowed out of his cage from time to time to reaquaint him with us and his home. I shall therefore assert my presence by hanging out in his cage and spraying! Cat mother won't like the latter but if u are going to have two boys...brothers even...then one must be prepared for competition in all itss guises!
This morning Cat Mother made her way to Marks and Spencer and procured chocolates and biscuits for the Kemp Town and Portslade teams as well as a bottle of expensive pink sparkling wine for the surgeon and then visited both offices after the new vet visit and before going off to see "Nine".
It seems that Bongo is to be allowed out of his cage from time to time to reaquaint him with us and his home. I shall therefore assert my presence by hanging out in his cage and spraying! Cat mother won't like the latter but if u are going to have two boys...brothers even...then one must be prepared for competition in all itss guises!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
The New Vet
Well! Cat mama is well pleased!
They arrived at Topcats and during the 30 minutes or so they were there, they were in the presence of only women and women who love cats!
Contrary to the ideas of the previous vet, rigourous cleaning of Bongo's under arm wound was not recommended although dabbing with salt water is fine and generally cat mother came out of there well pleased.
There's a cat magazine she can subsribe to, you know? Like a fill glossy one and everything...on a par with Gardener's World or something like that?
Cat mother is a traveller so the opportunity to explore somewhere new is always going to get her excited so she was not phased by the journey which is basically a train to Brighton, a walk to Preston Circus and a 20 minute bus ride to the vets in Patcham on a bad day and on a good day a train to Preston Park and a 10 minute bus ride to the vet.
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They arrived at Topcats and during the 30 minutes or so they were there, they were in the presence of only women and women who love cats!
Contrary to the ideas of the previous vet, rigourous cleaning of Bongo's under arm wound was not recommended although dabbing with salt water is fine and generally cat mother came out of there well pleased.
There's a cat magazine she can subsribe to, you know? Like a fill glossy one and everything...on a par with Gardener's World or something like that?
Cat mother is a traveller so the opportunity to explore somewhere new is always going to get her excited so she was not phased by the journey which is basically a train to Brighton, a walk to Preston Circus and a 20 minute bus ride to the vets in Patcham on a bad day and on a good day a train to Preston Park and a 10 minute bus ride to the vet.
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Morning Delight
Now Cat Mother has discovered the joy of Blog Press there is just no stopping her now from regularly reporting on our exploits no matter how minimal!
There's that latest additon to the toy box from me!
There's Molly and I looking adorable as we watch cat mother prepare for work at this ungodly hour!
And there's belov-ed Bongo who is the current flavour of the quarter and with good reason!
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There's that latest additon to the toy box from me!
There's Molly and I looking adorable as we watch cat mother prepare for work at this ungodly hour!
And there's belov-ed Bongo who is the current flavour of the quarter and with good reason!
B
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Back for Good?
After the destitution left in the wake of Bongo's 3rd visit to cat hospital, I could never have believed that cat mother could be turned around so quickly and it is joyous! It wants to be shouted from the rafters!
After taking the 2nd cat box to work yesterday on the set of trolleys wheels, braving the most packed train and tubes and getting in the way of everyone, going from sweating and being boiling hot to freezing cold and shivering; cat mother finally turned up at cat hospital just after 19:00 and collected belov-ed Bongo. The two people on duty were lovely and the bill was duly paid. A towel was borrowed to shelter Bongo from the noise and harsh realities of nightime Brighton.
Cat mother dutifully met neice and had coffee with her outside a cafe whilst they chatted, clinging on to the front of Bongo's cage so that he could rub against her and purr whenever he wanted. They made it home by 21:00 ish and all the bandage equipment came out.
In the end she opted for a quarter flannel between the wound and his arm/body and then put a body sock on him to lock down the faulty arm. She then laid him out on the sofa, cream fleece blanket, Molly and I watching over him. It was extremely touching! He could clean himself, he was purring and he was beautiful.
Cat mother busied herself with preparing his cage and his food and then went to sleep on the sofa having realised that keeping Bongo in a body sock is going to be a little more challenging than at 1st appreciated! The strategy is going to have to be about associating life in the body sock with the good life, life outside the cage and realistically this will only happen when she is around whereas she had previously thought that the bandage could stay on when she is absent.
The thing is, after looking at his stitching, it's the best set of stitching yet and if this had been done the first time round we may not be in situation we are in now where we are changing vets. The new path has been set however and there is no changing course...
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After taking the 2nd cat box to work yesterday on the set of trolleys wheels, braving the most packed train and tubes and getting in the way of everyone, going from sweating and being boiling hot to freezing cold and shivering; cat mother finally turned up at cat hospital just after 19:00 and collected belov-ed Bongo. The two people on duty were lovely and the bill was duly paid. A towel was borrowed to shelter Bongo from the noise and harsh realities of nightime Brighton.
Cat mother dutifully met neice and had coffee with her outside a cafe whilst they chatted, clinging on to the front of Bongo's cage so that he could rub against her and purr whenever he wanted. They made it home by 21:00 ish and all the bandage equipment came out.
In the end she opted for a quarter flannel between the wound and his arm/body and then put a body sock on him to lock down the faulty arm. She then laid him out on the sofa, cream fleece blanket, Molly and I watching over him. It was extremely touching! He could clean himself, he was purring and he was beautiful.
Cat mother busied herself with preparing his cage and his food and then went to sleep on the sofa having realised that keeping Bongo in a body sock is going to be a little more challenging than at 1st appreciated! The strategy is going to have to be about associating life in the body sock with the good life, life outside the cage and realistically this will only happen when she is around whereas she had previously thought that the bandage could stay on when she is absent.
The thing is, after looking at his stitching, it's the best set of stitching yet and if this had been done the first time round we may not be in situation we are in now where we are changing vets. The new path has been set however and there is no changing course...
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