Bah

[tamaranth]

Bah to recurrence of the dizzy / nauseous / ultra-tired thing. Have just walked down to the shop to acquire CHOCOLATE for medicinal purposes: I had to stop and rest on the way back and I now feel too queasy to eat said chocolate.

In other news, the cats are fine. I am trying to fatten them up for Christmas. I thought there might be a limit to how much expensive food-in-pouches they would eat in a day. I thought wrong.

Shiva's last blood tests show there is nothing much wrong with her: kidneys and liver work fine.

cats who throw up on piles of clean laundry, however, can expect to be traded in.

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[brisingamen.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear there is nothing wrong with Shiva, other than a desire to be seriously ill at you.

I thought there might be a limit to how much expensive food-in-pouches they would eat in a day. I thought wrong.

Chia will eat as much of it as one cares to put in front of her. Which is a lot.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

It could've been Sam: whoever it was made a lot of noise about it, but it was at stupid o'clock so I pretended I hadn't heard. And forgot about it until I picked up a 'clean' t-shirt ...

I can't believe how much they are eating! I will never be able to work full-time again: cat-feeding is a full-time occupation. Still, if they get a bit less scrawny that'll be good.

[brisingamen.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit worried about leaving Chia while we're away. She has just finished her third pouch of food and is bouncing round the kitchen counters, sniffing at anything that might be halfway edible.

I think I will drag her to the vet's for a check-up when I get back, to cheer up my new favourite vet, who has never actually seen her when well, plus a discussion of how best to sate her appetite. Concrete is being seriously considered.

Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled she's so well, but it's exhausting being her personal chef and kennel maid now she is so well.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

It's wonderful when they're happy and bouncy, but it does sometimes feel like hard work keeping them that way! Concrete sounds a very promising solution, though apparently that was (consistency-wise) what Shiva's blockage was -- and if I never have to pay for feline colonic irrigation again, it'll be too soon!

How old is Chia? In my head she is Ancient, but this may just be me.

[brisingamen.livejournal.com]

Would that Chia might have a blockage. It has never really been a problem for her. Alas, quite the reverse.

Chia is ... good question. sfx: scrabbles in drawer ... She's 17 or thereabouts. She is indeed ancient.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

Mine are probably 16, so ancient is relative! They are far from spry, though: I suspect my lethargy is learnt behaviour.