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Cat drama continues
Sep. 5th, 2012 02:14 amZo-zo was apparently jealous of the attention, and managed to get this bizarre bite wound that goes right next to and possibly into her ear canal. It smells of rot and sickness and there's a thick lining of dead flesh all the way down. I pulled the pus scabs off, washed it out and dosed in in iodine only for it to fill right back up​.
Then Mela wasn't eating. Then she was eating if you finger fed her bits of wet food goo. Then she wanted to eat off the floor. Bowls aren't good enough for her. She also won't drink water out of a bowl and prefers the bigger and more awkward bowl in the bathroom, because. And she won't eat or drink by herself - we thought she was doing it on her own because when I'm around and occasionally bugging her, she'll move location and walk to food and water and back, but turns out if that doesn't happen she just stays wherever she's collapsed. Today she began crying and she's started trying and failing to jump on things, which is terrifying but probably a sign she's got more energy, so improvement?
She's also really, really into sleeping on laptop keyboards.
Then we just got two more cats who we're taking care of for my uncle, who it turns out isn't so great with cats. One of them has just run off and hid, which is normal, especially for a semi-feral. The other one is the most aggressive timid cat I've ever seen, and naturally these are both big muscular boycats. So I have a cat walking around hissing at everything while he tries to rub all over it (he actually rolls on his back and does this little wiggly dance to rub on the floor, hissing intermittently), and then crying and coming over because he's scared and he wants me to pet him and then attacking me because something startled him and he decided my hand was going to tear his face off. And I can't even smack him for it because he's obviously terrified out of his tiny mind. He went nuts when I shook my finger at him for attacking me. He also doesn't like people standing. Fundamentally opposed to the concept. I'm considering wrapping him in a towel and seeing if I can force him to stop acting like his claws are all that stands between him and painful death. Or if not at least clip his claws, I got blood all over my leg from standing too near him.
Then Mela wasn't eating. Then she was eating if you finger fed her bits of wet food goo. Then she wanted to eat off the floor. Bowls aren't good enough for her. She also won't drink water out of a bowl and prefers the bigger and more awkward bowl in the bathroom, because. And she won't eat or drink by herself - we thought she was doing it on her own because when I'm around and occasionally bugging her, she'll move location and walk to food and water and back, but turns out if that doesn't happen she just stays wherever she's collapsed. Today she began crying and she's started trying and failing to jump on things, which is terrifying but probably a sign she's got more energy, so improvement?
She's also really, really into sleeping on laptop keyboards.
Then we just got two more cats who we're taking care of for my uncle, who it turns out isn't so great with cats. One of them has just run off and hid, which is normal, especially for a semi-feral. The other one is the most aggressive timid cat I've ever seen, and naturally these are both big muscular boycats. So I have a cat walking around hissing at everything while he tries to rub all over it (he actually rolls on his back and does this little wiggly dance to rub on the floor, hissing intermittently), and then crying and coming over because he's scared and he wants me to pet him and then attacking me because something startled him and he decided my hand was going to tear his face off. And I can't even smack him for it because he's obviously terrified out of his tiny mind. He went nuts when I shook my finger at him for attacking me. He also doesn't like people standing. Fundamentally opposed to the concept. I'm considering wrapping him in a towel and seeing if I can force him to stop acting like his claws are all that stands between him and painful death. Or if not at least clip his claws, I got blood all over my leg from standing too near him.
