Proverb Meme

A proverb is a saying which expresses a truth based on common sense or practical experience.

Shilgiah tagged me for a Proverb.

"A sleeping cat gathers no mice."

"You can lead a cat to water but he will drink when and if he wants to."

-Scout

Baby Tuxie

Since I am the Tuxie of the family I will tell you about the Incident of the Tiny Tuxie that happened when mom & dad were in Grand Forks, ND for their HS reunion.
They had just finished shopping at the Ralph Engelstad Arena Home of the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux Hockey for some awesome new sioux-venirs. They are alumni there too. As they were crossing the big grassy area in front of the building mom caught sight of a little black thing running from one evergreen to another. At the same moment a group of passing 10 year olds there for hockey camp saw the kitten and started chasing it. They were a lot closer than mom was and she could hear them yelling things like "What is it? Catch it! Step on it." Then when they got him trapped by the wall of the bookstore they were saying stuff like "Throw it. Suffocate it. Kick it." There were about 15 of the little bastards.
Well, mom marched right over there and into the midst of that group. One kid was holding the baby and she took it out of his arms and "I'll take that kitty now." Just then their counselor showed up and they started to behave and he led them off.
One little boy held back and asked to pet the kitten and wanted to make sure mom would find a home for him. Mom assured him she would. One nice kid.
Mom said Dad was not happy. He said "Now you have him, what are you going to do with him. You shouldn't have picked him up. We already have 3 we can't have another."
Mom told him to chill and go look up the address for the Grand Forks Humane Society. So they took the kitty there and mom was getting more & more attached to that kitten every second. He clung to her and buried his head under her chin, and secretly she was hoping that the place would be closed for the day. But it was open and a woofie was going home with a new family and another tuxie kittie was going home with a mom & her daughter.
Dad filled out the proper forms and the lady said they have plenty of space and he should be adopted fairly quickly.
Mom choked up when she had to hand over the little guy, but he is safe now. And has food, a good place to sleep. It was to be nearly 100 degrees for the week and she doubts he would have made it on his own with out water.
We are proud of our mom and her love for all creatures and we are more glad of the fact that she didn't bring home another cat!
-Scooby
(Biggify that baby and take a look at his cute little face!)

HOME!

Mom here......
I'll steal the blog one last time.
Made it home from the drinkfest (ummmm, I mean class reunion) in fairly good shape. Ate way too much food all weekend and only the first morning-after would the room not quit spinning! You have to do that now & then to remember not to do it.
I was greeted when we came home Sunday by the best sight ever! My little Scout running to the door to greet me and wanting to play! He is back to his energetic, playful and active little self! As I write this Monday evening, he & Shaggy are having a huge wrestlemania fest! He still has 4 antibiotic tablets left to take then we'll be past this ordeal.
Today all three have stuck close to me and I assure them I'm not going anywhere for awhile. Scooby especially wants more re-assurance and keeps coming to me for head skritchies and pettings. Shaggy is wanting me to make up 4 days of brushing and Scout keeps wanting to rassle my feet.
Jeez, I hate to be gone from them!!!

In other news I rescued a tiny Tuxie kitten from some kids who were chasing it and took it to the shelter. He had to have been only about 6-8 weeks old running through a large grassy area near the university campus. It was so hard to give him up but I had to. I'm sure he was homeless and he just clung to me the whole time.
I hope to post a picture of him asap and tell you the full story.

Scout is Much Better

What a relief!
Scout is feeling better today.
Yesterday, late afternoon, he came out of hiding when the front door opened and showed some interest in going outside. So I took him out and we sat in the grass together and he enjoyed the sun for a bit.
He had a little lick of Fancy Feast (the vet said to encourage that so he gets extra water from it). Last night he slept by my side part of the night.
This morning he is nibbling food, drinking water but still on the tired side. I'm sure it must take awhile to get back to normal after such an ordeal. It's going to take those antibiotics awhile to clear up that infection.
We are leaving for our reunion this afternoon, back Sunday. I am relieved he is coming around and I won't worry quite so much. I have a good cat sitter and pill giver in my neighbor and my son will be in & out (probably mostly out) so they will have people around here & there.
Oh boy, what a week!!!!
-Mom

Update on Scout

Scouts temp was 105 this morning so I took him back in to the vet.
He slept all through the night but was still quite weak. Doctor says it is a massive bacterial infection of unknown origin.
They gave him more fluids and a shot of corticosteroids which was an emergency method to intervene to bring down the fever. And another shot of antibiotics.
Dr. Rick said with a fever that high and for this long it becomes like a case of heat exhaustion and he needs to be kept cool. Scout stayed at the hospital all day in a cage with a cool stainless steel floor. They wrapped up a couple ice packs in a towel and put them in the corner and they reported that he went right to them and laid down. Said he was a very good patient and very sweet. Even though they kept poking his butt to take his temperature all day!
I picked him up at 4:30 and his temp was back to 101...normal range for a cat.
I must still monitor his temp at home and I switched on the a/c for him so hopefully I can keep him comfortable. I also have ice packs if need be for him to have in his bed.
He needs to take his antibiotic pills for 10 days. I worry because we are going out of town Thursday afternoon until Sunday. But college boy (Age 22) will be home (in & out) and I have asked a neighbor lady who is also experienced in giving cat meds to her own cats to come over and check him and give him his pills. We are going home for our 30th high school reunion and now I'm going to worry the whole time!
Thank you every cat and every one for the kind comments you left for us and if you don't mind could you still keep us in your thoughts & prayers. And if you could, also say a little blessing for those wonderful vets we all have that take such good care of our little friends.
-Mom

Scout is sick

I took Scout to the vet this afternoon.
He's been droopy the last couple days and today he was under the bed all day, not eating and very lethargic.
He had a high temp of 106 with dehydration.
Dr. Rick did a blood workup and it showed a very high white blood cell count. 2-3 times higher than normal.
Poor little guy is so sick he couldn't put up a fight so he let them poke & prod him as much as they wanted.
They gave him fluids and a shot of antibiotics to start working right away, and tablets to start tomorrow for 10 days.
I need to take his temp again tomorrow and if it's over 103 they want him in for a shot of corticosteroids.
Can all you kitty friends keep him in your thoughts and prayers?
-Mom

New Computer!!

Mom's computer died 3 weeks ago and we were trying to post and visit as best we could.
Dad stuck a crowbar in his wallet and got her a new laptop.
He thought at first he would get a new one for himself and give his current one to her, but the one he has his eye on is $3,000 and we told him it would break the Stinky Goodness budget and that since his one now has nothing wrong with it, it made more sense to just get her a new one. He doesn't like to spend money if he doesn't have to.

So the new computer is up & running now but mom & us are used to the Mac. The new one is a PC. Things aren't quite the same (although when mom worked she had a PC but that was 3 years ago.) But we can cruise the blogs and mom can do her internet surfing and shopping and get her mail so all is well. There is lots more to learn about files & junk like that however.

We still have to figure out how to download pictures from the camera to the 'puter and onto blogger so we can get some posted soon. Just have to be brave & try it.