Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Casey

I still call her Casey pup even though she was born 10th March 1999.  Over the past 2 weeks, Casey has been sick and at the vets twice.  Last week it looked like she had a gastric upset and was given antibiotics.  She seemed better and was starting to eat a bit.  For several days she hasn't eaten much and turned her nose up at bits of toast, licking bowls and even cheese.  This morning she even went back upstairs while I had breakfast so I thought she should go back to the vet. 


 She had some blood tests done and has liver disease.  At this stage we don't know how serious it is.  It could be a tumour but the vet doesn't think so as they can normally feel these.  They have given her an injection and we are to go back on Friday.  Since I picked her up this afternoon she seems to be brighter and ate the special gourmet tin food I bought her.  I hope it is just an infection as she is a special member of our family and we don't want to lose her yet.







Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Chloe and Jake

The Kittens are over a year old now and they still cuddle up together.  Sometimes it is hard to see where one starts and finishes.  Jake has the most beautiful soft coat and is so gentle when he plays with us.  They play rough together at times.

Jake plays with Arnie a lot too.  Chloe is definitely more aloof and goes to Stuart more easily than me.  She likes being high and will sit on the top of the scratching post to survey the world.  For a while the scratching post was close to the table with the fruit bowl and she would sit on it and flick kiwi fruit across the room.

The dogs and I went to Hamilton on Saturday to do agility for the first time in weeks.  Shiloh was good and had 2 rounds with only 5 faults.  The last run she got a bit naughty and then I lost my way so we were disqualified.  Rocky did really well in his first run with only 5 faults and it was a contact not a jump.  I was worried that he is finding jumping harder.  He got through the difficult bits in Senior before being D'd.

The back yard is very muddy so the rabbits are still on high ground and Allie the Guinea pig is close to the house.  The chickens keep coming on the deck so have tried to get Stuart to restrict their time out.  He is always reluctant to do this.  Good weather for George the duck.