State of the Perl update

[bunn]

Perl has had a bit of a sniffle for a few weeks now, and on Monday night was quite wheezy and distressed, so yesterday I took her off to the vet.  She wasn't happy about the car journey, but was very pleased with the vet showing her the kind of attention she considers to be her right at all times.   

She's had an antiinflammatory jab and is now on antibiotics : fortunately for me, she has decided that the tablets are entirely edible when wrapped in ham.  Ham probably not the healthiest of meats, but then the stress of the 'cat is basically a tube' method wouldn't be too good either (for either of us!) so on balance, I'm sticking with the ham. 

Once the wheeze clears up, she needs to have some teeth out, and there may be a little dental abcess hiding in there somewhere too.   She is about 12 now, I think, and up to the last few months has been 100% healthy, so we're not doing badly considering.   She is now 5.2 Kilos, which the vet considers 'a bit overweight'.  This is an improvement on last time and not bad really, given that she does spend an awful lot of time asleep.

I don't seem to have a Perl icon, so here is one of Kjetil.  To be honest, Kjetil is more photogenic really. *whispers * Perl's a bit of a tortie-bag.  She's not long on looks, poor Scousemog that she is -  though she does have the most enormous personality...  

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[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

For the benefit of readers at home, here's a userpic that includes a picture of Perl.

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Hope the antibiotics do the job and Perl is right as rain again soon.

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

Get well soon Perl, and Bunn, I'm amazed that your cats will take pills hidden in other things- mine won't entertain the idea!

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Well, this is Perl, a fine example of that popular breed, the Liverpool Streetmog. She is the product of hundreds of generations of evolution to live on a diet of discarded takeaways, and very probably is her own great-aunt, or possibly, second cousin.

One of her favorite foods is burnt chips with tomato ketchup!

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

Look- you're talking to someone whose cat shagged his own grannybefore he got the snip and came here. (No- it wasn't a plannedmating...) so trust me, pedigrees are no better!

Mind you, I still maintain that wegies are just farm moggs with better documented family trees.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Our Hairy Bears are much pickier - though the Bungles aren't!

Strangely the cats we own that we know most about in terms of background are the Liverpool Mogs, as we had them both from kittens and know they came from an established feral community, whereas I have no idea about the other 4.

I have this idea that feral city cats may have developed a greater tolerance of and ability to process contaminated food than cats from farm or village stock, as they probably have fewer hunting opportunities and more scavenging ones...

Though that said, Footie is an excellent mouser/ratter: he always sits on the steps waiting for breakfast to be served, but if you come down early for some reason, you often find him finishing off his pre-breakfast rodent. Perl's not so talented though when she was younger she did have a bit of a thing for bringing us live frogs.

[chainmailmaiden]

Hope Perl is continuing to like the ham wrapped tablets & is getting better. On the rare occasion we need to give ours a tablet or capsule I mould some cheese round it as they both love cheese.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Cheese is good. I went for ham as a vague attempt to use something a little less fatty as she has to have one and a half tabs twice a day. Shredded chicken would probably be even better but perhaps not strongly flavoured enough.