I'm glad to see that she's now home and doing and feeling much better.:) Hopefully she'll learn to love being brushed and combed again so that matting won't ever happen again. Good luck.:)
I'm glad to see that she's now home and doing and feeling much better.:) Hopefully she'll learn to love being brushed and combed again so that matting won't ever happen again. Good luck.:)
Aww, I also think Pidge is cute with or without the long hair. She feels better and won't get any nasty sores, so that's the good thing. :)
I took a few more pix, albeit they're not very good either. I have a really cheap, cheezy camera. If I can get a break w/vet and medical bills, I'll get a new one soon. Pidge, of course, kept moving, so this is the best I could do. In the first pic, her facial expression says it all: You're pushin' your luck, Mom. She's pretty cute for 18 1/2, yes? :)
She looks d*** good for 18 1/2! She looks around 10 to me. She will be so happy and cool this summer with that new haircut. You're a good mom!!!!!!
Boy, did I have a scare this morning! Everyone came upstairs except Pidge, so I waited for a few minutes and still no Pidge, so I went downstairs and she was still in the same spot as when I left her last night. I watched her and couldn't tell if she was breathing, so I softly called her name. Nothing. I lightly put my hand on her back and it scared her so bad that she jumped up in the air and bit me! She didn't break the skin but she got me good. Poor little girl has been traumatized by this whole thing, probably because she had to spend the night at the vet hospital. On the drive home yesterday, she was crying loudly, so I put a CD in of a chant that sounds like a lullaby and it kept her calm. She's so sensitive!
awww....she's probably still a little sedated. I remember when my older cat Rocky got his teeth cleaned, the anesthesia lasted longer than when he was a youngie. I'll bet you were relieved when she moved; even if it was to bite you :eek:
Pidgiekins, sweetheart, welcome home!
Today was a driving day and there was a Popeye's chicken on the way home, so I bought some take out. (I love their red beans and rice.) I got a couple of wings to go and I think I may have had a taste of it, I can't recall. :p My Pidgelet was the first in line so, of course, she got first dibs, immediately followed by my chicken junkie Puddy and the rest of the Fur Posse. It's so nice to have things back to normal again.
Thank you, my dear PT friends, for all your prayers and support. Pidgie Pie says "thank you", too. :love:
Mary, Pidgie is still just as beautiful. She will feel so much better. She doesn't look her age and that is a testimony to how well you love and care for her and all you fur babies. Give her a scritch from the Dunn gang and we will keep her in our prayers.
Pidgie looks so cute and I'm sure she is feeling so much more comfortable without all that pulling on her skin. I bet she was sleeping so soundly this morning because of the residual effects of the anesthesia and probably because she is just plain exhausted from the whole ordeal. I'm so glad that it's over and done with and she can be cozy at home and be with her family and her main man Boo!
Do you think she might be feeling a little naked since the dematting? Maybe a little fleece top would help her feel cozy until her coat grows in a bit. :)
I too think she looks incredible for 18 1/2 years!!! She obviously gets the very best of care! ;)
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Do you think she might be feeling a little naked since the dematting? Maybe a little fleece top would help her feel cozy until her coat grows in a bit. :)
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I wondered about that, too, especially since I gave in yesterday and turned on the AC because it was so humid. I have a special blanket that they all like to lie on in winter and I put her on it but she moved from it, so I guess she's ok. She's always been a little hot blooded anyhow. :p
I can tell that she feels so much better now. Yesterday she kept jumping up on my lap and she's never been a lap cat. She has always liked to sit beside me and put her front paws on my lap but she was all the way on yesterday and she did it several times. It's almost as though she was saying 'thank you'. I want to get her used to being lightly brushed so that the matting doesn't happen again. I don't want to put her through that again and my finances can't take it. The total w/shots, anesthesia, overnight stay, etc. came to $665.93. That's an awfully 'spensive haircut! She's a rock star! :p She's worth it, though.
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:eek: WOW!!! :eek:
That is expensive!
A couple of cats at the shelter and one I am pet-sitting right now have gotten lion cuts recently because of long, matted fur. They all look so much better, they're obviously much more comfortable, and their fur is like velvet to touch! I'm sure Pidgie is just the same. Please give her some more tender strokes and head-bumps from us!
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Someone posted about Crustacean Crunch tartar control treats so I bought a box and, wow, do they ever love it, including Ms. Finicky Puddy! Apparently, it doesn't bother her that much to eat them. I'm using the Chlorhexadine on her gums and she's a real champ at letting me pull up her lip, expose her gums and squirt the solution onto her gums. And Pidgelet acts as though it's her last meal. I've never seen her move so fast to get those treats! In the meantime, God help me if I run out of the CC! Thanx to whomever mentioned it. (I'm sorry, I'm too lazy to go back and find the post.)