The Birthday Cat
The Cat turned 14 today, and she told me--in between naps and bites of tuna--that she has a few birthday wishes:
1. Never to see the vet again. I told her sorry, not gonna happen. . . and in fact the office manager wished her a happy birthday when she called to confirm Monday's appointment! She'll probably get another steroid shot, which has helped a lot, and she's been pretty good about taking her thyroid meds (at around 5 in the morning from her half-asleep human).
2. Keep the tuna coming. The main goal is to keep The Cat eating, and if possible, eating grain-free and limited-ingredient proteins for her sensitive stomach. I can't seem to wean her off Fancy Feast, but we've come to a compromise where she eats B.G. Tuna topped with Fancy Feast Elegant Medleys Shredded Yellowfin Tuna. Supposedly the green bits in the Elegant Medleys are "garden greens." Huh.
3. Get her "fluff" back. Her shorn belly has been regrowing for the past nearly three months, and while it is getting harder to tell she ever was shaved, I can still tell she's still missing that little extra fluffy something.
4. Death to the chipmunks! (I told her it's not really polite to use your wishes that way, but they really do get on her nerves when they pop up on the patio, whereupon she starts seeing red and chirping trash talk at them. She even let a robin who was poking around for worms in the grass have it the other day. He looked a little dumbfounded.)
5. She also wanted to wish a happy birthday to two others celebrating birthdays today: Fiona at Little Lioness and Baby Kitty at Confessions of a Plate Addict (a fave stop of our friend PammyPam)!
Because the current temperature outside according to the Weather Channel is 100 (feels like 112!) and the A/C is doing its best to cool the apartment to a budgeted 76-77, The Cat has flopped herself atop the fridge (that would be the freezer, I guess) to catch the breeze from the ceiling fan.
She's a good kitty and I hope she has some good times as a 14-year-old. And of course some fun and slightly mischievous times as well.
"Wash the dishes, hooman!"
But I can't--you're on my dishwashing towel!
Comments
long live the cat!
(I used Picnik.com to take out the eerie red-eye and up the cuteness.)
Pam--Please thank Cleo and tell her The Cat totally understands her not wanting to share Fancy Feast. (Also, she is a little skeptical that Cleo SHARES it with Bailey. . .)
Er, maybe Your Highness is in order based on that regal look. :)
Rob--thank you, also, from The Cat! She is happy to know another 14 year old feline who likes Fancy Feast. (Mum's the word about the vermin. . .)
Purrs,
Charlie the Cat
Babs
Terrie from Hong Kong
Debbie--It was a rough road from 13 to 14 for The Cat, but she handled it with her plucky calico ways. Thank you for inviting all the kitties to Baby Kitty's birthday bash, and happy weekend to you, too!
Blessings,
Kim
My cat hates when her toe fluff gets trimmed, even just a wee little bit...They must have super sensitive fluff-sensors, hehe
BA in English Lit and an MLS? Sounds as if we might have quite a bit in common!
Purrs!
Romeo
Alex, Vinnie, Renard, and Ace send their kitty birthday wishes too, along with notes of jealousy that some cats in this world have birthdays acknowledged and the unfairness of it all. I said that if they told me their birthdays then we might do something, until then shut up. Renard said something about "whipper-snapper" as well, but that doesn't need to be repeated. Alex would like her to know that if she would ever like to share her Fancy Feast or tuna or anything edible he would love an invitation. I said no. Vinnie would like her to know she's very cute and he misses licking calico foreheads, and wonders does she like tuxedos?
Sara--The Cat is just overwhelmed by the kitty outpouring of b-day wishes! It's a long, weird story of how I actually know the date. I had dibs on her before she was born.
Aside to Alex: "Would this Fancy Feast sharing be 50-50? I'm more of a 60-40 gal."
Aside to Vinnie: "Ooooh, a tuxedo is very sharp!" (She has mixed feelings about forehead-lickings, though; Younger Sister's cat used to surprise her with them when we all lived together.)
I haven't seen her this flirtatious in years! My goodness!!!
Hope your birthdays wishes all come true, well, except we know number one is not going to happen love:D
Hugs,
Raphael and his mom (Beth P)