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Long overdue cat update
6 years ago
I wanted to write this for a while, so here goes ~
May take it down later though, dunno yet.
Tl:dr: we got two kitties in october and one of em is gonna have knee surgery next week
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Long version:
Some of you may remember that we were thinking about adopting a kitten back in october and I wasn't sure if it was the right thing for us to do.
We had a choice of three and once we decided we were gonna get two my partner instantly knew which one he wanted and I was hung up on two. One lovely shy grey and white kitten and one energetic grey one.
I don't want to go into too much detail here, but unfortunately after much back and forth debating what would be best the final choice way taken from me. They informed us on the day we were gonna pick them up that the grey kitten had passed away due to malnourishment.
This may seem silly, but even though I had decided to let her live a happy outdoor kitten life with someone else I cried the entire way there. (I am a very indecisive person, but deep down I knew I couldn't keep her indoors seeing as she was so full of adventure. One of our aquaintances who showed the kittens to us came with us and was gonna take her to live on her farm)
I still think about her sometimes and even though I haven't quite gotten over it, I thanked the cat for the lesson in letting go many times since.
(tearing up while writing this again, sheesh >.>)
So that day we took home only two fluffy jellybeans, the spaced out black and white long hair Marble and the loving grey and white short hair Chester.
They were both shy at first and we kept them to the living room. We didn't want to expose them to the entire house yet and get them used to us slowly. I also did a little "ritual" we do back in austria where you pick up a new pet and "weave" it around a table leg three times to bind it to your home. (If you don't believe it thats fine, but its a nice little thing to do and it cant hurt right)
Chester was quite skittish at first but she got comfortable really fast and now takes all the attention she can get. She even likes belly rubs :P
Marble on the other hand not so much. She didn't like getting petted at all or only on her sides until very recently. But she is finally warming up to me and it is so extremely rewarding for all the patience to pay off. I love them both to bits <3 (and I'm probably a bit overly protective haha)
They once managed to get onto the balcony because our door is a bit faulty and opened itself when neither of us were home. My partner found them before they could climb to the bottom from out neighbors balcony thankfully, but ever since I've been watching over them like a hawk. No more escaping, no fun allowed :[
In the Netherlands you can get insurance for your pet and we calculated the cost of getting them neutered, wormed etc etc to decide whether or not to get it. Costs were approximately the same so we decided against it. Neutering went without a problem and I even took out the last bit of the dissolving thread with no problem. (Though I was freaked cause one of them had a much longer thread still intact than the other where there was literally just the know left)
Unfortunately shortly after that we ran into some troubles. We had the vet check Marbles leg during the last neutering check because she had been walking very stiff. The vet said we should keep an eye on it for another week and see if it goes away, hoping it was just a strained muscle.
One week came and went and it hadn't really gotten better so we scheduled x-rays. Good new were there was no fracture, her bones were all fine.
Bad news... Well she has patellar luxation. It basically means that the kneecap doesn't have enough space and pops out of where its supposed to be, being painful for the cat.
Our vet referred us to a special clinic for further examination to determine how bad it was and we got an appointment there aswell.
When we were there the specialist there confirmed our suspicions and told us it was tage 3 of 4, meaning it is out more often than in but it can still go back by itself. (worst case would be it goes out and doesn't return by itself).Her other leg also has it but only ins tage one and the vet said it will probably sort itself out. She explained to us how the surgery would be done and informed us about the total cost of the surgery itself, pre- and aftercare, which is around €1200. *oh shiet*
I can only say I am very glad she ended up with us, because while it is expensive, we definitely want what is best for her and scheduled the surgery for next week.
It's gonna be alright I hope.
She's gonna have to be there sober, get another set of xrays and then the surgery. I'm gonna admit I am a bit scared, seeing as she is my little fuzzball and I'll have to trust someone else to make her better, but I know once this is over with she will lead a happy healthy and long cat life. *fingers crossed*
Anyway, that's pretty much a summary of stuff up till now and I will give an update on how the surgery went (this time maybe not months late)
I'm not much for sharing my personal life on here, but I did want to soeak about this.
I apologize if this is tmi, but if you read all of this, thank you for your attention and remember to cuddle your pets ~
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update:
The surgery went well and our little bean is doing much better already!
While she is a bit angry about having to wear a cone of shame and having to stay in the kennel, I'm sure she knows its gonna be worth it in the long run ;)
May take it down later though, dunno yet.
Tl:dr: we got two kitties in october and one of em is gonna have knee surgery next week
_________________________
Long version:
Some of you may remember that we were thinking about adopting a kitten back in october and I wasn't sure if it was the right thing for us to do.
We had a choice of three and once we decided we were gonna get two my partner instantly knew which one he wanted and I was hung up on two. One lovely shy grey and white kitten and one energetic grey one.
I don't want to go into too much detail here, but unfortunately after much back and forth debating what would be best the final choice way taken from me. They informed us on the day we were gonna pick them up that the grey kitten had passed away due to malnourishment.
This may seem silly, but even though I had decided to let her live a happy outdoor kitten life with someone else I cried the entire way there. (I am a very indecisive person, but deep down I knew I couldn't keep her indoors seeing as she was so full of adventure. One of our aquaintances who showed the kittens to us came with us and was gonna take her to live on her farm)
I still think about her sometimes and even though I haven't quite gotten over it, I thanked the cat for the lesson in letting go many times since.
(tearing up while writing this again, sheesh >.>)
So that day we took home only two fluffy jellybeans, the spaced out black and white long hair Marble and the loving grey and white short hair Chester.
They were both shy at first and we kept them to the living room. We didn't want to expose them to the entire house yet and get them used to us slowly. I also did a little "ritual" we do back in austria where you pick up a new pet and "weave" it around a table leg three times to bind it to your home. (If you don't believe it thats fine, but its a nice little thing to do and it cant hurt right)
Chester was quite skittish at first but she got comfortable really fast and now takes all the attention she can get. She even likes belly rubs :P
Marble on the other hand not so much. She didn't like getting petted at all or only on her sides until very recently. But she is finally warming up to me and it is so extremely rewarding for all the patience to pay off. I love them both to bits <3 (and I'm probably a bit overly protective haha)
They once managed to get onto the balcony because our door is a bit faulty and opened itself when neither of us were home. My partner found them before they could climb to the bottom from out neighbors balcony thankfully, but ever since I've been watching over them like a hawk. No more escaping, no fun allowed :[
In the Netherlands you can get insurance for your pet and we calculated the cost of getting them neutered, wormed etc etc to decide whether or not to get it. Costs were approximately the same so we decided against it. Neutering went without a problem and I even took out the last bit of the dissolving thread with no problem. (Though I was freaked cause one of them had a much longer thread still intact than the other where there was literally just the know left)
Unfortunately shortly after that we ran into some troubles. We had the vet check Marbles leg during the last neutering check because she had been walking very stiff. The vet said we should keep an eye on it for another week and see if it goes away, hoping it was just a strained muscle.
One week came and went and it hadn't really gotten better so we scheduled x-rays. Good new were there was no fracture, her bones were all fine.
Bad news... Well she has patellar luxation. It basically means that the kneecap doesn't have enough space and pops out of where its supposed to be, being painful for the cat.
Our vet referred us to a special clinic for further examination to determine how bad it was and we got an appointment there aswell.
When we were there the specialist there confirmed our suspicions and told us it was tage 3 of 4, meaning it is out more often than in but it can still go back by itself. (worst case would be it goes out and doesn't return by itself).Her other leg also has it but only ins tage one and the vet said it will probably sort itself out. She explained to us how the surgery would be done and informed us about the total cost of the surgery itself, pre- and aftercare, which is around €1200. *oh shiet*
I can only say I am very glad she ended up with us, because while it is expensive, we definitely want what is best for her and scheduled the surgery for next week.
It's gonna be alright I hope.
She's gonna have to be there sober, get another set of xrays and then the surgery. I'm gonna admit I am a bit scared, seeing as she is my little fuzzball and I'll have to trust someone else to make her better, but I know once this is over with she will lead a happy healthy and long cat life. *fingers crossed*
Anyway, that's pretty much a summary of stuff up till now and I will give an update on how the surgery went (this time maybe not months late)
I'm not much for sharing my personal life on here, but I did want to soeak about this.
I apologize if this is tmi, but if you read all of this, thank you for your attention and remember to cuddle your pets ~
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update:
The surgery went well and our little bean is doing much better already!
While she is a bit angry about having to wear a cone of shame and having to stay in the kennel, I'm sure she knows its gonna be worth it in the long run ;)
So thank you for sharing this with us, and remember you tearing up from thinking about a cat, means your a good person
as way to many would not care in the least about what they think is "just a cat".
Yeah that's true. It's a shame some people think that way :/
Thankfully my partner is the same as me when it comes to our pets/companions. They are family to us <3
I'm sure that it will all go well! I understand the concern, though - trusting someone you don't know, their job or not, is not the easiest thing in the world to do.
Lots of support from me and my wife <3
I hope so!
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Thats awesome! Happy to hear :)