Does your Cat (or any pet) misbehave since caregiving your loved one?
Have you been required to take care of your loved one's pet after they have passed? Does your pet have cute antics that entertain your loved one?
And finally, has the cat or dog transferred their loyalty to your Mother?
pam - if you get the kind of cone that has loop tabs at the base (this is usually the basic plastic one the vet would normally hand out), you can attach it to the collar part of a harness and it stays on. I had to do this with Bruce when he had his hernia surgery. The harness was the only thing that prevented him from getting the cone off!
Edit: this is the cone style I mean:
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The gospel music has her going! 😂
Good luck with your baby pamzimmrrt...it's a project alright~
Would he follow me back to the house? Of course not, cats will do what they feel like doing. But my heart was in my throat each time I looked up into the sky. He's too old for this. I am too old for this.
I decided he wouldn't come in the house until I go in. Then the winds and lightening came. Whew. There he was at the back door acting like it was another day in the neighborhood.
One day the cat sitter called us in a big panic. She came in the house only to find one of the cat outside looking in the window. Say what??? She did a head count and found only one cat in the house.
Sure enough, my wild child Charlie and another cat decided to do the great escape. Sig other had the second story bedroom window up just enough for the another cat to make a hole in the window screen, we knew it was her who did that. So she and Charlie went out that window and leaped to a lower roof, then leaped to a tall fence to climb down. Told the cat sitter don't worry. Feed those two outside.
Since then, those two cats would climb up to the second floor and go to that window if they wanted in :P
Thank goodness the house we are now in, no escapes, except Charlie did get on the roof. Well, you can see the whole neighborhood from up there !!
Plus at home, it's only the 2nd story, and it's all grass and juniper bushes below. So if he did happen to fall, he'd survive it.
I actually decided I wouldn't do a garden out there after all, because of Bruce. Once he saw me out there, there'd be no way he'd stay content to remain inside. I'm getting mom a bunch of big indoor plants for Mother's Day instead.
I really don't like this whole strata business.
Luckily, I got him back inside fairly quickly. The screen door is now taped shut on both sides with duct tape! I hope that keeps it secure....but I do close the glass door whenever I'm not in the room. I REALLY hope he doesn't start picking at the screen itself!
I would have to be put in the psych ward if my dear, sweet, wayyyyyyy overly-confident kitten ever fell 6 floors off the balcony!
Under the couch there are about 8 empty tp rolls, one of her favorite toys.😁
On the sixth try, I picked up my cat, opened the front door, and tossed him out. I ate my sandwich in peace, then got up and opened the door to let the cat back in. He scoots back in the door and immediately hops back on the table, looking for the sandwich. He walks up one end of the table and down again, a bewildered look on his face. "Where's that sandwich? It was just here a minute ago."
Mean Mommy, disappeared the whole sandwich while he was outside waiting for his share. :-(
Uh, huh.
Went to a friend's to get my hair cut yesterday, and took Bruce with me. I'd gotten him a nice long tie-out rope, but he sticks pretty close to me. Took him inside during the hair cutting, and tied him up inside too, just because I didn't want him going down into the basement (there's no door). Well, he kept getting tangled up in the furniture, but never complained - he just stops and sits down whenever the rope stops him from further exploration. Oh, except once, when he got all tangled up in the cables behind the TV. Then this one little cry came from the living room, just like, "Help!" He's a funny little dude.
On my respite today, BFF and I went to the park after swimming. We went to A&W on the way, but when I pulled the bag of fries out and offered some to her, the whole mess of them spilled on the ground! Boo!! We tried throwing them to the ducks, but they really didn't like them. Then a couple of ravens came by and started plucking up the ones the ducks didn't take. So I threw a few more to them. They were quite suspicious then! Or is that just the way ravens look all the time? Lol. And then a marmot came along for the rest of the fries. OMG so cute. Marmots are like gerbils with squirrel tails, lol. I wished I'd had something healthier to feed it....maybe next time I'll think to throw some veggies in the truck.