triptych of suspicion

[piranha]

clicking on the image gets you a larger version.

i got lots done today; good day. real artist acrylics are beautiful; so saturated. i've never worked with such lovely paints before.

vincent is deigning to let me pet him again; apparently i am finally forgiven for the flea treatment. little does he know what is yet to come. *sigh*. i wish we could communicate better with animals.

though i guess "we're gonna have the vet pull all your teeth and chop off your balls" wouldn't go over real well in any case.

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[synecdochic]

I pass along some words of wisdom our vet tech gave us when we pulled Brandy's teeth: if the cat won't put up with having liquid food squirted down his throat (Brandy wouldn't), one can feed the cat by going to the grocery store and buying a few jars of Gerber baby food. (It has to be Gerber, not Beechnut. Apparently cats won't eat the Beechnut.)

Brandy wouldn't put up with the liquid food, and refuses to eat wet food, but the baby food was a grand treat. And as soon as his mouth healed up, he was right back to eating the kibble -- he bolts it whole, instead of chewing it -- although we did have to switch to a smaller-bore kibble, because he couldn't stop himself from taking such big gulps and half-gummed kibble would spew out of his mouth all over the floor. *G*

[piranha]

thanks, i had no idea gerber's baby food was so preferable! i've had baby food (generic) on my list of things to try from past experiences, but none of the current cats require it.

we just went through pulling all teeth with shadow, and we were so lucky; it was no problem whatsoever. i pureed regular cat food with cream and an egg, and she scarfed it up. she is also one of the two where squirting it in her mouth would have worked, she is a very sweet cat and not prone to outbreaks of violence even at extreme provocation from her humans. she ate her regular kibble after about a week -- though of course by then the whole pack was lining up every feeding to have wet food, because just feeding one the good stuff would not go over well.

they all love wet food, including the new toms (they try and climb into the bowls while i am still holding them), so that is very handy for hiding a multitude of meds. i've never yet met a feral who was picky about food, which makes sense. yay, one upside for ferals!

tuna and salmon are the ultimate bribes.

glad it worked out so well for brandy!

[holyschist]

though i guess "we're gonna have the vet pull all your teeth and chop off your balls" wouldn't go over real well in any case.

...no, probably not. It took one of my cats about two years to forgive me for getting her reproductive bits removed (although the number of times we moved probably didn't help). She's probably going to end up without many teeth eventually, poor girl.

Actually, I'm not sure I want to know what my cats are telling me some of the time.

[saoba]

Over my lifetime as a pet owner I have had only one cat who managed to maintain a really good grudge about the spaying- and he was a professionally grumpy character even as a bitty kitten.

I did have a couple who got cranked up over the flea treatment every damn time but a conciliatory offering of tuna usually solved that. And the cross-country move a few years back put the cat firmly in the 'you are a cat mugger!' camp towards me, though he greeted my husband as a liberator. Radar shows signs of having mostly forgiven me now, but he will probably always prefer my husband.

Dogs, as far as I can tell, don't care as long as the walks and the cookies keep coming.

[holyschist]

Well, this cat has all kinds of weird issues and baggage from her previous life (which I suspect was not so good). She's finally starting to relax and recognize that the food will always be there and even if we go away for a couple days we will come back. She preferentially holds grudges against me because I'm her person (I guess she expects less of my partner), which I gather is kind of a cat tendency. But I love her bunches.

The other cat is basically a six-pound, cat-shaped dog.

[cuscuta]

That is a great set of pics. :-D

[crantz]

that picture reminds me of how funny it is to look outside and see all four (we have two indoor with outdoor privileges and two fully outdoor) cats positioned at various points on the lawn, each keeping an eye on the other. Kitty cold war.