So, we took Thor to the vet for his 2 week check-up. The vet said that Thor's leg seems to be healing fine, but was alarmed to know we had let Thor out of his cage and he has been jumping around the house. "That could re-break his leg!" the vet emphasized. Oops...
Then we explained to the vet WHY we had let the cat out of his cage. The cat kept meowing incessantly and would not stop. Like for HOURS on end. Then he started climbing on the gate of his cage and falling on his head. We figured that couldn't be good for him - or his leg. So at first we just let him out to wander around in the basement with a gate up. That was ok for a couple of days. Then he tried to jump the gate - and succeeded a few times. Then we tried putting up two gates. Then the cat tried climbing or jumping them.
Finally we just gave up and let him go upstairs. Then he started jumping onto the window sills. This morning he tried jumping onto the bathroom window sill and biffed it. I didn't see it, but I heard it. Trying to keep a wild cat down is not easy. He also kept trying to sneak outside. He made it a couple of times, but luckily we were able to catch him. He's getting faster, though, so it's not so easy to catch him. Except for Meagan, that Thor loves so much he'll just walk right up to her...
The vet said he could put a splint on the cat's leg, but most cats don't do well with splints. Some of them try to chew the splint off and they're a hassle and cats hate them. Thor would not do well with a splint, he hated his stitches so much he chewed them out himself a few days after his surgery. The vet said the cat HAD to stay in a cage for the next month with no chance of getting out. I asked him if we could get some tranquilizers for the cat. He thought about it and agreed. His assistant gave Thor a tranquilizer and gave us a bottle with few to take home.
All the way home, Thor meowed and meowed in his pet carrier. He was not a happy cat. Thor got the tranquilizer at 10:45 and finally at 11:15 it kicked in. I was so happy!!! Maybe we can keep him in his cage for the next month or two without either him or us going crazy!
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that thor is a very wild cat. does he/she sleep all day and night now?
No, he's still conscious most of the day, but he's not climbing on the cage door or doing acrobatics any more. Thank goodness.
poor cat and poor vernons.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY - WHAT DID YOU DO TO CELEBRATE?
I can't believe you remembered. David and I went to the Payson Lakes and wandered around. It was pretty there. David had never been there before. I don't remember there being 3 lakes. I also didn't remember the road being so winding. The city of Payson has sure gotten alot bigger!
After Payson, we had dinner at the Chuck-a-Rama in Provo. It was nice to find lots of good food I could eat and David liked it, too.
i have been reading about the blue zones in the world. i had never heard of them before today. have you ever heard of them? is meagan still alive out there somewhere? haven't heard a word about her for sometime.
What are blue zones? I've never heard of them.
Meagan is still alive, but when she's on the computer she's mostly on facebook or my space. She doesn't blog so much.
I strongly encouraged her to study for and go take her math placement test at the college. She wouldn't decide on a date, so I told her she had to go take it on Monday. She was very glad she did.
Remember how she was hoping to get a good enough score on the test that she would get in to Math 1010? She did so well she doesn't even have to take Math 1010! What a smart girl! (Or a good guesser, or both...)
Now she's signed up for Chemistry 1110 instead of Math 1010. The good thing about that is she can take the other 3 classes she has to take to get on the Dental Hygiene waiting list next semester. That way she won't have to wait as long to start on her major.
blue zones are places in the world where people live long, healthy lives. one is a greek island called ikaria and another is loma linda, calif. where a good share of the people are seven=day adventists. are are 3 others or more, i think, but i can't remember them right now.
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