lisaviolet's diary

Monday, February 27, 2006

catstuff
12:59 PM - 02/27/2006

The topic: Ciara update
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I’m glad I didn’t take her in. When I got home, about two hours ago, she was in a deep sleep. I didn’t bother her. If she was in major discomfort, she’d not have been sleeping like that.

When she finally woke up, she was putting a little more weight on the leg, so I think Brian was right, that maybe she just sprained it. Now she’s back sleeping again.

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catstuff
08:14 AM - 02/27/2006

The topic: And then there was one?
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Still no sign of Carla. Meeze has been spending much more time over here than he had been. But then there will be hours where I have no idea where he could be. Is he looking for Carla? I don’t know.

The coyotes have been bad, I guess. My mom, who lives about a half mile from us, said that Mama is gone. Mama is Lisa’s mom. She lived on the porch of a lady who lives across from the dumpsters in the park where my mom lives. Dodie is in her ninties and has been trying for years to get Mama to come live inside, but Mama (like so many cats who’ve spent the majority of their lives outdoors) refused to come in. So, she lived on the porch.

Well, the coyotes like the pickins at the dumpster and it’s quite possible they saw Mama. Mom told me about the conversation she had with one of the tenants where he was outside (I don’t recall the time of day), but he saw a coyote come up and snatch a cat off of one of his neighbor’s porches. The cat was just sitting there cleaning itself.

I don’t know that a coyote would be the reason for Carla being gone, though. As far as I know, she and KittyMeeze are the only two ferals left.

And now, there might be only one.

I lay awake at night, thinking about how we could get him inside. I don’t know if I could get him the same way I got Red. By having him follow the trail of food into the garage. He just doesn’t seem to be that food oriented. And then there’s the problem of getting the other cats out of there. Angel and Gracie live out there.

And he’s trap smart. I just don’t know what we’ll do. I wouldn’t even mind just having him live in the backyard. He could come inside if he wanted to, but at least he’d be safe.

*sigh*

Why is caring so stressful?

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catstuff
07:13 AM - 02/27/2006
I'm worrried

The topic: Some good thoughts for Ciara?
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This morning, Ciara came into the office and jumped up on the chair, then up onto the desk. I see she’s putting no weight at all on her back right leg. *sigh*

Normally, taking her to the vet is a no brainer, but this morning, I have to take my mom to the doctor. It’s her (hopefully) final checkup for the breast cancer.

So, what I’m going to do is to call the vet’s shortly after they open, see if I can take her in and leave her. (I’d also like the IBD values checked, to see if she can be taken off of the prednisone.) If it’s broken, I think having her there as soon as possible would be a good thing.

She was fine last night. A couple of weeks ago, she jumped down from the top of the bookshelf here in the office and did a little limping, but it was gone within the hour. Maybe that weakened something and she did something last night that made it worse. I just know she’s not feeling too hot right now.

Update:

Brian thinks I should wait until I get home to take her. He hates the idea of her being there alone. So, I will. And maybe, just maybe, she’ll be doing a little better and not need to go.

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