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[felicula]

With an impending trip to the vet for 4-5 cats, today was definitely the time to go shopping for a second cat carrier. Our older carrier was big enought to hold Minerva and her kittens for their early-to-mid-year visits. Now it's looking increasingly diminutive.

So out we went. We checked prices as Pet Saver, PetCo, Target, Pet World, KMart, and PetSmart. I'm glad we stuck it out until PetSmart. We found a carrier that is actually larger than our other carrier, for the same price as a smaller model I'd been liking at Pet Saver. The model we purchased is just as easily modular as a smaller one that dawnstar and kolys recently bought. I'd liked how theirs came apart easily in the case of having a cat reluctant to exit. It felt good to find a larger one of those at the same price as some of the less versatile models we'd seen elsewhere.

When we got home, I put together the new carrier and brought out the old. I gave each a folded baby blanket for the comfort of the to-be inhabitants, and propped the doors open so they can sniff and explore and rub their scent freely. There'll be enough room for 5 if ecwoodburn decides she wants me to include Epiphany in this trip, and a pleasant amount of room for 4 in future years.

If it says anything about the new carrier, our tall boy Zephyr can stand up comfortably inside of it. He and Morpheus could share it in reasonable comfort. Those are our largest kitties.

I don't know if it's just the meds, but I've been having almost a gleeful time when we have need of getting something new for the house or our pets or Aidan, or what-have-you. It's a nice feeling not to worry about needing the exra carrier room anymore, especially knowing that we had a good find.

Did I mention this thing even comes with a little food / water / treat tray that snaps on the inside of the wire mesh door? It's so cute!

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[phoenixsong]

Wow, do you ever sound happy. s:)

I'm aiming for having my own place end of August at this point, which sounds like it will be after the appointment. Let me know what my share would be to take the little girl in?

Would it be imposing to have you find out how much getting her fixed would run, too? I'm debating whether it would be better to have that done before or after I move her. Thoughts? I finally got my safety deposit back last week, so finances are looking better. s:)

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

It's funny, it's harder for me not to be relaxed and positive these days. It's a pleasant side effect of working on mending that muscle in my neck / shoulder region.

I'll let ARDDA know before heading out to groceries tomorrow that Epiphany will indeed be with them.

It wouldn't be imposing at all to ask about the prices to get her fixed would be. If you'd like I can ask if they could print up a full estimate. If you're leaning towards having us take her in for that, I could even set a tentative appointment. Nice thing about appointments is that I can always call and cancel or postpone if you don't like the figures on the estimate.

I guess the direction I was ambling towards with that is that I wouldn't mind taking her in for her surgery sooner than later if they have relatively swift appointments available.

On the other hand, I don't know how long it takes girl-kitties to heal from being spayed. I ought to ask that as well. ***will likely write all this down before closing the window so she doesn't have to worry about it running through the gaps in her seive-like brain. If it takes a while to heal and they only have mid-august appointments available for her, I'd suggest waiting until after the stress of travel.

A good plan of action might be me getting estimate, asking about recovory time and travel stress, and (pending the former advice and availability) make a tentative appointment within a week or two. Then I can e-mail you the info for swiftness and snail-mail you the actual copies of the various papers and handouts and whatever. If you decide at that point that you'd rather wait until after, let me know and I'll cancel the appointment.

Whaddya think?

[phoenixsong]

Sounds good s:)

And somehow I didn't get your longer e-mail until this morning (or possibly last night). Or at least didn't see it until then. Odd.

Anyway, yes, information good. s:)

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the somehow delayed email. I guess it's good that I sent two emails and referred to it in the post. It handily did the trick of expediting the information to you. :) We're prepping to go at the moment. ***hugs*** I'll be in touch soon about what Dr. K had to say re: estimate and travel and appointments and such.

[phoenixsong]

NP. lite said it took about two weeks for his girls to recover, but then Smokey started chewing on her stitches, and then taught the trick to Cleo. And apparently Smokey getting stuck in the freezer was shortly thereafter.

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

Dr. Kutrybala said something similar - 7-14 days on the recovery time. He's neat, though. He does his stitches all internal (except for the knot at the end) so there's nothing for mischievous girls to go gnawing at until their dissolving material dissolves.

I just sent you a looooooong e-mail with all the details I could think of including, and then some. I need your confirming or denying of estimate / appointments ASAP though. We're lucky that this time of year isn't typically heavy in his surgery schedule.

I find it ironic that folks are friendlier and easier to schedule with at the vet's than at my PCP...

:)

[mechanchaos.livejournal.com]

We "need" some new computer parts...

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[skrshawk.livejournal.com]

I've got a stack of hard drives to run through Spinrite... none of them work... those count as new computer parts don't they? :)

Re: :)

[mechanchaos.livejournal.com]

ummmmmm I guess so... :)

[grey-wolf.livejournal.com]

My parents think that they may well have been adopted by a little black and white kitten, its been coming round to see them a bit recently. They know where it lives and have avoided feeding it, then the other night they saw its owners doing a moonlight split from their apartment & the kitten is still coming round, so it doesnt look like he got to go with them.
They already have 2 cats, but I always say 'one can never have too many cats' :)

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

The kitten sounds adorable! Two is definitely still room for more cats. Five here in a modest apartment is somewhat pushing the number of tenants in a small space, but I love each and every one of them.

And even if not your parents, I hope that kitten finds people to love and care for him/her.

We saw the most adorable little ones at Pet Saver, just waiting to be adopted: a grey tabby, a black and white with black muzzle, and black and white with white on his muzzle. I made "puppy dog eyes" at mechanchaos re: the one with white on his muzzle but it didn't work. (Even thought the kitten in question was the most friendly, enthusiastic, little boy in the shop.

To be honest, though, I know we ought not get any more cats until we have a house all our own. The twinkle in my eye suggests that once we do have that kind of space, I just might volunteer as a foster mommy for momma cats and their kittens. I think I'd love doing that.

[grey-wolf.livejournal.com]

Update:
We think they came back and got him, he must have hidden whilst they were moving their stuff out & they had to leave without him, then came back sometime yesterday. Good - I was beggining to have very nasty thoughts about the sort of people who would move home & leave a kitten behind.
I'm soft like that too, given the opportunity I'd fill the place with cats :)

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

It's good that they'd come back for the kitten. I'm the sort to echo that sort of nasty thoughts about people who abandon cats.

Our Minerva, the momma cat who chose us, was fully litter trained and people-friendly when she arrived. Since we took her in I've had the feeling that either people moved away on her or worse: that people saw her affair with a neighborhood cat and refused to let her back in because they didn't want to deal with the kittens. Neither prospect is very heartening. It made me feel great that she chose us as her people though!