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Momma's first kitten

I like dad better.

I've made it pretty obvious that I prefer the boy human in this house to the girl human.

I think it's cuz the girl is always in my biz! She's always checking my eyes to see if they are goopy. Whenever I use the litterbox she's there, checking to see if I have diarrhea. Whenever she feeds me and I don't feel like eating she gets upset. Plus she gives me medicine like 3 times a day! I only purr when she pets me about once a week. Usually when she tries to pet me, I don't know why but I run away.

On the other hand, I think the boy is pretty cool. When he comes home I run to him and look him right in the eyes. Then he kneels down and I purr and rub up on him. Sometimes he pets when while I'm sleeping and I get all lovey...I can't help it! He rocks!

I know this makes the girl upset. She's the one who found me, who named me, who feeds me, who researches all my symptoms. I can't help it. You can't force feelings.

Feeling better!

I had pneumonia!!! Mom has no idea how I got it, I am in indoor kitty! But the doctor gave me medicine and I took it for 2 weeks. Now I'm done with it and knock on wood all seems fine. I play again and eat again.

I had to stay over at the vet and mom wasn't sure if she would see me again. The vet said he couldn't promise that I would survive. Mom cried and cried. But when she called them the next day, they told her I was eating and playing! She brought me home and I ate 5 times in 5 hours!!!

Now I'm eating raw prey and chunks, and I am starting to refused canned food. Mom thinks that is odd, but hopes it is because I know what real food is supposed to be like.

I'm so big now, and my colors are really changing. I'm almost 4 months old and pretty soon I need to get spayed. I'm sure mom will be a nervous wreck over that too!

I'm Sick :-(

I was doing really well, then suddenly on Sunday I stopped eating. Mom took me to my food, I smelled it and gagged!

That was 4 days ago. Since then, mom has tried to feed me different brands and flavors of canned food, dry food, baby food, chicken, yogurt, raw, and I won't eat. I have diarrhea. Mom is syringe feeding me.

We went to the vet last night and I'm on an antibiotic even tho my stool sample was negative for parasites. They might do one more test on my stool, they said they'd call mom tomorrow.

Mom gives me baby food and pedialyte, slippery elm, and probiotics by syringe. I hate it. The vet gave me sub q fluids and a b-complex vitamin shot. He tested my blood, and said everything looked pretty normal except for a slightly elevated liver enzyme.

Mom is a nervous wreck, she doesn't know if I have a simple kitty illness or a terrible fatal disease. I'm a little playful, but yesterday and today I mostly sleep.

This is very reminiscent to mom of Oscar, the cat who died in August. He also stopped eating well and had a liver disease. Mom was looking forward to having a healthy kitten. She got me instead.