serves you right mom

Mom was on a spring cleaning binge yesterday. The Dad had showed mom a scratch on his arm from me, & mentioned "Smitters needs his tonails cut" so by last night, Mom brought me in the bathroom, and did my front paws, which I am getting so so much better at. Well, why she decided to push it & try to do my back paws, who knows. She never does this with any of us, always trims nails in 2 sittings. Sooooo she managed one back paw, and I started to get upset, she wrastled with me a little bit, and I must have gotten mad/scared/ something, cause yep, I skunked her. Mom really felt so bad, cause she knows that she should have stopped at the front paws cause I have made such good progress - and that I was scared. So then she had to take a wet cloth & wipe my hiney cause it was pppeeeewww, and wash her arm eww & change her shirt. So of course I was kinda ticked off at her, and made her grovel. However, I got an excellent apology, some pets, and a bunch of treats due to mom's guilt. So keep this secret weapon in your arsenal my friends, use the skunk butt if needed, and it will work. It is a bit of fluid from the hiney glands. If you have never smelled it, or gotten skunked by a kitty, well then you are lucky - cause it is gross.....mmmmmmrrrrrowwwwhhhwwwww (evil kitty laugh) Score 1 for the Smitterkitter

woohoo Mardi Gras!

wow I am a DDP today! thanks for the wishes! Mom says today is Mardi Gras day! She went to the store & got all kinds of things to make seafood gumbo. And if I am really good, she said I will get a small shrimp before she puts it in the soup pot! The cajun music is blaring in the house, and we have these pretty plastic beads for decoration. I think mom just likes to have a reason to celebrate. Soo yahoo everyone! get that zydeco music going!

Sweet!

It maybe cold outside, but my heart is warm! I am fully enjoying this thing they call Valentine's Day. I have my own sweet Angel girl, and it just feels like a special day. I even got a treat BEFORE BREAKFAST this morning!!! Happy Valentine's Day to all our friends and a special wish to my sweet Angel Abby!! purrs Smitty

Abby

I have a sweet angel valentine!
Abby has agreed to be mine!
Her lovely sparkly angel wings
Make me want so stop & sing!
I'm so lucky someone lovely as she
Agreed to be with a kit named Smitty!

purrs my angel!

I got brave

ok I got brave & asked Miss Mango to be my Valentine! I even sent her a box of chocolate nip candies. I sure hope she says yes. Tigger & Miss Kaci Sunshine are Valentines, and I know that Maizy even got bold & asked a certain mancat, but she has not heard back from him if he would be her Valentine. I am so excited I could just squeak! & I do that alot! *starry eyes for Miss Mango* thanks forends for the pep talk!

valentine?

I am a still new at this stuff - I am only 1 1/2 years old. I was going to ask somecat to be my valentine, but I am very shy & nervous. I was hoping that maybe a nice girlcat would like to be my valentine? I would even share my mousie with you & give you some tuna truffles. I am pretty strong & a little bit burly, but my mom says I am so very sweet. I talk to her all the time. I could tell you all about the birdies I see from my window. purrs, Smitty

mini me

My potty issue has finally resolved thank nosies. Mom is trying a few different canned foods, slowly to see if she can find 2 or 3 that are ok with my taster & my tummy, and I get a little dry at night for my snack. Guess who showed up one morning when she went out to feed "The Minions"? A kitten - looks about 5 months old - the almost mirror image of me, except her face is rounder. The Dad says the "Welcome all cats" sign must be up. She is very skittish - so mom has been trying to feed her too. The snow yesterday was not fun. The Dad snow blowered early so she could put out food, but so far only Foxy & Tiptoe came this morning. A little while ago, she saw the little one that I think will be called Peanut strolled in & got a whole bowlful of wet food all to herself. They have a little shelter on the side of the house, but The Dad is building a wooden structure this weekend so there is a more safe dry place for them. Hmmppf! Mom said they were gonna start working on the cat tree, but I should not be mad, cause at least I have a nice warm dry bed and noms. They got a large piece of thick plywood, and some heavy cardboard tubes so far. Mom is gonna stop at the carpet store next week and see if they have any large tubes or carpet ends they can give us for free. So I will be patient. Mom says she wishes she could invite Peanut in too - but it is just so hard - how can you choose who deserves a break among 5 now 6 cats? She says at least they have somewhere to sleep & a full belly - but it makes her sad. I will have to go give her a meh and my extra cute face to cheer her up. And I am sure she will feel better if she gives me a treat too. heeehee. Have a nice weekend my friends! And a thank you to Sarge for your pmail.

checkup & vent (warning it is a long one)

I went to "that place" yesterday. I got a shot in the butt! and she stuck a thermometer...well you know..... this was the first time we saw this particular vet, and Mom is NOT happy with her. More about that in a minute. All seems good we guess- but I am still having some butt & tummy issues - Mom is gonna talk with Alex, Lacey & Finney's Mom to see her thoughts on that.
I will let Mom vent...

Saw a new vet at the clinic I have gone to for over 30 years. So at first I was kinda impressed - very pleasant, she asked if he was on vitamins or supplements, told me she has 6 cats...so far so good.
Me - Smitty acts like he is starving all the time. Answer - well he is not thin, so he is eating enough, some cats just like to eat. -1 point (not that I want anything wrong with him, but are there not conditions that cause this?)She did ask if he is drinking more, which he is not.

Me- sometimes, not all the time, he seems to favor his left ear. Answer- looks in there declares clean - if he is sensitive to a food, it could be an allergy, but it is not red or anything. Just take note as to when it happens, and what he has eaten etc. ok no points taken here(ooookaaayyy I think)

Me - He has been eating FF cause of $ issues lately, but I ran out & had to give him a bit of the canned Friskies that I feed the outside gang, and he got diahrrea so bad- REALLY BAD, and it is getting a little better, but he seemes to have issues with some flavors of food - sometimes he barfs it up.
Answer- well he could have a sensitive tummy +1(that is my thought) but there are other issues like IBD & allergies that can cause that too. (ooookkkaaaayyy I know this, what do I do?)

Then she asks "So what are you feeding him?" I answer "FF Grain free wet food - I want to get him off the FF and back on to Nature's Variety or something like that, and he gets a nibble or two of either Merricks Before Grain or Nature's Variety Instinct dry- all grain free stuff that I use for treats."

ok - get ready - Answer- Is there a reason that you are not feeding him all dry? I prefer my patients to be on a completely dry diet because it also helps their teeth. -100 points

At this point it is a good thing I was holding Smithwick on the table, because I prob would have fallen over right there on the spot. I was so stunned, I reply "because my other cat had 2 count them 2 blockages last year- I almost lost him, and I do NOT want to repeat that with any of my cats, AND because wet food is better for them all the way around ISN'T THAT RIGHT?"

Her " well I can understand why you would make that choice then - I have 6 cats, (yes I know that already) and my husband is a vet, and I feed mine all Science Diet Hairball. They don't need any variety they don't care." -infinity points

Her - I see he is due for both rabies & distemper. Me-yes, but due to the fact that all 3 need their checkups, and Tig is due for his $300 ultrasound, I only want the distemper because I feel that is important especially cause of the strays that are around even tho he is an inside cat. Plus I don't like the idea of giving them more than 1 shot at a time. I want to get back to my schedule of bringing them in every 6 months anyway, so if I decide to do rabies, I will do that one in July.
Her- well, there is never a problem to give them more than one shot at a time, and they now have 3 year distemper along with the 3 year rabies. I have 6 cats and I give them all them both 3 year shots at the same time and they are fine. That would prob be a good idea for you.(- lost count of points now)
Me- Just the 1 year distemper please (smiling now)
Her- well once you decide on a food, if you call me I can help you figure out how much he should be eating by the calories.
Me - ok thank you- let me go pay waaayyy too much money with no discount even though I bring 3 cats in here.

ok I am not even remotely close to being a vet, but I have read enough stuff to know that I am kind of right in my thinking. This was pretty much exact word for word (I repeated this conversation to The Dad who was equally stunned with how blaise this doc seemed) I am NOT going back to this one - at least the other vet there consulted with Tig's cardiologist and everything when he was sick. She was not a 100% but a heck of alot better than this one.

Am I over reacting here? thoughts? (many thanks if you have read this far into my drama...) Smitty's concerned & irritated mom

g'night! luv Smithwick

Santa still came!

I was so worried, you see I got in trouble the other day. I tore all the bows of the presents, and even ate a piece and thankfully barfed it up right where Mom almost stepped in it. She says she was glad though. So I got a talking to, and I was worried that Sandy Claws would not come, but he still did!

I can surely see a new scratch pad by our stocking, and Tigger says there is other stuff in there. And mom & The Dad started making the list of items needed to finish building us a cat tree!

So this happy kitty would like to send much love & wishes for everyone to have a safe, warm & happy celebration. And for us all to have a great 2012.

Meowy Catmus!!

I broke the tree

The Dad & mom brought in this wonderful sniffy good tree. Ah I could not help it, they came in the room, and I was laying on a lower branch fast asleep! Except that when I tried to get out, I accidentally broke the branch. But they were not mad or anything, The Dad just cut it off, and evened it up. So far all I have been doing is sitting underneath it now. Me & Tigger keep thinking of all the good stuff that might be in our stocking. And maybe this year FINALLY we will get that CAT TREE MOM? well, I don;t have too much to meow about right now, so I will sign off! purrs, a very good, and not really naughty Smitty.