Not Happy News : (

Well it appears I have something called Feline CRF, which means my kidneys are failing. My human was told this isn't noticed by symptoms until the kidneys have lost 70% of their function. At first my humans thought I was not going to beat this disease, as the blood test results weren't good, but I'm fighting back. I've not made almost 16 years to throw in the kitty towel yet! I don't like the treatment, bad enough I have to get this special diet, which at first I didn't like at all, plus 3 oral medications, but worst of all I have to have I.V. fluids every day. I don't like that I.V. needle being stuck into me, and I'm so tiny, just over 6 pounds, and they give me 100ml of fluid every day. WOW, that equal to a 200 pound man drinking a half a gallon of water all at once, and in less than 2 minutes! Try that tough guy, bet this little 6 pounder can out do you taking in fluids. I look kind of funny after I get it, I have a little pouch for a while till the fluid absorbs into my body. Don't you go gettin' all teary eyed on me now, my human has done enough of that! You just watch, 16 is pretty good, but I'm going to make 20---WATCH ME!! So, my kitty advise to all you kitties out there, tell you human that along with your yearly check up and shots, ask for a mini blood profile, it's not very expensive, and this will tell your Vet. a lot about your health, plus anything that might be starting to happen to you will be caught early. My buddy "Q" had diabetes, and I'm sure it could have been caught a lot earlier too. So give you kitties the gift of good health, one little draw of blood once a year, and don't wait till your baby is a senior cat, start today! Marsha...

Been A Long Time!

I know it's been a long time since I made a diary entry but I've been kept very busy. Remember my Christmas wish, for a new little brother, well I got one, but he didn't arrive until Jan. 8th, and he's a real pain in butt too. He's on "MY" Catster account already too, boy he's really trying to take over! He's that thing they call a Siamese, and he can get anything he wants from Meowmee just by flashing those big blue eyes of his. I must admit, he is a handsome devil, but I'll never admit to saying that. Can you believe someone lost this boy during the hurricanes in Florida last year, he would have only been a couple of months old too, poor thing he must have had a real will to live----probably just because he knew he'd have an old girl like me to torrment! Ahh, he's o.k. sometimes, he's only 10 months old so he's getting better, but also getting strong and harder for me to control. Mom has a water pistol, and she doesn't even have to shot it at him anymore, he just sees it now and stops what he's doing---but I like it when she shots water at him, I kitty laugh till my tummy hurts. >^..^< Well, we'll all soon be heading back up north to Canada, it's starting to get real warm down here in Florida now. I have a nice big screened in deck up north, which I'll now have to share with this Meezer, but that's O.K. it's big enough for the two of us. I used to share it with 7 others so I think I'll be able to find my own space. I can't wait till it turns real cold up there, and see what this "Largo" the meezer does when there's snow on that deck. If Meowmee lets him out there I bet he'll walk real funny in it, and again I'll kitty laugh till it hurts. Well I'm off again for now, and I hope the Largo boy and I will become better friends, and curl up together up north cause it sure isn't as hot up there, and I used to curl up tight with the late great "Q"----I miss my big white knight. Meows & Purrrrrs for now...Marsha

SNOW----YUCK!

I know I've been a bad girl not made any new entries to my diary lately! Toady was the first time I woke up to see snow outside, not much, but enough to make me meow a lot asking my humans "When are we going back to Largo, I hate cold weather ya know!" They had the nerve to tell me another month, A WHOLE MONTH, what do I look like a snow cat?! It's only 27* and windy, not much sun either, I need sun and 75*---hello, is anyone listening to my plea? Last year I used to curl up inside my big "Q" boys belly fur, but he went to the rainbow bridge in June, so now I'm all alone. Mom says she's going to find me a new boy in Florida, I hope I like him; I do get along with almost everyone so I'm sure I will after I get used to him being around. She says it's going to be a Siamese or Siamese cross boy with blue eyes. I hope a Siamese cross doesn't mean he'll be mad at me and want to beat me up, what's a cross Siamese, sounds nasty to me? Hope he's young enough that I'll be able to make him my little slave, after all I am the Queen around here! So one more month and I'll be adding to my diary from sunny and much warmer than here, Florida. I'd like to go right now, but there's something called Christmas that we stay up in the cold country for, but I'll be sunning myself for New Years! For now I'll just curl up in front of the fireplace and dream of sun and palm trees, tiny wee squirrels and funny looking birds. >^..^

I Hate Painting!

My humans are at it again. First they painted two bedroom and a bathroom. I thought it was finally over and everything was back to where it should be; I got very comfortable again. Then two days ago, ooops here they go again. This time they moved my two cat posts into the middle of the room away from my windows where I watch the birds, squirrels and other creatures. They even moved my food dishes and OH NO my water bowl too! Grrrrrrr, I am not amused. The human Mom told me, it'll be all done in 3 days, my posts will be back where they belong, and my water bowl too. Being a cat and only being able to see black, white and shades inbetween, these colours she's talking about mean nothing to me. She also said no more painting till next summer, then it's the living room and kitchen. Well, that's not too bad, my favourite rooms are the Florida/family room, and the bedroom so I won't be bothered too much by next years nonsense of fooling around with paint of many colours that all look grey to me. Oh yes, I'm also trying a new hard food, called Holistic Blend, so far I like it, but it'll take a little while before I know if I like it as a full time hard food, or just as an once in a while treat, supposed to be good for me. I'll let you all know what I think of it in another couple of weeks. Night for now... >^..^

Keeping Cozy:

Yep, my Mom finally made me a red sweater, and I really like it too! There was frost on the ground here today; now my feet never touch the ground outside, but I do love to go out on my sun deck every day for my fresh air. Sometimes this time of year, and later, I was back inside within 5 minutes, but yesterday I had my sweater on, and I stayed out there for over an hour even though the sun went behind the clouds! Thanks to the nice lady with the little hairless babies, I'm now cozy warm when I go out now. Well, time to attack my food bowl again, I may only weigh 6 pounds, but I keep putting that food in, don't know where it all goes, but I like it. >^..^

Easy Coat For Little Ol' Me !

Today my human Mom got an e-mail from a lady that breeds Sphynx kitties. Those are the ones with almost no hair, but they're still cute with their big eyes, ears, and long tails. Anyway, Mom asked about them getting cold, like I do, even though I do have hair. This lady had a great tip, and my Mom tried it. How to make a turtleneck cat sweater, just use the bottom half of a sweatshirt sleeve. Of course being so small Mom had to cut it a lot shorter than the bottom half, and putting in the holes for my front legs---well they were a little off, but it worked! The first one is a little crude looking, more like a 6 year old would do, but Mom promised the next ones will fit better, and be a NICER colour too. Grey, P--lease, I want a red one, and a pink one, and a green one and, and, and. Thank you nice lady who raises the Sphynx kitties, I didn't even act silly when Mom put that sweatshirt sleeve with leg holes on me. She was kind of disappointed as she wanted to see me act funny. I liked it!!!

Dear Diary--Sept. 17/04

Well, who ever knew I'd have a diary; me a little roadfind! Mom says I'm the best roadfind ever, and whoever thought me not worthy of their time and attention lost one of the best kitties ever, that was her gain! I'm getting old, so Mom tells me; is 14 old? I don't feel old, I can jump over 5 feet to the top of the fridge, so I can see what's inside when someone opens the door. I'm getting very picky about my food, so my Mom says. I won't eat my hard food anymore, even though I have real good teeth. Ever since my last big boy, the "Q" went to the Rainbow Bridge on June 8th/04, all I've wanted is my IAMS soft food, and pretty picky about that too. Oh yes, it must be chopped up nice and fine, with one piece of tender vittles sprinkled on top! It has to be covered with plastic wrap so it stays fresh as I don't eat it all at once----hey I have to give these humans something to do right! Today it's cloudy and cool, Mom says it's all that Ivan's fault, who's he, and why is he stopping the sun from shining? Whoever he is my humans say he did a lot of damage and killed a lot of people and little animals like me too. I don't think I like this Ivan!!! When it's cool I can't go out on my back deck and enjoy the fresh air, I don't like the cold. Today I'm sitting on top of MY stereo to keep my wee tiny body nice and warm, if I come down from here, I'll go over and bug Mom by sitting on her monitor. I don't like that computer thing, she pays way toooooo much attention to it, I should get more of that attention! I don't think 18 hours a day for me is enough do you? This is a long entry because it's my first, so I promise my next ones won't be books like this. Mom says,don't feed your kitties tender vittles as a meal, they're nasty things full of sugar which are not good for your kitties. I get only 3 pieces a day to make me stay interested in my food. My late big boy "Q" used to beg for them all the time, and my humans gave them to him by the handful----BAD NEWS those things, he got diabetes. Now we don't want the manufacturer of these things to get upset with us so we'll just say my humans believe they were a contributing factor to my big boy getting that awful diabetes. Well, I think I need another cat nap so I'm off for now. Every one have birdie dreams and meow to ya's all later... Marsha >^..^