The purrfectly gorgeous Samoa has named me as one of her dreamboats. Imagine! Me!
No wonder all the ladycats I live with let me bother them and play with them and groom them even when they're not in the mood - I'm dreamy!

Dreamy purrs,
Maus

I'm 6!

Yesterday was my 6th birthday!

I decided to help myself to a special birthday treat, by ripping open a bag of the dog's food and stealing a few pieces!
My meowmy wasn't very happy but they sure were fun to play with.

I made it up to her later by putting some of the pieces in her purse as a gift! i'm so thoughtful.

thank you for all the birthday wishes!
purrs and headbutts,
Maus

Birthday thanks!

I just wanted to thank all the nice cats that sent me birthday wishes and gave me the cool goodies!

Thank you to the family of Drifter, Mouse, etc for the ice cream cone! It tasted delicious!

Thank you Hazel Lucy for the bouncy ball! It was a lot of fun to chase.

Thank you to the family of Wally, Teddy, angels Alfie and Sydney, etc for the party hat! My meowmy especially loved the birthday picture of me! She printed it out and everything.

Thank you Sofie for the cupcake! The frosting was sooo tasty.

Thank you Mugsy for the Balloons! They were fun to chase, except I think I popped one by accident. oops!

and Thank You Athena for the huge birthday cake! There was enough for all of us to eat!

Today it's my birthday!!

Today is my 5th birthday! With all of the ongoing health issues I've had since I was a young guy, my meowmy thought many times that she was going to lose me. Instead, I made it to 5, and my meowmy is grateful for all the time she has with me!


Here's to another 5!

Purrs and headbonks,
Maus!

V-E-T checkup and DDP!~

Wow! My meowmy and I logged onto catster and we got a pleasant surprise to see my diary on the Diary Picks list! Thank you HQ!~


I went for my one week checkup yesterday. The V-E-T lady that I like was there, and I purred for her so she could give me hugs and kisses :)

She and the surgeon had a discussion about me, and they are putting off the PU surgery for the time being because I've been able to pee on my own just fine. I do get another two weeks of that Pee-noxy-benzymine stuff, which I don't like :( and I have to go back in two weeks to get another checkup. As long as I get lots of hugs and don't have to stay, I don't mind the vet!

I hope everybody has a safe and happy Easter!

Purrs and headbutts,
Maus

Home again

After a night at the V-E-T, I'm home! The people at the vet were really nice, and gave me lots of hugs and kisses, which I like. The V-E-T lady gave me a shot of something that made me feel reaallly good and not in pain. They took blood from me but that was OK because the shot made me feel good. I'm relaxing on my favorite bed with my favorite toy - it's so nice to be home!

Love,
Maus

Maus' person:

Maus was able to urinate on his own overnight and was discharged this morning. Bloodwork and urine that was run show an increase in inflammatory cells, and he has a bladder infection (cystitis) that they put him on antibiotics for. He is also on phenoxybenzamine to help him continue to urinate. He's going back for a recheck visit on Friday to discuss further treatment for him and whether or not a PU surgery is needed. Thank you all for your purring and well-wishes!

At the vet

Maus' person here. Maus was only able to produce small drops of urine at a time in the box, so I brought him to the vet this AM. He was acting his usual self, except for the urinating problem. The vet felt him and said that his bladder was soft and he wasn't blocked - yet - and they are keeping him for observation to make sure he can urinate. If not, he'll need a catheter and probable PU surgery since it would be his fourth time being blocked and second in the span of two months.

When it rains..

..it pours

Poor Maus can't catch a break. After visiting the E-Vet for constipation, it seems his urinating woes are back. He was crying in the litterbox, so I went to look, and though he did urinate, there was some noticable blood and he's ouchy. Looks like he's going to visit the vet again tommorrow. Thankfully he is able to urinate, but he is definitely not having an easy time with it.

Close call!

Last night was very eventful! I wasn't feeling good at all and couldn't use the box so my meowmy scooped me up and brought me to the V-E-T. I feel fine now , except that my fur-meowmy is hissing at me a lot. :( My human meowmy's going to take over the keyboard so she can explain 'cos I'm not too good at describing all these medical things. Plus it's a little embarrassing :(:


Maus was acting a little out of sorts for the past few days, but he was eating and using the box and acting normal so I figured I'd keep an eye on him. Around midnight Friday/Sunday AM he was in the box, crying. Fearing that he had another urinary blockage I went to check on him.

He wasn't in the urinary position but was struggling to poop, and was hunched over and crying before falling over and projectile vomiting. He had an intestinal blockage as a kitten, and the symptoms were very much the same so I rushed him to the emergency hospital. I was convinced I was going to lose him, the way that he was laying on his side and breathing hard.

The e-vet was very busy with a lot of other pets there, so we waited a few hours before we were seen. Now is the part that would be embarrassing. Maus was very constipated and needed an enema to clear him out. He perked up a lot afterward and they sent him home, and he's been his normal self since. He's been put on lactulose and fiber, which may be a permanent thing. He's sitting on my lap headbutting my chin so he's definitely feeling much better, but it was really scary for awhile.

Holy Snow!

It's been almost two weeks since my human sprung me from the V-E-T and I am finally back to my normal self. That yucky pill that my meowmy keeps giving me.. I think it's called Amy Trip Tiline?.. made me really sleepy at first. I didn't want to do much but lay around, but now I'm feeling a lot better and less sleepy.

Woke up this morning to a ton of white covering everything outside! It was really windy last night and there were lots of scary thumping noises outside, so I burrowed under the covers with meowmy all night to protect her. I wasn't scared!

well, maybe a little scared.