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Don't kiss your cat on the lips

H1N1 flu part 2: You can read the full story in the Cat's Meow blog but they listened to my warning from yesterday and they are also saying if a human has the flu, they should take precautions.

One of the precautions is "Don't kiss your cat on the lips". I say Eww Gross. Mom doesn't kiss us on the lips anyway. She kisses us between the ears like she's supposed to. They have released the identity of the poor kitty that caught H1N1 from the humans. It's a 13 year old orange tabby from Ames, Iowa. That is purrty close to where we live.

The cat is really lucky to be living in Ames because the Iowa State University is there and they have a Veterinary College, which is like a teaching hospital. The cat's owners knew some people there and they got her in right away to be tested and treated. The cat made a full recovery. Yay.

Scary times we live in friends. Humans catching flu from swine and cats catching flu from humans. Who knows what's next.

Stay healthy every fur and every human too.
Love,
Mietzi

The flu

Maybe you already read it in the vet blog here on Catster. A cat from Iowa is the first cat to be infected with the H1N1 flu. No, it's not Timo or me, we are all fine. The cat caught the disease from the humans in the household. Several people in the house were sick. Some people call this flu the swine flu but here in Iowa we don't like to call it that. We have alot of farmers here and they are afraid the name swine flu will scare the humans away from eating pork.

I just wanted to remind the humans if you have the flu don't forget to wash your hands before you touch your cat. We don't want to catch something from you. And there is good news: The cat with the H1N1 flu has recovered.

Stay healthy every fur,
Mietzi

I caught a Mouse!

I caught a mouse! It was so much fun. Mom let me go off by myself a bit while she sat on the patio. It didn't take me long and I came running back, plopped the mouse down and layed down in the shade. I was ready to get praised for what a good kitty I am. Meowmy called Timo over and he was impressed. I let him touch it and sniff it. It wasn't moving any more but I played with it a bit anyway. And then I got to eat it! Yummy. Meowmy said once in a while you just have to let a cat be a cat. One mouse in three years probably won't hurt me. I had caught one last winter but Meowmy took it away after it stopped moving. I bet she ate it herself. I won't tell Meowmy this but I plan to go mousing again very soon.

Wishing all my friends a great Labor Day weekend,
Mousing Mietzi