Our Dog Broke One of The Cats!

[chickadeedeedee]

What a crappy week it has been and now Henry is broken. Crazy Daisy, the dog, likes to play with the cats and *most* of them like to play with her. Three of them will actually invite Daisy to chase them or have a wrestle. Henry was on a chair and pawing at Daisy's back as she walked back and forth. He jumped off the chair and she pawed at him but ... she kinda squished him the wrong way. He didn't cry at all but got up and was limping very badly. I checked him and his elbow was tender but it did not seem broken.

I gave Henry an injection for pain and thought he'd feel better in an hour or so. Hmmmmmm. Just goes to show what I know! Henry was walking on three legs an hour later and his elbow was really starting to show how swollen it was.

*~*SIGH*~*

So Sunday morning I took Henry to the hospital and took some x-rays. Well crap! He's got a broken elbow. The radius is broken right at the elbow but the pieces are lined up. I put a splint on Henry's arm and he'll need to be splinted at least 4 weeks.

He was sleeping most of the day.

Daisy was subdued too. She didn't get scolded or anything because it was an accident but she seems to realize Henry is hurt and she was playing with her stuffed animals rather than the live ones.

LOL! I was watching a movie Sunday night while sitting on the floor and started falling asleep. Daisy woke me up when she hit me in the side of the head with her rubber chicken! LOL!

Henry is a lot more comfortable now as he has a Fentanyl patch on his leg to control pain. He's walking around using his splint and Daisy was licking his head Monday morning.

Awwwww. How sweet!

Then she tried to stuff his head in her mouth....

DAISY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!?!?

She did it gently .... She looks so innocent.



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Henry was born in March 2001. Here is a pre-broken picture of him as a kitten:


Henry

He's a 19 pound big boy now and so gentle!

I hear that pets are *supposed* to be relaxing. They lower the blood pressure. Bring calm and peace and tranquility as you slowly drift off to sleep.....Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz..... Then...

WHACK!!!...

.... in the side of the head with a rubber chicken! Lord help me but I wouldn't have it any other way either.

The mantra doesn't work for me either but Henry is doing well. Daisy? Well she has a short memory or just changed her tactics a little and learned from her rubber chicken technique. She whacked Henry this morning with a stuffed doggy toy. Not *real* hard. He didn't fall over but I could hear the THUD as the toy dog hit Henry's side.

Any of you a big fan of vomit? You better stay away from here if not then for your own sanity! I have obviously lost mine long ago. We have 6 cats and on the counter in the bathroom are their dishes. There are three self feeding containers with different kinds of dry crunchies, a water bowl and two dishes for canned food.

This morning I went into the bathroom to find someone had puked up a whole lotta dry food BACK INTO the food dispensers! Not just back into the one tray.

Oh Nooooooo! There was cat crunchy puke in two dry food dispensers, the water bowl and of course on the counter.

OK. Who puked up the bathroom?

Mike walked by and said it wasn't him! That is sooo good to know that he isn't sneaking about at night scarfing down cat crunchies too fast and then puking it back up. LOL!



Daisy in snow
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Those guys in the white suits and the big butterfly net are here again. Gotta go............

C3D :-)

[sweetleaf]

OMG have you had a bit of a bad time or what? Its never boring at your house is it? My smallest cat has a habit of coughing up the crunchies too.....I have no trouble tracking it down either but she never ever puked it back into the dish....nooo that would be too tidy for her. ;D
Instead she finds the most innacessible place to do it. The vet told be she was going to be a lot of trouble and expense when she was six weeks old, he said she was going to cost a lot of money and would always have health problems.(She was the runt) WRONG! He actually suggested I cut my losses and had her put down, I fed her by tube for a couple of weeks once an hour her tiny squeak woke me when she was hungry, she still has no voice twelve years later , poor thing opens her mouth but nothing happens.
Apart from the dislocated jaw, that she went to the vet for originally shes as fit as a fiddle. Her mum put her in the bin, the rotten old thing.
She has never been ill or had any health problems at all her only problem seems to be the eyes bigger than belly syndrome! She is still the size of a kitten though and I have had her speyed because she was never going to be big enough in any way to have kittens of her own. She climbs to the very top of the biggest tree in the garden to play with the last leaf and try to bat it off the tree, without overly bending the twig. My heart is in my mouth but she always gets down safely!
Here is a pic of my baby her name is Trouble

[chickadeedeedee]

Awwww! The poor dear ... well BOTH of you! What a lovely story about dear Trouble.
She looks like a real sweetie.

It is *sometimes* boringly normal here but that's no fun to write about is it? Gotta wait for those, uhhh, shall we say *~*Special*~* moments to share.

3D Chick

[seanmckinney]

Re the head in the mouth thing, my folks used to have an alastion and a shetland sheepdog, both intact dogs, at times the whole of the shetland's head would disappear inside the alsation's mouth. The alsation never bit down.
I hope your cat gets better soon, I assume your are a vet or medical person.

[chickadeedeedee]

Thanks. Henry is *much* improved. In fact he has quickly learned that he can use his splint to tap me on the nose in the morning as a kitty wake up call.

FEED ME!

Yes I am a veterinarian ~ 20 years last month!

[cheerypeabrain]

Big snuggles to Daisy and Henry! Lovely pics yet again!..if Henry is eating then he MUST be getting better!
CPBx

[plocket]

Oh Trouble looks and sounds like a little sweetie - bless her! We used to have a part siamese cat who could only squeek - she was a stroppy little madam!

C3D your animals sound just wonderful, despite the mishaps. I hope Henry mends quickly and successfully and that Daisy doesn't feel too guilty! They both look divine!

[chickadeedeedee]

;D Daisy? Yes she is a pretty doggy. :-) Pretty crazy! And to think next month will be one year that some idiot abandoned her ... tying her to the dumpster behind where I work ... on a chain ... :-(



Some people just don't know how good they have it! x13 !

This morning there was "Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap...."

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..... Followed by a different "Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap...."

Now what?

Otto the Hermit Crab is doing his usual acrobatics as he swings back and forth in his palm tree and hits the side of the terrarium....

.... There is another Hermit Crab, Bernice, who is tapping on the glass as she is on the ground. But wait! It gets so much better! .......

Bruno the black cat is next to the HC 55 gallon terrarium. He is pawing at the corner of the tank where Bernice is located. Bernice, being who she is, will NOT put up with a cat interfering with the nightly activities of the Hermit Crab-o-torium.

ROTFLMAO at 2:30 in the morning! ... Bernice is tapping on the glass and giving Bruno the cat THE CLAW!

Bruno is pawing gently at the glass. He is curious about the crabs. Bernice taps on the glass and then hikes her arm waaaaaaaaaaay up high ...!

OMG! The Hermit Crab just gave the cat THE CLAW!

Later at a more civilized time of the morning, Daisy wanted to shove Henry's head into her mouth again. Henry was having none of that and he smacked her on the nose with his splint.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......... What to do? What to do???

Daisy left and came back with a rubber ball which she lobbed at Henry. It bounced off the top of his head (PERFECT SHOT!) and then she left. LOL!

C3D

[sweetleaf]

You really need to get this published you know! Between you and your OH you have a perfect team, you definitely have the material, and the way with words ;D and your hubby can supply the illustrations...think of the extra money for pet food you could make!
You might even be able to buy out the toxic neighbour........

[plocket]

Just how many pets, waifs and strays do you have C3D? It seems like loads!!!

[chickadeedeedee]

Oooooooooooooo Sweetleaf! You are very sweet!
Hmmmm! Buy out the Toxic Neighbour? ~SIGH~

As the Aerosmith songs says: .......

Dream on, dream on
Dream yourself a dream come true
Dream on, dream on
Dream until your dream come true
Dream on, dream on, dream on...

Sing with me, sing for the years
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tears.....

Hi Plocket. I hope you have a big cup of tea and a comfy chair when you read this reply! LOL!

The animals:
The kitties are:Bruno, Henry, Giovanni, Zorro, Maggie, and Mike.

Daisy. Our only dog now since our beloved Bosco the German Shepherd died last September.

Eight Hermit Crabs. Otto and Bernice are the only two that I can identify by sight. Our youngest knows who is who.

A 55 gallon fresh water tank of tropical fish like guppies, platties, zebra danios and those type of fishies.

Four koi and three goldfish.

The birds. Daisy the Blue Jay, Bub the Grackle, Giovanni the Cardinal, Kramer the Starling, Yassir and Oblio the cockateils, Nikko and Pauli the Green-cheeked Conures, Joey the Pacific Parrotlett, the finches: Marcello, Baby Bill, Floyd, and about 5 others, and about 15 ring-necked doves some of their names are Larry, Angel, Baby Chicky, Onslo, Teenie, Jamu, George, Blueberry....

Mike made arrangements last week for us to get a 21 yr. old Yellow Nape Amazon Parrot! The lady who has her now got married last year and the bird hates the husband and the husband hates the bird. She is giving the bird, her huge cage, a bag full of toys, two play stands ... giving for FREE!

I think that's all of them. Well at least most of them. You just never know here. A week or so ago I saw that we had a butterfly koi added to the collection. Mike just smiled. LOL!

Hello? Plocket? You still awake?

C3D

[The witch]

Goodness - how long does it take you to feed them all?

Do you have an indoor aviary C3D?

[plocket]

Heavens C3D that's almost a ZOO!!!!! They must take up a lot of your time but I bet they give you soooooo much pleasure

[sweetleaf]

When I was a youngster we had 10 dogs (7 of those were pups)1 was a stray alsatian (bigger than me, the size of a small donkey), 3 cats, 4 ducks, (foxes got em ) and 3 tropical fish tanks...your collection puts that into the shade!

Trouble doesnt want me to type....... shes nudging my arms

[chickadeedeedee]

Hi.

We do have an aviary. 95% of the birds are there. Some are on the breezeway (an enclosed porch-like thing) and the Society Finches and the Cardinal are in the living room. Generally it takes two and a half hours to feed everyone. Most of the time is for the birds who have a lot of dishes for food and water that need to be cleaned daily.

We have a daily routine so it is "normal" as we know it. ( LOL! LORD HELP US!)

When spring comes or at any time to be truthful we may have an unexpected addition like a squirrel, chipmunk, bunny, ground hog, gull ..... to care for in addition to the regular population. My husband and I as well as the children are all responsible for these new additions.

I don't know how many additions Mike has brought home on his way from work. Good thing we try to remain prepared for any new potential guest. ;D

C3D

[sweetleaf]

Has he ever brought a snake? The cats sure wouldnt be impressed.. :

[chickadeedeedee]

A snake? No. Mike has never brought home a snake although I have several patients who are snakes who come to see me throughout the year. Mostly Boas and Pythons.

Aside from the usual residents here we have had occasion to have as guests to care for the following: Wood chuck ( also known as a ground hog), chipmunks, mice, tree frogs, box turtles, squirrels, and many birds including: herring gulls, ring-billed gulls, screech owl, robins, bobolink, woodcock, Common Flicker (woodpecker) Downy Woodpecker, Junco, Blue Jay, Starlings (galore), Common Grackle (galore), Common Crow, Red Finch, House Finch, Chipping Sparrow, Song Sparrow, House Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Wood Duck, Canada Goose, Pheasant, and probably some others.

Ya just never know who is going to be coming here for a visit. Thankfully most are released to continue their happy lives.

3D Chick

[chickadeedeedee]

Henry had his splint removed. He was walking *gingerly* as he was getting used to having his leg back to full mobility. Daisy eagerly watched as Henry started to walk from the kitchen.

~~~~> Well darn it Henry! You can walk faster than that, thought physical therapist Daisy.

WHACK!

She smacked him in the side with a toy stuffed tomato. THUMP!

~~~~> There! I *KNEW* you could walk faster!

~SIGH~ Henry doesn't look too traumatized though. :-)

[plocket]

That is one laid back cat!!! I'm glad he's recovering well C3D, but you are going to have to start doing videos of your animals at this rate!!!!! ;D

[sweetleaf]

henry looks so cuddly......I can picture him bossing a dog around though..

[maggyd]

That laid back cat just knows he is in charge C3Ds and your dog is so cuddley I would love to have the room for more pets but J says one is enough for u.

[chickadeedeedee]

Hi all.

Henry is a real sweetie! He puts up with a lot from Daisy and it is actually our oldest and smallest cat, Maggie, who will chase after Daisy to put her in her place!

LOL! Mike was thinking we need to video Daisy and some of her antics just this morning!

We do have far too many animals. There is no doubt about that. If we could give our doves away we would have so much more room!

[maggyd]

Hi C; would you know what to do with a 8 1/2 month old chihuahua who still has one of his puppy canines and the second one is through in front. It is really stuck firm we have tried playing tug to see if we can loosen it but it stays stuck solid. We had him micro chipped yesterday and showed the vet, she said he would have to have anesthetic and have it removed but Im really worried about him having anesthetic him being so small.

[chickadeedeedee]

Hi.

If you are going to have him neutered or other surgical procedure then the tooth can be removed then. He'd probably get a very short acting anesthesia and be fully asleep for 10-15 minutes if the tooth is to be extracted alone. If you trust your vet PLEASE discuss your concerns with him or her and let them explain what will be done. The real fear is the unknown. Once you know what is involved then the fear factor goes down quite a bit.

If you play tug there is the real danger the tooth will break leaving the root in the gums. Then FOR SURE you need the anesthesia to remove that little bit and it will be a lot more difficult for your vet and your puppy!