Introducing Betty White

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Just in time for the most recent “weather.” 🤦🏼‍♂️
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It’s all a little too big for a little too small of a deck. As you can see there is no legroom as it is set up. I may just move the chairs to the other side where the laundry closet is. Likely none of this will ever get used. But I used to get trash tossed into my deck when I didn’t have anything there. Those neighbors are probably long gone. Management didn’t do 💩 about it because I never could prove who did it. Anyway, possibly in the spring when I feel like keeping up with it, I may figure out how to hide my smart bird feeder under the bench and turn it into a smart squirrel feeder. I don’t know if that’s a good or bad idea.
Great-looking furnuture -- all metal? Yeah, a little cramped, but you'll figure out the way you like it best. *Sorry for late reply. I was injured on Thursday and though I'm pretty sure my left wrist isn't broken, it is VERY sore and this is the first trial run I'm attempting.*
Betty may see birds perching on these furnishings:)
 

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I’ll give you two guesses at what the scale read this morning and I’ll be taking the second guess back unused. 🤦🏼‍♂️😹
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She was being awfully stubborn and defiant about walking the last two feet into the kitchen and onto the scale.

She had the tiniest wisp of a hairball this morning. She got up from third sleep. Coughed up a nearly invisible wisp. Bonus spit is nowhere to be found. She came back to bed and there hasn’t been a sniff of that since. I’m willing to give her a pass on that one.
 

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I’ll give you two guesses at what the scale read this morning and I’ll be taking the second guess back unused. 🤦🏼‍♂️😹
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She was being awfully stubborn and defiant about walking the last two feet into the kitchen and onto the scale.

She had the tiniest wisp of a hairball this morning. She got up from third sleep. Coughed up a nearly invisible wisp. Bonus spit is nowhere to be found. She came back to bed and there hasn’t been a sniff of that since. I’m willing to give her a pass on that one.
*Betty MEWS!!!*:hearthrob::cutecat::hearthrob:Such cute mew-y protestations and expression!
I don't get this about the scale at all. She just can't be stuck at that for weeks. :think::dunno::sigh:
 

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*Betty MEWS!!!*:hearthrob::cutecat::hearthrob:Such cute mew-y protestations and expression!
I don't get this about the scale at all. She just can't be stuck at that for weeks. :think::dunno::sigh:
I managed to care for two cats before Betty without needing to track inputs and weigh them. I think Betty knows how much she needs to eat. When we shore up one meal (like lunch to second breakfast conversion), she leaves remainders on the other middle meal. She only ate 1/3 of second dinner last night. Well, that must have left her hungry because in addition to finishing breakfast, she has polished off second breakfast already.

Though funny enough, one of the holiday nights the other week, I must have woken in the middle of the night thinking it was morning already, dosed her, plated "breakfast", and went back down for "third sleep" with her. When morning actually came, there was a clean plate. But there was also a portion missing (or rather a new can started with a portion missing which only happens in the mornings) and a quarter pill missing. I didn't check the time and double dosed and double fed her that night and she didn't tell me otherwise. So sometimes she can fit an extra meal in. 😸
 

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I managed to care for two cats before Betty without needing to track inputs and weigh them. I think Betty knows how much she needs to eat. When we shore up one meal (like lunch to second breakfast conversion), she leaves remainders on the other middle meal. She only ate 1/3 of second dinner last night. Well, that must have left her hungry because in addition to finishing breakfast, she has polished off second breakfast already.

Though funny enough, one of the holiday nights the other week, I must have woken in the middle of the night thinking it was morning already, dosed her, plated "breakfast", and went back down for "third sleep" with her. When morning actually came, there was a clean plate. But there was also a portion missing (or rather a new can started with a portion missing which only happens in the mornings) and a quarter pill missing. I didn't check the time and double dosed and double fed her that night and she didn't tell me otherwise. So sometimes she can fit an extra meal in. 😸
Cats love pattern, routine, sameness, whatever it's referred to. RIGHT.:insertevillaugh: Cats love whatever they choose to love at any given moment. Just like we do. The one constant about cats is that there IS no constant about cats.😑 Betty's self-regulating is great! until she decides it isn't.
Fluff is being picky again. He apparently didn't like yesterday's menu. So we had the remaining 1/4 can of it for breakfast this morning. It's probably still there. I'm about to go check.:sigh:
 

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Cats love pattern, routine, sameness, whatever it's referred to. RIGHT.:insertevillaugh: Cats love whatever they choose to love at any given moment. Just like we do. The one constant about cats is that there IS no constant about cats.😑 Betty's self-regulating is great! until she decides it isn't.
Fluff is being picky again. He apparently didn't like yesterday's menu. So we had the remaining 1/4 can of it for breakfast this morning. It's probably still there. I'm about to go check.:sigh:
Why doesn't Fluff eat? Has he had his teeth checked? Or is he just getting choosy because he has choices? I tried to give Betty choices because I'm not crazy about Hills. But she likes what she likes and she'll eat Hills day in and day out. Which is just fine with her GI and just fine with her vet. So I guess I'm okay with it too. I fed Cabbie and Krista worse for the bulk of their lives.

This morning I roll Betty off me during third sleep so that I can roll over and get another hour before the lights come up. Lately, I have been not just rolling her off me but also lifting her and plopping her down on the edge of the bed--a not so subtle hint to "go eat breakfast." Betty was having none of it and came right back and snuggled in with me. "Okay. For a bit longer." About an hour later I woke and put Betty on the edge. Now she was ready. Jumped down, ate breakfast, and then made sure to prove it to me by putting her face into mine. 😽🥰
 

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Why doesn't Fluff eat? Has he had his teeth checked? Or is he just getting choosy because he has choices? I tried to give Betty choices because I'm not crazy about Hills. But she likes what she likes and she'll eat Hills day in and day out. Which is just fine with her GI and just fine with her vet. So I guess I'm okay with it too. I fed Cabbie and Krista worse for the bulk of their lives.

This morning I roll Betty off me during third sleep so that I can roll over and get another hour before the lights come up. Lately, I have been not just rolling her off me but also lifting her and plopping her down on the edge of the bed--a not so subtle hint to "go eat breakfast." Betty was having none of it and came right back and snuggled in with me. "Okay. For a bit longer." About an hour later I woke and put Betty on the edge. Now she was ready. Jumped down, ate breakfast, and then made sure to prove it to me by putting her face into mine. 😽🥰
I plop Fluff down in front of his food. Sometimes, after a couple of snubs, he humors me. And he eats. He has a bowl of Blue Buffalo dry and he eats that when his wet doesn't suit him. He ate almost exclusively dry before joining me, so it's not surprising. What IS surprising is how picky he can be and how what he liked before suddenly becomes fooda non grata on a whim. Another time, he'll love this variety and snork it up. Fluff is...Fluff. There's nothing routine about this guy.
 

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Betty finished her second breakfast at second breakfast time. I guess it shouldn't surprise me that she would finish her dinner especially early tonight too. I guess we're going to bed early tonight because I'm going to have get second dinner down for her earlier tonight.

“Are you done working tonight?”
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Betty finished her second breakfast at second breakfast time. I guess it shouldn't surprise me that she would finish her dinner especially early tonight too. I guess we're going to bed early tonight because I'm going to have get second dinner down for her earlier tonight.

“Are you done working tonight?”
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Betty looks especially wistful here. And, of course, lovely and irresistible. *Good work, Betty!*
 

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That was odd!

Betty just woke with a hiss. Must have had a dream she didn't like. She looked a little confused herself for a second. Then she licked her bed a few times before going back to sleep. And now I have an answer as to why her bed feels wet the few times I've had to reach in for her because she wasn't coming out on her own for meds.

Odd dreams aside, she's crushing it on meals this week. She finished second dinner last night before I even finished with my teeth. She finished breakfast when I plated it instead of waiting for meds to kick in during third sleep. She finished second breakfast when I plated it. If this holds, we may finally break out of the TILT weight on Sunday.
 

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That was odd!

Betty just woke with a hiss. Must have had a dream she didn't like. She looked a little confused herself for a second. Then she licked her bed a few times before going back to sleep. And now I have an answer as to why her bed feels wet the few times I've had to reach in for her because she wasn't coming out on her own for meds.

Odd dreams aside, she's crushing it on meals this week. She finished second dinner last night before I even finished with my teeth. She finished breakfast when I plated it instead of waiting for meds to kick in during third sleep. She finished second breakfast when I plated it. If this holds, we may finally break out of the TILT weight on Sunday.
*From your keyboard...!* Bravo Betty! *Now can you have a little talk with the Fluff, who's being PURRsnickety?*
Oh yeah, the sudden wakeup with hiss. There have been a few of those in the past. Fluff hasn't done this, though, that I know of; and he'd be such a likely candidate, coming from the mean streets of South Central. The worst he does is trying to cover up his "prey." 😾
 

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Hoping the taproom is friendly and festive, and that Ms. Betty is doing her very best to change that weigh-in ;)
I got a sneak peak on that weigh-in last night when she candidly showed up on the scale in its usual storage spot (the top platform of the cat tree in the least socially relevant spot in the home (the left anchor on the cat wall where the right cat tree leads onto the kitchen counter.) Usually we have a spirited discussion about getting her on the scale. Last night, since she was already there, I turned it on and tared it. Then we had a spirited discussion about her leaving the scale. And the negative reading? -8.88. 🤦‍♂️ Since she is crushing it on finishing her meals lately, I will see if I can sneak an extra gram or two into her portions.
 

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I got a sneak peak on that weigh-in last night when she candidly showed up on the scale in its usual storage spot (the top platform of the cat tree in the least socially relevant spot in the home (the left anchor on the cat wall where the right cat tree leads onto the kitchen counter.) Usually we have a spirited discussion about getting her on the scale. Last night, since she was already there, I turned it on and tared it. Then we had a spirited discussion about her leaving the scale. And the negative reading? -8.88. 🤦‍♂️ Since she is crushing it on finishing her meals lately, I will see if I can sneak an extra gram or two into her portions.
*Have you tried kicking that scale? NO? How about throwing it?:insertevillaugh:* Weird. But yeah, Betty is doing a great job! :goldstar::cheerleader:
Fluff snorked his bowl of Blue Buffalo Fish & Shrimp this morning. He loves that. Except when he doesn't. He is the pickiest cat I've ever known, and IDK why an ex-street cat raised on dry food would be like this, but he is. He's a quintessential cat, the kind the memes are about, where the person buys a case of their favorite and...complete snub and turned tail.*CATS*:sigh:
 

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🤦🏼‍♂️ 8.76
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She did skip breakfast (or rather had it after this shoot) and had a big runny poop before the shoot as well. Maybe that accounts for the difference?

In any case, she’s doing well and doing cat things and eating her meals. We’ll shelf this one and try again next week.
 

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She did skip breakfast (or rather had it after this shoot) and had a big runny poop before the shoot as well. Maybe that accounts for the difference?

In any case, she’s doing well and doing cat things and eating her meals. We’ll shelf this one and try again next week.
Feel better soon, Betty! BRPs💩😾🙀can't be any fun. But the rest sounds good.:agree:
 

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Been awhile since Betty had a hairball proper. Just as I’m getting ready to start her breakfast, I hear the characteristic sad meows. Then she ejected a proper hair cigar and a little bonus spit. That was 5am. Three and half hours and a third sleep later and we’re still on breakfast watch to see if she’ll come around to it before her tummy sours. I tried to plop her at the foot of the bed. She stared at it for a good while and then decided against it. 🤦🏼‍♂️😿
 

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Been awhile since Betty had a hairball proper. Just as I’m getting ready to start her breakfast, I hear the characteristic sad meows. Then she ejected a proper hair cigar and a little bonus spit. That was 5am. Three and half hours and a third sleep later and we’re still on breakfast watch to see if she’ll come around to it before her tummy sours. I tried to plop her at the foot of the bed. She stared at it for a good while and then decided against it. 🤦🏼‍♂️😿
That's your holidays present. ;) :cutecat:Betty is trying to make it festive for you. :gift:
I had a worse start to the day, unfortunately. When I went to bring in the rubbish bins, I saw a casualty in the area where they go. A beautiful black rat. :bawling: So I had to bury him and it wasn't easy with my injured hand/wrist, but I did it.
 

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That's your holidays present. ;) :cutecat:Betty is trying to make it festive for you. :gift:
I had a worse start to the day, unfortunately. When I went to bring in the rubbish bins, I saw a casualty in the area where they go. A beautiful black rat. :bawling: So I had to bury him and it wasn't easy with my injured hand/wrist, but I did it.
It may have been my present, but that's no gift for her. Although I couldn't get her to eat a carpet morsel on its own, I was able to get her to eat one with her dental treat smooshed into it. I hesitated on giving her her treat. No treats without eats. But I knew it would be and always is an easy way to get a couple of hemp drops into her. Well about an hour later and there's the sad meows again. I managed to catch up to her and redirect her deposit onto the hardwood. It was a very watery sour tummy spit. So I'm grateful that made hard contact. Because it would have been a large Bissell job otherwise. I probably don't have to rush to switch out her untouched breakfast plate. But I will squirt a little water with hemp oil into her.

What happened with your wrist/hand? I know you mentioned it earlier. But me being neurospicy, often I just gloss over these things. The thought train must continue without unscheduled stops. ;)😹
 

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I put out a half portion for lunch and half the usual amount of kibbles (3 instead of six.) I also put out a third of a portion of Rawz rabbit to cut through her post-hairball fussies. And it certainly did. That 1/3 portion is already in her belly. Good! If it stays down, we should be in the clear for the day. The chances for a clean plate go way up when a first pass is taken when it's plated.
 
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