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There you go. Mercy by a ruler.
You can practically see the wheels turning "hmmmm what is this silly toy, and how do you play with it?"There you go. Mercy by a ruler.
I second the motion....NURSE!
Thank God all seems well outside of her mouth...and doesn't that phrase just work well on two levels? Let us know how the dental goes. I'll be fretting just a little about it.
And in a lighter vein, and you know how my mind works, I'm wondering just how Mercy's mouth will be addressed? Label? Written in finepoint MarksALot on her canines? And to whom will it be addressed? AND WHAT WILL MERCY DO WITHOUT IT???? Or alternately, will you bow formally, and say, "Mouth, this is Doctor Vet, who will be attending to you?" Just a thought...or two...
I really do need professional help.
No that was Mook. Mercy probably just finished getting her adult teeth. O don't think she had the best first 4 months of life.
I am glad that she is better, it is so scary when you don't act like themselves. Didn't she have a cleaning a little while ago? of am I losing it?
The beautiful elegant panther is doing fine. I need to take pictures of them. It's just been a hellish two weeks. Then the thing with Mercy. The vet suggested this may have been a behavioral reaction as we've had coyotes around the house at night and there may be a stray cat living under our porch. She's at that age where territorial behavior might surface , not a baby anymore and coyotes freak me out.
How is beautiful Mook doing?
Well we have a tooth brush, toothpaste and it sort of gets in there. It's a work in progress. The attending vet felt it wasn't about tooth brushing so much as her early childhood and care right down to the health of the mother cat. I have taken the gentle approach thinking that in a kitten we have time to establish routine. I might mention that I don't call Mercy a gibbon for no reason. She is adept with her back paws as her front. Mook I can rather cup in the crook of my arm and she will sit there. Mercy is one big pile of fluff with arms and legs everywhere. We'll see where it goes.I'm so glad all the tests came back ok! Poor Mercy... and definitely get on top of the dental stuff. I'm gonna be a freak about that with my youngin's after the last six or seven months. I saw that Oliver had redness on his gumline the other day and felt awful for getting out of line with the tooth brushing. Do you brush Mercy's teeth by chance?
Ha, that sounds so much like Oliver. He HATES having his teeth brush, and his nails clipped even more. They are all adept with the back feet pretty much actually, but your description made me think of Oliver for some reason. I decided to just go for it with them. No getting used to it kinda stuff. They'd never get used to it, they just aren't like that. I just need to get them re-used to it because I slacked big-time when Sara got sick.Well we have a tooth brush, toothpaste and it sort of gets in there. It's a work in progress. The attending vet felt it wasn't about tooth brushing so much as her early childhood and care right down to the health of the mother cat. I have taken the gentle approach thinking that in a kitten we have time to establish routine. I might mention that I don't call Mercy a gibbon for no reason. She is adept with her back paws as her front. Mook I can rather cup in the crook of my arm and she will sit there. Mercy is one big pile of fluff with arms and legs everywhere. We'll see where it goes.
I've only just found this thread and have been reading it for over an hour. Before I carry on, is her collar not too lose?
It looks exactly like my Maple's looks on her! For being such a big girl, Maple must have a super-skinny neck. Thinking Mercy might have a skinny neck too.I've only just found this thread and have been reading it for over an hour. Before I carry on, is her collar not too lose?
It looks scarey incase it catches on something and doesn't open.It looks exactly like my Maple's looks on her! For being such a big girl, Maple must have a super-skinny neck. Thinking Mercy might have a skinny neck too.