dturm
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Many cats vomit with Clavamox liquid, not a true allergy but they just can't tolerate the liquid.
As far as the Baytril - there are two forms of the injectable Baytril a small animal version that is 22.7 mg/ml and a large animal version that is 100 mg/ml. There is a HUGE difference in price (the large animal version being much less expensive). The large animal version is used (calculating correct dose) for most patients BUT cats seem to vomit more frequently with this injection. We almost always use the small animal version with cats. That means a larger volume dose, more expense, but less chance of side effect.
Not a true allergy, but sensitivity to the large animal version. Any of you who have your cats on Baytril injectable might want to ask your vet to make sure they use the small animal version in your cats.
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We're back. The last month has been super busy. We started de-cluttering WLToo's mom's house, so she can sell it and move into a retirement community. Talk about manual labor!
The boys had to stay at the vet while we were gone, so they could monitor Spot's bladder (he's ok now). Spot gets kennel "fever," like cabin fever, so he's pretty aggressive to the techs. Luckily, they understand that his aggression is of the "play with me right now!" kind. We don't want to inflict that on the techs again anytime soon, though. Besides, it's much too nice around here now to have to lock up the cats. They'd rather sleep on the porch all day.
Spot and Alex are doing well on the distilled water with vinegar. Took 'em a few days to decide the funny smell didn't mean the water was funky; it was funny watching them sniff the fountain thoroughly before drinking. Now, they just get a drink. Spot likes the joint compound powder; he licks it off the bowl bottom.
Alex has lost a lot of weight, but is healthy. He's just very old. He's also silly enough to start stuff with Spot, then pitch a fit when Spot gets rough. We break up too rough play at least twice a day. So as long as the weather is nice, when we go somewhere for a few hours, Spot stays outside and Alex inside. We don't want to come home and find Spot killed Alex by being too rough. It's just fine with Spot; he piles up on the porch furniture and is perfectly happy.
Last night was pretty humid, so Spot didn't sleep with us. He stayed on the chair and a half, on his binkie. If it's as humid tonight, I'll close up the house and turn the air conditioner back on.
A 12-point buck, really nice looking one, courted Mama Doe Lassie in our meadow last week. If he succeeded, the fawn(s) should be real looker(s).
We still have one hummingbird, so we're keeping a feeder out. Other than that, not much in the way of birds anymore, so it's real quiet out here.
Unfortunately, we have a sudden influx of millipedes, which we naturally find with our bare feet. Yuck.
I'm still swimming, although WLToo won't join me anymore. Says 75 degrees is too cold - I think it's great.
Speaking of swimming, think I'll take a quick dip before supper. Later, y'all.
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Wanderlost
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Rats!!! OK, it was only one rat, but it's the first one we've seen since we got here over 3 years ago.
Spot was outside, it was dark, so I went out to call him. Mama Doe Lassie answered my call - walked right up the slope by the pool and scared me, then calmly strolled back down. When my heart slowed down, I started calling Spot again. No response.
I got the big flashlight and went looking. For some reason, I focused the light high up on the garage wall and there it was-a gray rat clinging to the wall just under the roof line. It was looking down. I turned the light downward, and there was Spot, sitting quietly, looking up at the rat and licking his chops.
We don't keep any food outside, ever, so we don't know what could have attracted Mr. Rat to our property. Since we don't have a pellet gun, WLToo just picked up Spot and we all came inside. Did not see the rat today. Maybe one of our snakes got busy and took care of it. I hope so.
I will keep a closer eye on L'Andante, just in case the rat decides to take up residence or start chewing on the electrical lines.
We left Spot outside today, and Alex inside, while we drove my sister to Fort Hood. She's riding with her eldest as he transfers to Virginia, then flying home. We got to say goodbye, then hurried back home, just in case all those clouds had rain or thunderstorms in them. Nope. Got back just at evening feeding time, so both boys were happy.
Spot has been lying under packing paper inside a box since he came back inside and ate dinner. Did not seem concerned that he was outside all day, but showed zero interest in going back out.
Well, it's bedtime. I need to get in there before the cats do, or there won't be a place for me. Later, y'all.
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It rained at least 8 inches last night. The pool overflowed, WLToo had to dig a trench in the grass to let the water flow fast enough to keep it off the south porch, and enough rain blew under the garage doors to saturate the OSB on the garage door interior walls. No damage anywhere else that we've found.
Had to drive to San Antonio this morning. Lots of water damage along the way. A couple of RVs floated away from the riverside RV park in New Braunfels.
It's a gloriously clear day today, though.
Spot is still asleep, and Alex is stomping all over the two of us, but doesn't want outside. I think he believes being fed his treats before we left means he gets more when we return. Not.
A ten-point buck was in our meadow yesterday, completely ignoring the snorting and stomping from another buck across the fence. I guess rutting season is not yet over around here -- no sign of Mama Doe Lassie yesterday or today.
Spot's been studying the toilet again. I'm trying an experiment and leaving the lid up, just to see if he'll try to use it. If so, great, but we're not going to teach him to flush. He loves to watch the water swirl, and that would probably be a serious increase in our water bill.
I pulled some lower back muscles yesterday, while stretching before I was to lift weights. Used the hot tub, applied heat, taking ibuprofen -- it's helping, but I won't be working out tomorrow. The pool's still in the mid-70s, so I just might swim some laps if it doesn't hurt. I'm still plenty insulated enough that the cooler water temps don't bother me.
Speaking of which, time for more ibuprofen. Later, y'all.
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Rutting season is quite lively today. Mama Doe Lassie came up for her usual bite of corn, but ran away before finishing it. Reason? An 8-point buck was sniffing after her. He stood on our porch, looking in at us for a while, then smelled a doe and dashed off.
Just now, a doe came up on the porch, looked through the window, saw a buck on the other porch, and dashed off. The buck dashed after her.
Seems they're all playing ring around the house. Good thing the cats decided to stay inside today.
WLToo is trying to deal with a sewer blockage, but I guess we'll be calling the plumber again. We've had him on speed dial ever since we bought this unique fixer upper... At least the other bathroom is on its own sewer line.
It was chilly enough this morning that I put on pants instead of my usual shorts. Even closed the windows last night. But we're still a long way from turning on the heater.
Yesterday, a white painted Grumman Goose did splash and goes on the lake, flying right over our house each run. I do love living here, where the entertainment is free and we can watch from our porch -- at least when the porches aren't covered in deer...
Time to cook the ground beef for taco salads. Later, y'all.
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Deer rescue time. One of the bigger bucks picked a bad place to jump over our fence. He hung his right rear hoof between the barbed wire top strand and the livestock fencing. WLToo happened to look out and saw him lying there, oh so still.
"Oh, great, we have a dead buck."
But as I looked out the window, the buck looked up and struggled a bit. WLToo got one of his special ladders to climb over the fence and approach from the other side. While he found his bolt cutters, I tried to herd Spot away.
Nooo, Spot saw a buck lying on the ground. He slowly fuzzed up and started stalking his way toward the buck. Oh, great, I thought, we're about to have a very injured cat. The buck had noticed Spot and was watching him with a very jaundiced eye. Me, I wasn't going anywhere near the two -- Mother Nature was in charge now.
The buck struggled a bit more when he saw WLToo approaching on the other side of the fence, but he stopped when I started talking to him. I think he's one of the bucks our neighbor practically hand feeds, ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/rolleyes.gif "rolleyes") so he stayed quite still. Spot stopped stalking him when I began talking, and slowly strolled back to me on the porch.
WLToo slowly reached out and snipped the top fence wire, not the barbed wire, and the buck was free. He shot to his feet and blew past the house, not stopping until he'd run out our open gate.
I think he'll use the gate in future...
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CA POPPY
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Good man, WLToo! If it's hunting season, some would've taken a different approach to the problem.
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This is a beautiful buck. We'd like him to sire some beautiful fawns, not be mere sausage.
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The morning after the rescue, we saw the buck limping in the next pasture. He saw us, stopped and looked at us a while, then strolled on. I think he was saying thank you in his own deer way. We still have a lot of bucks in the meadow, but things are calming down. I guess all the does have been bred.
Mama Doe Lassie is back to normal. She appears at the north porch about the same time each day and gets her corn and some cheery dinner conversation. She sleeps on our grass on the north side of the barn. I guess she feels safer around our house.
The seal point Siamese mix showed up last night, so it took until midnight to get Spot back inside. They don't fight anymore, just stare at each other and occasionally chase.
Spot, meanwhile, is in a bit of trouble. Between chasing and attacking Alex, who's way too old for that nonsense, Spot announces he wants to go outside by clawing a leather bench. So the water bottle is back out. Stubborn cat: he'd been meowing to be let out, and we always responded, so why he's back to silently clawing that bench, we don't know.
We still have one tiny hummingbird, so the feeder's still out there. I do hope it migrates today, because there's a cold front on the way that will put some frost on the pumpkins. Can't be good for a tiny little bird.
The autumn wildflowers are still in full bloom, the volunteer broccoli and cilantro are thriving, and what WLToo planted is doing ok, but not great. So when the front gets here Tuesday morning, the tarps will go over the garden for the night. We'd like to eat some of that food at Thanksgiving and Christmas...
Time to go weed whack. Later, ya'll.
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CA POPPY
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Poor little hummingbird is saying, "Which way did they go???"
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