check it higher!

When my folks got me Gimlet as an Xmas present, they had her fixed and declawed; I was horrified about the declawing, but they know nothing about cats and didn't understand. They thought they were doing me a favor. They would NEVER crop a dogs ears or tail, but they didn't know.

I didn't explain it to my mom, because it would have made her too sad.

Back in DC, one of my neighbors clipped their dogs' ears. I really hated seeing them walk him around the neighborhood with bandages on his ears. I thought less of them as people after that.

So, it's important to put fake nuts in a pet because getting neutered is like "having a limb cut off" because it will hurt the pet's sense of self, but it's okay to cut off other bits for cosmetic reasons?

I really hope this only lasts a few days and not a few weeks.

Is it her first heat? I think you said yes. I'd guess 5-7 days.

Try some catnip. If it affects her, it'll either knock her out or make her super-horny. If it's the former, you can keep her stoned for a week. If the latter, well, go shopping for a few hours and don't rinse, lather and repeat.

I am not in heat. But I am back in bed with cramps, woes. Calm down, ladybits, we are not having babies! You don't need to get all worked up like this!

Debet, everyone else has already said it better, but you aren't overreacting, and I'm so sorry. Hang in there.

In unrelated news, I was about to finally take a shower when Seamus crawled on my chest and started purring. He's been treated for a UTI and is wearing one of those calming pheromone collars and hasn't peed on the bed since we let him back in the bedroom yesterday. Win.

The last time I asked someone why her dog wasn't neutered I found out his junk was cosmetic to keep up his self esteem.

When I finally captured Gray Porch Cat and took him to the vet for the full workup, the vet told me that he's already been neutered - the sacs had no balls in them, just fatty tissue. I was astonished. But someone had once taken good care of that cat, and I wonder why he ended up stray. He's starting to show an interest in the whole "indoors" deal, and if I can get him back in The Box for his second round of shots, I'm probably going to bring him inside and see what happens.

We saw a very nice house today that is new to the market. I think we're going to make an offer on it by the end of the day. I would post a link, but TCG is on the computer and I'm hiding in bed with a massive headache.

Ooh, fingers crossed (and headache-banishment~ma), sj.