I am PASSING OUT. I see that I have notifications, but I can't even. I couldn't even finish painting my nails so you know this is serious. Two hours of sleep last night has caught up to me. I'm down for the count. I will catch up with all of my human friends in the A.M.
Thankfully, my house is pretty quiet. All of the noisy animals are tired / drugged. 😂 Looks like I might get my night off, after all.
'Night, peeps. ❤
Popped my first clutch today.
I thought I was stranded, but then I wasn't. It was magical.
CONGRATULATE ME!!!
Everyone is home and doing fine, of course. All a little groggy. Beyonce seems to be taking it the worst. Chupa and Cookie barely seem phased. Fred just looks sad. But he's a basset hound so that's pretty normal for him. 😂
Even though I was hoping for a night off I am glad to have them home. 🙂 I've got a full house as usual. ❤
I am up EARLY since I had to drop the fur-kids off at the spay / neuter transport. I was kind of looking forward to a night of quiet with all of the newbs gone, but I have no such luck. Due to the weather I gotta pick them up at 4:30 today. I am most unhappy about Beyonce, who kept me up ALL NIGHT. I LITERALLY probably got 2 hours of sleep. She wanted to be let out of the crate so bad. I might have to sleep on the couch until she's healed enough to be let loose in my room.
I think I'm heading to work early so I can leave early to get the kids and not have to go back. I am not sure what the weather is doing, but I DO KNOW that I don't want to walk home in it again. If I leave now I will get in most of my hours because I also know that working all weekend to stay caught up sucks. So, I'm heading out.
I hope today doesn't suck. I'm treating myself to breakfast and a coffee this morning. 😳
Days like today I feel like a total shit pet parent.
So... tomorrow is spay and neuter day for everyone in my house who isn't yet done. One of those "who's" just happens to be Beyonce.
Knowing that she is pretty wild I enlisted the help of Shaun The Cat Whisperer to help me catch her. Well. THAT was a fucking ordeal. 😳
First we had to find her. We ended up having to dig through Shadow's closet, then run her out from behind the bed, and finally out of the room so he could go back to sleep. Sorry, kid - I might be a shit human parent tonight, too.
She finally ran behind the couch and she couldn't move much farther. Shaun could only reach her head so he asked for a leash to loop around her neck to help him get her out. So he leashed her, then pulled a little, and my beautiful wild cat WENT APE SHIT. Flipping and flopping and hissing and rolling and the whole 9 yards.
But wait - it gets worse.
Anyone remember that thing I posted a day or so ago? About burning your bridges while standing on them to prove that you are serious about your crazy? Well Beyonce busted out some of THAT kind of crazy by hauling ass over the gate into the dogs' room - leash trailing behind.
I thought "Oh shit, she's about to need more than a trip to the spay / neuter clinic." Thankfully my dogs are awesome, and they were also quite stunned, and Beyonce had the time and smarts to run into an open dog crate, which I promptly closed. I then put the dogs out and we transferred her to an easy-access cage with a litter box until the morning.
She is currently laying against the wall of the cage in that tight space between it and the litter box. Looking rather traumatized. And I just feel like shit.
Generally speaking I don't mind having a cat that I rarely see. It doesn't bother me one bit. I see her often enough to know that she is eating (because she looks as healthy as ever), and that she hangs out with the other cats so she is generally not afraid of this place. She's just not into human contact and that's her thing.
But I wonder if I'm doing the right thing by having her. Yes - vet trips and things like flea meds and all that are going to suck for her. She is going to hate that. But she's safe and warm and fed. I can't imagine that any other home is going to make her any happier. So the only other option would be to put her outside or let her be a barn cat. I don't particularly want either of those things.
Even though I ended up being allergic to Precious I am seriously considering making Beyonce live in my bedroom until she is at least used to me. I don't want that and I'm sure that she doesn't, either, but maybe it would help. My room is small. We'd be in close quarters / proximity to each other often.
So y'all - help me once again. Am I shitty for having Beyonce? Aside from days like this she seems just fine. But is it ok to put her through this?
Lizard peeps in Oxford / Anniston / surrounding areas... if you have a lizard that will each roaches let me know. I'm cleaning my tote right now and I have wayyy more than I expected. I will LITERALLY give you roaches if you tell me what size you need and are willing to meet me to get them. You can donate some money to my foster animal cause - or not. It is completely up to you. All I know is that I need to turn the heat down on them because I have more than I know what to do with right now.
