This is what happens when your utterly feral 14 year old Egyptian cat does not want to have her Fentanyl patch taken off. It had been a hard week for her – a very expensive operation ($1300), one tooth left, ingrown toenail, antibiotics for a sinus infection. She just went in to have her claws trimmed…
The patch had to stay on for 5 days and then be taken off a furry leg. The nurse wisely suggested I take her in but instead decided that she was so old now and had so few teeth it would be okay. We traumatized her but got the patch off and flushed away safely. She stayed under the bed for two days, backing away from evil mom, making mom cry and generally feeling miserable. She finally came out after endless organic chicken, tuna and treats.
She is really adorable but it’s still like living with three raccoons. Look at this precious wee face.
Mrs. Stripe
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She really does look sweet, it’s hard to believe that little face could be capable of causing such injury! You really weren’t kidding about how tough your cats are!
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She was just frightened. I never realized that they were really wild not just feral and can never be tamed. She was really sorry and traumatized. All my fault.
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You really can’t blame them–it’s certainly not a malicious act. Even the tamest animals will lash out when they are scared or in pain.
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You were safer with the snake.
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You are so right!
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OUCH! That looks sore. What a beautiful cat!
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Underneath lurks a monster…just kidding. She is adorable normally. It’s still sore…
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We are such suckers and are all wrapped around our animals fingers (claws…)
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The other one has been banned from the cat specialist’s hospital (I think she sent someone to ER) but they can treat her on an outpatient basis. I am just grateful that the two older ones have few teeth…:)
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My god! They sound lovely….!
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Peggy did say I would be better off with the snake. Apparently that snake is the puppy of the snake world – loving, cuddly and easy to handle…:)
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Is that right Blowfeld…?!!!
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It is, Moneypenny. 🙂
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I’m so sorry you got scratched up, and of course your little cat didn’t mean to hurt you, but it must have been a stressful time.
We have three cats, and one is more likely to bite and scratch up, except she never commits. We’ll be doing something irritating to her (like trying to trim her claws, and brush out her crazy matted hair, or something else) and she’ll nip at our hands in a way that never breaks the skin, she’s just giving us the “you know I could actually do damage here, you clowns” heads up.
Hope your Mrs. Stripe feels better soon…
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Thank you, Patrick. Mrs. Stripe is our best behaved cat – can you imagine the other two?? I have a lot of experience with cats (cat shelter work and pets) but these three are truly wild. They finally give us little cuddles, purr and sometimes act like pets. Mrs. Stripe should not have lived this long – street cats have a life of 2 years and she has muscle deterioration from her early years. She does seem to be better and is eating.
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I’m glad she’s doing better!
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Today she was squeaking for dinner so I think she is much better.:)
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It can be tough when a pet gets older and their health starts to fail. Like a member of the family. Hope kitty gets better.
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Thank you – she is more noisy today and asking for cuddles!
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You just got to love cats!
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Especially Egyptian street cats. They only behave when I shout at them in Arabic! 🙂
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Ow! That looks painful. Poor you, and poor sick kitty. Hope both of y’all feel better.
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She feels much better and I do, too. I still look horribly scarred, however. 🙂
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ouch…
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