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Freakin' icy again today, so I burned another PTO day at work. Our work hours have been around 11-3, the car deals with snow better than ice and slush, and then there is the 2-3 hr evening commute. I did the critical time tasks yesterday, I had the PTO time, and tomorrow's Christmas Eve.
But DH and I were productive: Morgan went to the neighborhood vet. She's a girl, no chip, 6-7 months old (the vet showed us her baby molars), no scar or tattoo indicating she was spayed, no feline leukemia, and at 5 pounds with a little fat on the lower underside, she was just a teeny bit overfed. Not obese, just back off the food a bit and don't worry about the shortchanging the kitten development. The vet opined that no kitty just eats what s/he needs then stops with an eternal buffet in the food bowl. He suggested a decent premium brand kitten food, but only 2 feedings at 1/8 c each. In other words, 2 tablespoons. The big bag of dry kitten/cat food is going to last awhile.
"She's a blank slate," the vet said.
Today Morgan got her battery of shots: rabies, distemper, leukemia. DH bought the shots, I'll buy the spaying and chipping...which we'll do in January.
its a girl
December 24th, 2008 at 02:32 am
December 24th, 2008 at 01:25 pm 1230125103
December 24th, 2008 at 02:27 pm 1230128823
If she's anything like my Toņo, she'll demand more food... try not to give in (we tried this, but Toņo raids Fiona's bowl!!)
December 25th, 2008 at 02:46 am 1230173193
December 25th, 2008 at 04:09 am 1230178191
1.) Morgan is by herself so no raiding of the second bowl.
2.) No outdoors until she is spayed, so no neighbor raiding. Augie was infamous for hitting up the neighbors for food.
3.) "Mom" is doing portion control herself.
4.) Made a little goal of playing with her a lot daily, so eating is hopefully an activity and not the high point of the day. I got a good hour of play with her of feather duster and scary hand tonight.
But we will have to be scrupulous about removing dirty dishes from the living room and not totally pigging out in front of her.
December 28th, 2008 at 08:49 am 1230454158
pls rethink letting her roam.