I was already in bed with the lights out, but then I thought about how I just gave the cats the last of the flea/tick meds, got worried about that because that's what I do, I worry about non-urgent problems, and got back online and researched preferred parasite practices for an hour.

Long story short, you want to get

1) a 1ml syringe without a needle,

2) a tiny glass vial, and

3) the cheapest large-sized fipronil/s-methoprene topical treatment available on eBay or Amazon. At the moment that's probably going to be the Fiproguard Plus for dogs weighing 88-132 pounds.

And then you squeeze the meds into the jar, and use the syringe to measure out and apply the appropriate quantity for your animal's size. Cats take about a 0.5 ml dose, and the mega-dog dose is about 4 ml.

So, I just spent $20 on a three-pack of Fiproguard Plus - ~12 ml - and the necessary implements, and assuming that I don't just spill it everywhere that's a year's worth of flea goop for both of my two jerks. So maybe this time when I go to bed it will take.

Back home.

Mar. 21st, 2014 10:49 am
Polydactyly the Cat demanded entry into my room four or five times last night, instead of her usual one, and is in here again now, watching me carefully to make sure I'm still the right person. She checked the ashes in the incense burner just now to make sure she recognized the stuff I burn before bed.

Someone was staying in my room while I was gone, and they didn't burn any incense - much less a specific variety at a specific time - so I'm sure that this was very confusing for her. Sorry, Polly.
Swallowed Liquid Nausea Medicine Without Immediately Vomiting It Back Up

So, I am done being sick now. Time to turn this game off.

cut for even grosser problem )
The dogs are afraid of her because she does not react to them when they poke at her. They take this as an expression of aplomb. In fact, she's too stiff to move, and sometimes can't see them.

The big Saint Bernard used to sit on the couch, but she's afraid of the tiny cat, so she sits behind the couch now. Of the smaller dogs, one of them has been witnessed to stare at her in perplexity for a long time, trying to decide if he dares get up on the couch. Eventually he was to uncertainly lie down next to her, as if awaiting judgment.

She didn't care. She was asleep.
The badly-behaved one gets his face as close to yours as possible and stares. And stares. And stares. He will continue staring, with no change in expression or posture, for as long as you continue to pet him.

Is he attempting to communicate telepathically? If so, he's not doing a good job.

The well-behaved dog will wave at you with his left front paw to demonstrate that he wants to be petted. When you approach to do so, he will lie down on his back in the Submissive Gesture - but when you rub his belly, will capture your hand with his front paws like a cat.

The badly-behaved dog destroys the rawhides he receives as quickly as he can, to keep the other dogs from destroying them first. The well-behaved dog carries his rawhide around in his mouth proudly and defensively until it starts to fall apart, at which point he will begrudgingly begin gnawing it.

Once he tried to take one on a walk with Dad; Dad took it from him and put it in his pocket, and he stayed anxiously right next to Dad for the whole walk, peeling off only when they got home and Dad gave it back.
I just sent them into the yard and shut the door on them. Thirty seconds later, cats began to stream steadily over the dining room gates. One is now grooming my hair.
Neither the police nor the military have any use for this skill. Even the TSA does not need a menstruation-sniffing dog. Back off my crotch.
Some time within the last hour, Murdercat climbed up on the sink and peed blood onto the hand towel hanging there. This was very considerate of him, putting it right where I would definitely notice it.
I was on the Barnes and Noble website and saw the word "Nook" and went "WHY WOULD YOU NAME YOUR PRODUCT THAT"

Oh, wait.

Have I been able to get murdercat into his box? No, I have not been able to get murdercat into his box. He just peed normal-looking pee on Mom's yoga mat, though! So maybe he's okay now?
Terrible Neurotic Half-Feral Old Murdercat: *pees blood all over kitchen counter*

Me: OH SHIT

Me: HOW AM I GOING TO GET YOU IN A CARRIER CAT

Me: YOU DESTROY EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH, INCLUDING MY TOES, FREQUENTLY

*I shut him in a room, go find the dog-sized carrier, bring it in there, and go to get a towel. When I return, he is stepping daintily into the carrier. I shut the door behind him.*

Me: OH SHIT

Me: IT'S SATURDAY EVENING THE VET IS CLOSED

Me: *calls vet on her cell*

Me: *has the vet's cell number in her phone, obviously*

Vet: Calm down. Describe his behavior to me.

Me: HE TRIED TO DOUBLE KILL ME

Me: CLAWS AND TEETH ALIKE WERE UTILIZED

Me: SUBSEQUENTLY HE DID A BACKFLIP INTO THE SINK

Me: So yeah, he's acting normal, but I just noticed he peed blood in the shower, too. It formed a happy face, so I think he's making fun of me.

Vet: Yeah, probably, but it sounds like he's just got a UTI. Do you still have like a zillion antibiotics lying around from the rest of your diseased elderly menagerie? Try and get some of those into him and bring him in on Monday.

Me: Okay.

It's Monday now! I cannot find the goddamn cat. And when I do, there is no way that he is going to walk calmly into that fucking carrier a second time.

I need my Old Republic character to loan me her armor, or at least her mook.

Apr. 17th, 2013 05:04 pm
Neither the diabetic dog nor I have any appetite, but I think that in my case it is due to all the dog vomit I have cleaned up. He did that thing where he kept walking while vomiting and just kind of trailed it from the back doors to the front.

The vet's closed for the day, so he'll go in the morning if he's still not feeling well.

This is why we cannot let the diabetic dog go outside unattended, family. He will trot over to the park, mooch hotdogs from picnickers, and make himself sick.

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