My boy, Elroy. Etc.

Thanks to everyone for their nice comments and emails about Elroy. Especially fabulous Cait and the super funny Brian Byrne. You guys are the best. Party at my house with chips and dip and margaritas! Henry Guy and the cats (and of course the WIFE! And Allen!) are invited!

Anyway. Elroy seems both better and kind of worse. It's so weird. He seems EMOTIONALLY better. The other night he slept on my pillow and took up half the bed (what is up with cats who sleep HORIZONTAL while everyone else is clearly VERTICAL? I know, he's all "I SHALL TAKE UP AS MUCH OF THE BED AS KITTILY POSSIBLE! Mwahahah!")and ate treats and played with a catnip mouse, he seemed much more like himself. But last night he spent 30 minutes madly licking and then I dosed him with some Valerian root, and then he licked some more. The SOUND of it is driving me crazy. My mom said "maybe it is time to take him to the vet" and I KNOW I need to. This is going to be no fun for either of us. And it's easy to procrastinate when he is eating and pooping (sorry. I know. This has turned into a Kitty Blog and I apologize) and being his general cranky/mush head self. I think the only real symptom of his ISSUE (whatever that may be) is the fact that he is licking his rear quarter bald. LOVELY!

Happy Weekend! Bye!

Comments

[bill]

It's been awhile since I stopped by. I hope the boy is gonna' be alright. Now I'm back to reading. Gotta' see what's new with "blonde" girl.

[styro]

That valerian root sounds like it's working about as well as... well, nothing. VALIUM. If you get the pills instead of the tuna-flavored elixer, you can take them when he drives you absolutely batshit crazy with the LICK LICK LICKING.

Seriously, call your vet and ask him/her to recommend a house-call vet. I'm serious, these people exist and usually they're the same price as office visit vets because HEY they don't have to pay for an office. Saves on overhead! If he is that traumatized by the vet, don't go. it will only increase his anxiety.

Also, have you started beating him and ignoring him yet? I mean, you know, since all else has failed. :)

xoxoxoxo!