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Dearest Furrends,
We are REALLY sorry we’ve been away for so long, and the reason is entirely DADDYCAT’s FAULT.
Maybe we should be a bit more gentle and respectful, but hey why bother? He loves us so much he’d never punish us whatever we did!
Anyway he’s entirely to blame, and just wanted a break from blogging for a short while, and then the break got longer and longer, and then finally, our dear friend Val commented and kicked Daddycat’s butt to get back to blogging for us!
So much has happened since our last post before Christmas. Nothing bad, so don’t be afraid!!
 This was going to be our Christmas picture, but guess what… nothing happened!
Teego has FLUTD
Teego has finally been diagnosed with FLUTD, after quite a long and troublesome diagnosis, from the best vet in the world, Jesse!
Teego kept squatting and straining to go, and occasionally passing blood and initially we thought it was a blocked urinary tract, so that meant a visit to the emergency vet, who said he’s not blocked, as his bladder is empty.
So the next day, JesseVet tried to get a sample and couldn’t because his bladder was again emtpy! He suspected FLUTD, but it’s hard to diagnose conclusively, and the best way is to rule out everything else. So he did a blood test, and a crystals in the urine test too, and Teego passed both of those tests, so then JesseVet gave him a variety of treatments, (My memory is fuzzy about the exact order of these, so if it sounds wrong, blame me, not JesseVet) Including a steroid shot, Cystaid capsules, Some exerimental Vetergesic drops administered under the tongue (kind of morphine for cats?) and Teego started to improve.
JesseVet also thought that stress from Chatzi may be an issue, so he prescribed Zylkene (not zyklene as we kept calling it) to both Freya and Teego! We’re not certain that it had any effect, but we trust JesseVet, and we do as we’re told.
So now Freya and Teego are both off their medicines, and eating a new food that we buy from the Vet, that’s kind of unbranded cat biscuits, but more on that later.
Chatzi still terrorizes Freya, but we keep catching them snuggled up too, so maybe things are looking up!
He’s a great snuggler, so no-one can stay mad at him for long!
So, next time, I’ll tell you about Teego the Great Mouse Hunter of Orpington!!!
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Here’s a question… How naughty does Chatzi have to be, until daddycat gets so annoyed that he locks the little brat outside in the catio forever??
His latest bit of “high-jinx” is chewing cables. Fortunately, they’ve always been the rubbery Apple low-voltage USB charging cables for Iphones. and Daddycat found a place on Amazon that charges only 70p each for them.
But the other day, he excelled himself!
 That’s not just any charging wire, that’s the charging wire for Daddycat’s (almost) brand new Apple Macbook Pro! And that costs $80 to replace!
Being a certified Geek, Daddycat decided to repair it instead of replace it.
 It’s quite easy to strip back the wires – there’s only two, and they’re quite thick.
 Solder them together, and wrap in insulating tape, and then solder the other wire together and then wrap the whole repair in tape too.
Hey presto! £80 saved!.
 Is that the face of a a very apologetic kittie?
 And as usual, he acts all cute, and Daddycat forgives him!
BRAT!
(but we love him really. sorta)
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Chatzi was asleep on the back of the sofa, and Daddycat heard a funny chirrup from him.
He looked over and couldn’t believe his eyes!
 Chatzi must be having a dream about the big neighbourhood Tom or something, because all the fur on his back was all floofed up!
And as suddenly as it had happened, it went down again, and Chatzi continued to sleep.
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The day after Teego’s failed urine sample, Teego was booked to go to the vets first thing in the morning, ideally with a FULL bladder, to make it easy for the vet to steal some of his wee!
We were under strict instructions to try not to let him wee before his appointment.
That morning, Mommacat was in the kitchen, and out of the corner of her eye, noticed Teego getting into the litter tray! Now, it’s not like you can chase him out or anything, but fortunately, Teego has some funny toilet positions, and this time he chose a fairly upright one, and quick-thinking Mommacat grabbed a cup off the draining board and held it under him and caught every last drop!!!!
So fortunately for Mr Teego, he got away with not having to go to the vet again, and having someone steal his wee-wees!
 This is a picture from the Vets – notice how Teego ISN’T there!!
And if you ever come to our house and we give you a cup of tea in that cup…. well, maybe you should take the hint?
And do you know what that nice JesseVet said as we were about to empty the cup and go?
“I’ll just take a syringe of Teego’s wee for myself, as well as the one to send away for testing”!!! I wonder why he wants some??? It’s either to do some of his own tests, or it’s to sell it on Ebay!!!
haw haw! We’re only joking – JesseVet is always so lovely to us!
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Last week, Mommacat noticed that Teego was weeing in an unusual place, not in the Litter Tray. Fortunately, as a result of this, she noticed there was some blood in his wee. An easy way to check this, is to press some white kitchen towel into it, and you’ll see what colour it is!
 The picture's not so good, but it was more red than yellow. Daddycat was away on business, so she couldn’t ask him, (not that he’d know!) so she called our friend Barbara from Silversmoke Abyssinians, even though it was very late at night, and dear Barbara said “anything like that, go straight to the emergency vet. If it’s a blockage, it can be life threatening within hours!”
Mommacat didn’t need to be told twice – She took Teego to the 24h Emergency Vet, 30 minutes drive away, and they gave him an examination. Their conclusion was that it wasn’t a blockage, and gave him a strong painkiller, and told us to go to our vets first thing in the morning.
In the morning, the vet gave him an antibiotic, and prescribed some Cystaid capsules that we could sprinkle over his food.
 Mr Teego was too wise and wouldn’t eat any food with pills in it, so they had to be smart!
 
Unlike Mr Teego, who completely fell for the ruse, and eats his medicine every time!
HANG ON!…. We don’t get any Tuna!
On the other hand, maybe we don’t want Tuna like that – Teego went to see our Favourite Vet today, Jesse, and HE TRIED TO STEAL TEEGOS WEE-WEE!!! (He wants to have a look if theres any crystals in there.) He got a nice assistant to hold Teego down, while they put the needle in. To be honest, Teego was very brave, and didn’t struggle much once it started, but look at his ears!
Unfortunatley, Teego’s bladder was empty, so he has to go back to see Jesse again tomorrow morning, first thing, when his bladder is full, and do it all again!
It’s a good job we like Jesse isn’t it?
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This was going to be our Christmas picture, but guess what… nothing happened!
