My huge red coward

[yakalskovich]

We had painters invade the balconies this morning to repair minor damages in the outside paint.

I didn't like it at all because I didn't have to work today, planned to sleep in to help deal with my leftover lurgy, and woke to some shadow rustling and humming on the other side of my bedroom window, which was ajar. Of course, my Gothic drapes were down, but it was bad enough -- I fled from my room as soundlessly as I could and hid in the bathroom, where the cats were already hiding out, scared witless by the apparition on our balcony. Mephi was cowering and hissing desperately, and Lucifer squeezed beneath the cabinet under the sink.

It took him hours to get back to normal, poor cat. He clung to me all afternoon and evening and only consented to leave my side when I filled the cat bowl with unscheduled gooshy food.-

Comments

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Awww, poor shiny-eyed ginger kitty! I hope he's forgotten all the terror already. Gooshy food helps, I'm sure.

Our kitty's been having problems. I worry about him.

[yakalskovich]

Oh -- what's wrong with him?

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

*sigh* His flea allergies/hyperesthesia just keep getting worse. He's a naturally cuddly, affectionate cat, but he's so sensitive that touch sometimes really bothers him. So he craves human touch, but it physically irritates him. He goes out of control sometimes into a frenzy of biting--both of us have been bitten hard. A week or so ago, he was on my bed, and just as I was falling asleep, I heard that horrible scrabbling thrashing. I scooted away as quickly as I could, and turned on the light to see him chewing one of the towels on the bed. Then he looked very confused, shook his head, and left the room, licking himself.

We've been keeping him out of the house a lot, because we don't, as my husband says, want "a furry, ticking timebomb" in our laps. I really worry that he's feeling unloved. And yesterday he came home with his poor little nose all red and scratched.

Poor little guy. : (

[yakalskovich]

The poor guy!!

Can the vet not do anything for him?

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

She thinks she has some therapies which would work well, but it all costs money, which is very tight right now.

[yakalskovich]

Yep, that can get costly.

I think I ought to get a pet insurance for my two cats; they won't stay quite this perfectly healthy forever.