Frootbat Friday!

Sigh, we can’t think of Frootbat Friday without thinking of our friend Luxor...oh how we miss him and his handsome ears (and face and furs and svelte physique...).

First off on this Frooty Friday...Spot and Dot are 99.9% better now, thanks to nursing care and tincture of time. Teri took them in to work with her again on Wednesday so they could get their fluids under the skin and their nausea injection as on Tuesday overnight, someone did vomit again.



They still weren’t eating on their own, so numerous times during the day on Wednesday, she spoon fed them and by the evening they had gained 10 grams. But overnight, they lost some again but no more vomiting.

So they went into work again on Thursday but didn’t need any more fluids or injections and ate on their own. Today they are romping and playing in the bedroom and all the canned food was eaten overnight (maybe by Coco, but this morning the kittens were eager to eat on their own, a good sign!)


And next, an update on ‘His Chubbiness’, Disco! Well, he isn’t hypothyroid! We didn’t think he would be as the only hypothyroid cats that come into our vets are ones that had radio iodine treatment and they are the rare ones that get too low after treatment--even that happening is unusual!

But, it was something to check for to ‘rule out’, and we also checked his liver function and red blood cells to make sure his anxiety meds (Paxil) weren’t affecting him in that way. But all the tests were A-OK!

So, our vet reviewed his feeding schedule and calculated his caloric needs based on her exam and knowing him well and his (lack of) activity level recently, and we discovered that he is eating WAY TOO MANY CALORIES! (even though he would argue that fact!).


Even though Nulo staff calculated what he needed to eat in order to lose weight, even they say ‘Your cat’s requirements may vary due to activity level and environment.’ And they have never met him personally, so I certainly don’t fault their calculations at all.

They had him eating 2.6 oz of canned twice a day and 0.2 cups (slightly less than 1/4 cup) twice a day and that calculated out to almost 350 calories. Dr E calculated his needs using a chart she has, and she calculated that he should be eating between 145-195 calories a day!!

So, no wonder he is stuck on a plateau! So now he will be eating 1/4 cup of dry in the morning, and 1/8 cup dry in the evening along with 1/4 can of wet food, and a treat of 1/8 cup of dry at bedtime. That will give him about 190 calories a day. I am still going to order some Nulo Treats as I hear cats like them so much that they are even doing tricks for them!.


Disco sits on the counter by the cookie jar that has t/d ‘treats’ in it and they are high in fat and calories, so he hasn’t been able to eat them (oh, I sneak him on every few days...) but the Nulo Treats he could have one a day...

Fifi is doing fantastic and is almost big enough to climb out of her kitten box, so probably this weekend she will transitiion to the open ended box so she can crawl around and get strong muscles, hahameow!




As soon as Spot and Dot are back to normal 100%, she will let them meet Fifi and they can start playing and having fun together (under supervision of course as they are a month older and could be a little rough with baby Fifi right now).

This weekend there is a big cat show here, one of the largest in the country, and while I am not showing anybody there, Brighton will be attending as ‘Ambassador Cat’ to promote his breed and let the public pet him and have their pictures taken with them.


Of course, the ‘Pink Catillac’ will be there too, as it’s always a crowd pleaser and gives him a place to relax inbetween photo shoots, hahameow! Teri will be there too, or course, with the Cornish Rex display and to have fun with friends...eating, drinking and socializing.


She has spent more than her piggy bank held on cat toys and accessories lately, so she hopes she doesn’t find anything she can’t resist buying there, as there are always lots of vendors selling cool cat stuff!


She picked a bunch of catnip and will be passing that out to her cat friends, and will go to dinner with the humans later...no catnip for them! She’ll be sure to take some pictures of the weekend fun! She probably won't have much time to visit our CB friends over the weekend, but hope you all have something fun planned, too!


We are 'testing' out the new Skinneeez cat toys, this weekend. The Spot Company sent us some free toys for us to 'test' and report on. So far, the kittens like them the best, as they are small and easy to carry around. We kinda wish they were refillable with nip or squeeked, but this is something new to try. We think dogs would like their dog sized Skinneeez better than us cats like them...We're just sayin'...

And mewmmie just ordered us our very first Plague Rat from Nip and Bones!! We sure have been spoiled lately, haven't we?! We were very excited to find them there as we thought you could only get them from England! Click here to order your very own!

BUY YOUR CAT A PLAGUE RAT!