Mein Freund Anti B.

Heute beim Tierarzt, Fell weg, Wunden desinfiziert, Spritze gegen Würmer, gewogen und Antibiotika für 6-8 Tage mit auf den Weg bekommen. Nachher hat sich das Fellbündelchen nur noch auf mein Bett geworfen und erschöpft geschlafen. Und jetzt läuft es mit zwei weissen Flecken auf dem schönen schwarzen Pelz rum. An der Pfote sieht man auch noch vom letzten Mal wo sie es ihm abrasiert haben um Blut abzunehmen wegen FIV und Leukämietest. Aber es sieht alles schlimmer aus als es ist und es hat schon wieder 100 Gramm zugenommen und wiegt jetzt mit drei Monaten stolze 1,9 kg. La vita di un gattino... dura!!!

Poor kitten!

Some days ago my kitten was bitten by a grown cat and he cried all night with pain. He is doing much better now only that there's a bump on his side that's not going down. I'm worried that he has a broken rip. The bite is infected and we're going to the vet again today. He also still has a cold that's never really gone away so we might start with antibiotics now.

I can only support studies that show that kittens should stay with their moms until they are three months old. They won't get sick as much. In our case they had already separated all the kittens from their mom so we didn't get to choose about the timing.

On the other hand he has a real strong relationship with us now, he is very, very attached, always searching body contact and he seems an extremely "happy" cat, full of life and joy. He is also very courageous, almost too courageous as he wouldn't have gotten bitten if he hadn't been so brave. The first time he saw a dog that was five times bigger than him, he walked up to that dog's face and sniffed his nose!!!

He also always wants to go outside and last week I already found him behind the fence in the neighbor's yard!! Fortunately the neighbors are all very cat-friendly, they know his name and play with him. However, there is a beautiful cat a couple of houses down the road who, I think, would definitely defend her territory, so we hesitate letting him outside all by himself, especially after he got bitten!

Vet

Today we're going to take our kitten to the vet. He still has a cold that he doesn't seem to beat and yesterday his eye was all swollen up and infected, the poor thing. Today it's much better as it's a rule among cats to always get sick or hurt on Sundays when the vet's closed. Right now he is sleeping on my leg, having played all morning and even been outside for quite a bit. He really knows what he wants. If we don't let him outside he miaows until we get annoyed and open the door. But he's real good outside, staying in the yard and returning after a while.

Meanwhile my sunflowers are finished for the summer. The birds started picking on two of them before they were even in full bloom and they died. Today I took some seeds from the biggest and prettiest before the birds steal them all. I now planted some ranking plants in two of the pots and in one some olive seeds. The other day I also finally got a big vase for my window in which I want to plant a mixture of several cascading plants and a summer flower misture all in pink. It will look rather beautiful as the house is painted a light cream color that is almost rosè. I only need to get some soil now.

I also want to get some flowers for the kitchen that don't need a lot of sun. We do get sun there in the morning (I think it's north-east) but the basilicum and other spices I put there didn't grow well.