Little Cat Feet

"The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over the harbor and city on silent haunches, and then, moves on." - Carl Sandburg

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Shaggy and his littermate brother Scooby came to live with us in October 2005, when they were 5 years old. Scout arrived in 2006 at the age of 6 weeks. Scooby passed over very suddenly to the Rainbow Bridge on April 1, 2012 and is remembered fondly and missed deeply.

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Shaggy Is Sick


Mom & Dad left on a short vacation "back home" to see friends.
They left Friday afternoon & got back yesterday (Monday) evening.
Before they left Shaggy had been hiding under their bed and it crossed mom's mind that maybe he wasn't feeling good, but they had to go & she didn't think of it until they got back and he wasn't there to greet them at the door. Mom found him hiding under the couch and he sneezed at her.
He didn't come for canned food before bed or this morning.
So off to the v-e-t he went. He had a real goopy eye this morning and was sneezing a lot.
Somehow he got an upper respiratory infection and now it's his turn to take antibiotics. Scooby just got off his and is doing great!
He was kind of dehydrated so he also got some sub-q fluids too.
The fluids helped a lot because when he came home he was more active and gobbled down half a can of food.
He is resting out in the open tonight, no more hiding. Keeping close to mom's side.
Here's a picture of him enjoying the cool grass on a day when he was feeling better than his is now.

16 Comments:

Blogger Just Ducky said...

Purrs to you Shaggy, hope all your meds will make you feel all better soonest.

8/3/10, 8:22 PM  
Blogger The Meezers or Billy said...

oh Shaggy, please get better soon buddy!

8/3/10, 8:29 PM  
Blogger JC said...

I hope he feels better very soon !!!

8/3/10, 8:38 PM  
Blogger Sweet Purrfections said...

Poor Shaggy! I hope you are feeling better really soon.

8/3/10, 8:38 PM  
Blogger The Island Cats said...

Aw, Shaggy! We're sorry you don't feel good. We hope the medicines make you feel better real soon!

8/3/10, 9:06 PM  
Blogger Gemini and Ichiro said...

Oh Shaggy I hope you feel better soon!

8/3/10, 9:17 PM  
Blogger Katnip Lounge said...

Shaggy, you poor guy! First you are abandoned, then the VET! Horrors!

Did you get pills or the dreaded pink juice? Awful, either way.

Get well soon...we're purring BIG for you!

8/3/10, 9:19 PM  
Blogger A few Good Cats said...

We are sending Shaggy feel-better vibes and purrayers, too.

8/3/10, 9:32 PM  
Blogger Quill and Greyson said...

Sorry Shaggy! Hope you feel better very soon!

8/3/10, 10:48 PM  
Blogger Jans Funny Farm said...

Get well, Shaggy! Purrs and tail wags.

8/3/10, 11:23 PM  
Blogger Dma said...

get well soon shaggy...

8/4/10, 8:06 AM  
Blogger Ivan from WMD said...

A summer cold is never fun, is it, Shaggy? Get well soon!

8/4/10, 8:08 AM  
Blogger Kea said...

Shaggy, lots of purrs to you, and healing Light too, that you feel better soon.

8/4/10, 8:38 AM  
Blogger The Crew said...

Oh no!! Shaggy, old pal, take your medicine like a Mancat so you'll get better soon.

8/4/10, 11:11 AM  
Blogger ANGEL ABBYGRACE said...

Oh sweet Shaggy!
We are so sorry to hear you have an upper resp infection. We will keep sending you our healing purrs until you are completely well. We are glad to know Scoob is doing better!

purrin for Shaggy

xo
Abby

8/4/10, 12:37 PM  
Blogger Daisy said...

Feel better soon, Shaggy!

8/4/10, 1:00 PM  

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