I have just found out our cuddly cats may be carriers of Toxic Plastic Legs Syndrome a link to the disease is here. This dreadful disease is very common in cats and may be dangerous if transmitted to a pregnant woman!!! Fortunately neither Mrs Sensible nor I are pregnant, well I hope not anyway.
Last night Mrs Sensible aided and impeded by yours truly, attempted to force the cats to eat a selection of tablets to cure Toxic Plastic Legs Syndrome, beri beri and the shits. The operation did not go well. As I tried to entice Mish Mash to eat his horse sized pills, I was amazed at how many legs a cat has, each tipped with a lot of sharp little claws, plus some pretty sharp teeth. In fact, I still have the scratch marks to prove how much the cats enjoyed the game and I will go to the hospital tomorrow for a little bit of first aid and a tetanus shot.
After I nearly lost the end of my index finger on my right hand, Mrs S shouted “I told you to crush the tablets and mix it with their food”
Boh!!
Our cats are now de-bugged, de-wormed and no longer suffer from diarrhea. The cats are now ready for their next home. Which could be your home!!!!! Just complete the contact form and I will send you a cat via Fedex
Mr Hairy will be the first to go, because he is so handsome and cute, if he was an Italian man he would strut around wearing an Armani suit complete with a man bag and generally wow the women.
Mrs S and I are still negotiating which cat/s we will keep here. Last week it was all five, that is until they managed to spread their number 2’s from one side of their room to the other. For an explanation of what a number 2 is go read this earlier post.
Ruth, formally called the Runt, will stay because although she is pretty ugly, she is the brightest and will cause us the least trouble and either Mish Mash, my choice because she is as mad as a hatter and chases anything that moves and has an amazing ability to climb up a trouser leg using only her claws. Mrs Sensible wants to keep Ginger, because she likes him. Aren’t women sentimental.
We have found a woman, whose soul aim in life is to re house kittens and stray cats. She came here and inspected our cats, provided us with some valuable advice and cans of cat food, plus the miraculous horse tablets. She has officially been added to my Christmas card list.
You had me chuckling here, kind of like trying to stuff a pill down a cactus! 🙂
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Exactly. A very dangerous job
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You’re sending them packed in bricks down that aluminium tube contraption??? Oh my, how Fedexing has changed…
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They had fun running up and down the tube. The fence kept them in for at least oooh 15 mins
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Keep training them. Our survival may soon depend on their escape tunnel navigating skills. Or maybe I should stop watching the news…
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The cats are now bilingual.. It is a pity I am not
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Cats are meowlingual…. dogs are bowlingual… 🙂
AV
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it sounds like you were dealing with a den of lions, and i know kitties can be equally as fierce. best of luck on finding their forever homes, and i know there is a match for everyone, even the crazies, as i can attest to, based upon some of the people i’ve dated in the past )
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Cioaaaa,
They are only little cats but they have sharp claws and don’t like taking medicine. ..
mmm a post about past dates would be fun…
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Your toxic plastic legs Toxoplasma gondii was reported last week to be a hunter and destroyer of cancer cells…. I posted about it last week.
AV
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On the way over to have a look. I loved the post about the firemen
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Oh, you mean the clowns…. The Toxic Plastic Legs is on: http://lifeisbutalabyrinth.wordpress.com/2014/09/14/blownaparte/
AV
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I have never seen a truly ugly cat….ever! But then people who know me understand.
From a blog I just read last week about another person in Italy dealing with feeding a small kitten, wool gloves would have helped save your hands and fingers. Although sharp those claws get stuck in the wool and aren’t long enough to reach through to your hands. Ah, well. You’ll know next time. And yes, there will be a next time.
Thank you for being such a responsible person about finding homes for the ones you claim you can’t keep.
PS Thought of you last week while dining with friends at a fancy Italian restaurant here….several dishes with “pecora” on the menu. Guess we’re just lucky it wasn’t a Cajun Italian restaurant…then we could have had “blackened” pecora. I chose the pasta special with salmon.
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Ruth is truly ugly. But very clever. I think I need steel gloves
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God bless you in your mission for giving homes to these cats. Many kittens have very loose bowels when they are given their first shots and are de-wormed. Please set up more than one cat litter box, and clean them often. They prefer to do their business in clean litter and some of them even prefer not to share cat boxes. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE MOM IS NEUTERED so she cannot have any more kittens. This is done routinely in all pet cats in the U.S. They live longer lives, stay healthier, and do not produce kittens that, in Italy at least, are often drowned in bucket at birth, by people, or otherwise abandoned to live short and penible lives. Cats are notoriously difficult to pill. Just feed them good food, give clean water and they will be okay until they find a good home. Good luck to all your babies.
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Mrs Sensible is in charge of cat litter boxes and anything to do with poo. My sole responsibility is stroking them and teasing them. Anyone who tried to drown Mish Mash would lose an arm, she is a very scary cat.
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Stroking and “teasing” yes, I imagine that would be your responsibility…..particularly teasing. No wonder Scooby Doo left you “presents” in your garage.
Watch where you walk and be sure to shake out your shoes.
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It won’t be long before they starts getting up to the tricks Scooby played. Mr Hairy has been adopted woo hoo
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you got off lightly – some folk have been seriously injured trying to give a cat a pill 😆
http://www.pawsperouspets.com/humor/catpill.shtml
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Funny,
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Reading about their sharp little claws reminded me of the last cat we had, who, when she was a kitten, liked to run up my legs (bare, because it was summer) and try to cling on to the ends of my shorts/skirt. Ouch! Sadly I haven’t been able to persuade Mr Decisive that a kitten would be a useful addition to our home, so I’m afraid that I will not be asking you to Fedex a cat to me.
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Last night, Mish Mash ran up Mrs Sensible’s leg, she was wearing a skirt!!!! I think the people in the next village heard Mrs Sensible howl…. In between laughing and trying to look serious and apologetic, I pointed out that although Mish Mash was my cat I had not taught her that particular trick.
Mrs S was not amused, she has a lovely track of claw marks all the way up her left leg 🙂
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I know exactly how Mrs Sensible feels! Another trick our kitten had was swinging from the end of my towelling robe, and getting her claws tangled in the loops.
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Are you sure you don’t want another cat? 😉
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Now that I have reminded myself of the pain they can cause, it is easier to side with Mr Decisive… 🙂
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Adorable—all of them. . .keep them—it’s what you get for leaving Scooby Doo behind—
And you need to get them the liquid medicine which you put in (their little mouths that is) with a little syringe. . .
I do believe you may be redeemable of heart after all 🙂
ciao ciao bella pecora
cookie
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After Mish Mash ran up Mrs Sensible’s leg even her future is now uncertain (see above comment) Regarding the little syringe, the last time I tried to open Mish mash’s mouth I nearly lost a finger. I have left the administration of medication to Mrs Sensible.
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I just love the photo of the meditating Runt. Preparing for kung-fu action ? 😉
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Ugh, I hope this toxic plastic legs syndrome is not contagious. As cute as these kitties are, I worry for you and Mrs. S.
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It is ok, neither of us are pregnant….
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I refuse to give my cat pills. If his medication doesn’t come in a syringe (and administered by the vet) or a bottle I refuse it. I’ve had enough of lacerated arms, fingers and pullovers.
I hope you find lovely kind owners for the kitties. 🙂
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Hi Sarah. Mr Hairy goes tonight. We will have a leaving party for him
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Thanks for the fit of giggles – you made my day. Plastic legs syndrome is indeed dangerous for pregnant women – I’m speaking from experience.
I’m reading this too late in the game, but in the future, if you need a safe method to get a pill down a cat without being scratched to ribbons, here is MM’s foolproof method that got Murphy rumbled when he was little. You will need one thick top with long sleeves (I use my dressing gown), one cat and one pill. Method: 1. Stick cat headfirst down sleeve until head pops out of end. 2. Wrap clothing around cat to prevent claws from sticking through. 3. Stick finger and thumb in corners of cat’s mouth, open, stick tablet at base of tongue, close cat’s mouth immediately and hold shut whilst stroking throat with other hand. 4. Cat swallows. Release cat. Repeat as necessary.
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Release cat and run?
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I might use this method next time Mrs S is ill
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The cat runs – they don’t dare to hang around. They have more important things to do, like trying to barf up the pill with a hairball. As for trying it on Mrs Sensible, I’d be careful. Rumour has is that she does terrible things with wet wooden spoons.
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I forgot about the wet wooden spoon
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Just returned from Sicily yesterday, mainly the Vittoria area. We saw many feral cats, but the feral dogs seem to have disappeared from their roadside haunts. Has there been a campaign to eradicate them?
And what’s with the new 50-KPH speed limit for cars on major roads? (For you Americans, 50-KPH is 32-MPH speed limit.) That is so slow as to be dangerous. Also, many new automatic speed-checking cameras on the roads, and many new ZTL area in towns. These are lethal to tourists in rental cars as you only get a ticket months later. http://www.vazyvite.com/Italie/ztl.gif
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Hi Boats, is the 50 limit inside the town or outside the town? Maybe the cats ate the dogs
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On the highways outside the town. Cats don’t like the taste of dog meat.
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A couple of moths ago, my student asked me to take care of her kitten for one week. She made me decide on what name to give. My sis and I were listening to Michael Buble at the time so we named the cat after him. I learned so much from taking care of him, and I miss him so much.
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I can send you one of ours…
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