Where is my catnip bag? (Yes, all that stuff is in our family room! It’s an obstacle course unless you are a cat.)
Hazel here, after a week of diarrhea meds and vet calls, I’m ok. The vet is talking about poop samples and maybe a diarrhea sample next time it happens. The human doesn’t like gathering that stuff. Something about needing a gas mask or wiping out the vet clinic. Not sure what that’s all about as my plops smell delightful! There’s may also be a probiotic (cha-ching) in my future. Hope it’s catnip flavored or maybe tuna. Yum!
Morgan: Red dot! You have a red dot? Let me at it!
The human made a new friend at the real gym. I suggested a gift of catnip but she rolled her eyes. Humans are not rational. Catnip is the best gift of all.
Unless you are talking about the red dot. The red dot occasionally appears. Even I, Hazel the Humongous, will take a couple of wipes at it. Morgan will go crazy though.
We got to spend some time on the screened porch during the warm days. We are now waiting for spring so the human puts the cushions back. Human says 53 more days. Yay!
See you all next week!
Views and Mews by Coffee Kat 
Thinking of poor Hazel I struggled with the “like” option! I hope your human gets some answers for you very soon. That is not a fun condition for anyone in the household, I’m quite sure. I’m scrunching up my face even as I type this! LOL!
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We got the test results today and she has IBD similar to Crohn’s. She has meds — some short term for inflammation and some long term.
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Oh Hazel, what’s going around? I had to take in a sample for Dexter the other day. They gave me an actual way to collect it. Does your mom have that? Tested negative for Giardia (phew!). But something is still going on. So, Woodrow will be going to the vet so they can collect an “extra fresh” sample for another test. Poor guy. Both Dexter and Woodrow are having the same problem. Hope you’re feeling better soon!
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Thanks for sharing with us, Hazel! And hope your Hooman is bearing up as well! 😉
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Hooman cray-cray. I drop food ghosts around and she gets upset. Go figure.
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I hope everything comes out all right in the end, Hazel.
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The hooman thinks that’s funny!
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Laugh with her, Hazel. Your hooman is very special.
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Good luck to pooper and potential poopee–
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And the scooper!
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Poor Hazel. There are probiotics that are chicken flavored, not sure about other flavors though.
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The ones the vet recommended are pretty pricey. On-line it’s $28 for a 30 days supply. I’m sure it’s more at the vet. I’ve had no experience with other ones. I had given her Pearls before (on the recommendation by my vet) but now there are ones specifically for cats.
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Glad to know you’re better Hazel. We humans worry about you!
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Hope I stay better. Vets are weird. They put stuff in weird places.
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Have a great weekend, Hazel, Human and other feline friends.
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Thanks! I hope you find a nice mousie in your house!
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So glad you are feeling better. 🙂
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The hooman is too. She needs a new cartridge for her gas mask.
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Tell Hazel I’m counting down the days until I get to go back out onto the porch. Winter be done, please.
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The hoomans wait until the beginning of April to put the cushions back but they do have two old one out there for us now. My paws get cold though. Need a fireplace!
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Now that you are feeling better, Hazel, I expect you to catch that red dot.
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I only do a few paw slams on it. Morgan goes nuts. She can climb the wall after it. That makes the hoomans laugh.
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what about Grace?
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Awww, poor Gracie (and I don’t say that often — she’s a twerp!). Morgan steamrolls right over her so it’s hard for her to get her shot at the dot. Sometimes the hoomans will do it when Morgan is sleeping but she can hear the chain jingle. She comes running and butts Gracie out of the way. We really didn’t need more grey cats. I’m sure I’m cat enough for this house.
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Alas for Gracie. I bet Morgan doesn’t let her have the ribbon, either.
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Nope. The ribbon belongs to Morgan. Most things belong to Morgan. Gracie does have a feather on a stick.
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Hazel I’m so happy that you feel better… and we agree for the poop sample… even the vet turned green (with envy?) as he opened the jar what was more a kind of pandora’s box ;O)))
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I bet you can give a nice BIG sample! I do my best but it’s not as big as a weimer poop.
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Happy to hear Hazel is doing better. Enjoy that porch while you can!
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Porch, porch, porch…that was the chant this past weekend. Or was it fly eagles fly….
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Thing One here, or am I Thing Two? My brother and I look alike, so the humans call me by both names, and now even I’m confused. Glad you’re feeling better, Hazel. I’m not that big on catnip myself, kind of a teetotaler I guess. But I do get after that red dot. Funny how it never shows up when the humans are asleep.
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I think the red dot is under the hooman’s pillow when they sleep. Mollie has tried to dig it out from there when the hoomans are sleeping. They don’t like that.
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Hi, Hazel – You must be taking a computer course with Molly. Your writing is excellent!
I am so glad to hear that you are feeling better. I’m sending positive vibes that the cushions return to your screened porch soon!
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Thanks. I like the thick cushy ones. Not the winter ones that are old and flat.
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Happy to see the Hazel pose. (Staff always seem so snooty about their poop duties, don’t they?)
Recently when we call rancher/vet relatives waaay out in the frigid Wild West, we ask if they are trying warm and they say, “Let me check. All the cats are on their backs with their feet in the air in the living room so we must be warm. If it’s cold, they coil up in the laundry.”
Stay fluffy, my friend!
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So true! We all curl into circles or meatloaves when it’s cold! Sometimes the hooman does too.
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Hazel, so glad to hear you are okay! This is an H E double L kinda way to lose weight. Time on the porch can cure what ails you. Time on the porch makes me happy… but it could be the wine. I can see Morgan with the red dot for sure. Probiotics could be a very good thing. Stay squirt free and feel better and enjoy your weekend.
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Wine? Do they make catnip wine? That would be tasty.
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Yay on Hazel feeling better, she deserves catnip for sure. “)
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She thinks so too!
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Glad that Hazel is sounding so upbeat after her rough week.
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HER rough week? You didn’t have to clean up that stuff! Yikes!
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Glad to hear you are on the up-swing! More dot chasing in your future.
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Dot chasing is exhausting. Yesterday I chased it for 3 feet and needed a nap.
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Three whole feet!! Wheww…
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I know. I wanted to call Ripley’s Believe it or Not but the hooman said no.
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Snorts and runs in circles at the anticipation of the red dot!! You too? OINKS – we *all* love that red dot. I know I sat on it one day but it disappeared. One day, I will catch it. You just wait and see. And hey heads up. Make the vet dude buy you a catniptini before he gets near your captains quarters. That’s the least he can do. Good luck friend. XOXO – Bacon
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I was holding out for a lobster dinner with flowers! *hugs to the oinker*
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