It was another poopy week here. Hazel had another bout of diarrhea. Fortunately I had medicine in-house but it was five days until she (and I) felt better. When she doesn’t come out for dinner I know I have a sick kitty. She is on a new special diet along with antibiotics. Special means costly. The new stuff costs three times more than her old food. Sigh. Perhaps she lost more weight. Always look for the silver lining. Somewhere.
Toe beans – those are the thick-skinned flesh of the toe on a cat. I’m part of a cat group on Facebook. (I know you are stunned!) Cat people have been posting toe bean pictures. For the last two weeks I’ve been trying to get some photos of one of my cats showing their beans. I didn’t get any great shots. No one was cooperative. Mollie is the only one with pink beans. I did get this not great picture. They are cats. What do you expect?
Always something – This past week Gracie has become infatuated with Venetian blinds. A cat can do real damage – teeth marks, bent slats. We’re working on changing this behavior. I have no idea where it came from. Both Morgan and Hazel in their younger days destroyed a Venetian blind. Maybe it’s a rite of passage.
As soon as reading that Hazel didn’t come out for dinner I was ready to call 911. Glad you are both doing better.
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I wasn’t really sick, just upset about her. She heals, I heal.
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Hope Hazel (and you!) are recovered soon, and also that the Venetian blind thing can be sort of nipped in the bud!
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Gracie is using that to get me up in the morning to feed her. If she were a person, I don’t think she would be likeable.
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Sorry about you and Hazel having felt bad , hope you both are soon back to 100%! Love the toe beams 🙂
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Hazel is good (therefore I am good since I was only worried about her). I love the beans too. I keep trying to get a shot of my own cats.
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I hope Hazel feels better soon.
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She is doing better but not liking the new food. No one likes to eat what they should for their health.
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I put my fingers in between these beans to massage their feet.
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Awww! You are so sweet! My cats won’t let me touch them there.
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Toe beans were new to me. I don’t remember ever looking at the paws of our cats. It’s always fun to read about your felines.
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I never heard of them until the last couple of weeks!
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Poor Hazel! Hope she is now past her poorly phase?
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She is. Not rocking the new food but no more pooping.
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No pooping is good!
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Kate – I continue to learn so much from your site. The thick skinned, exposed flesh on cat’s paws are called ‘Toe beans’? And they smell like Frittos? I seriously never knew this!
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I don’t know if they smell like Fritos but they call them toe beans.
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Toe beans, huh? I hadn’t heard of that before, but it is a good description. Funny that they are now a “thing” on Facebook. I’m glad that Hazel is on the mend… I’m sure she hated having to miss a meal.
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I was trying to stay positive but I don’t like her missing a meal either. I know something is major wrong!
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Poor Hazel. She’s having a rough go. Poor Kate, stuck on clean up duty. Did Hazel at least make it to the box?
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Not always but mostly on the linoleum floor by her litter box so it was easy to clean. We went through a lot of Clorox wipes though.
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I love kitty toe beans and as long as they haven’t been recently in the LB, kitty toe beans smell like fritos. Really, I never sniffed a toe bean that didn’t… so, if you are brave enough! Warmth seems to make that fritos aroma much more noticeable. Hope you and Hazel are feeling much better!
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Fritos? Really? I’ll crack out the salsa!
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Give ’em a sniff… fritos I’m telling you!
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I’ve never heard the term ‘toe beans’, but it’s kinda cute. So sorry Hazel and your good self have been poorly. Interesting about venetian blinds……… do you think they mentioned in in passing like some secret paw shake? Take care of you and yours.
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The blinds are most likely an initiation activity for the cat sorority.
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Ha! 😀
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I have never heard the term “toe beans” before, but what a perfect descriptor! It is amusing to think of the many uploads to a Facebook page! I do hope Hazel is feeling better, and a week of kitty diarrhea has to be unpleasant for everyone! I hope the latest storm didn’t do any damage to your emerging spring pond and that you have a lovely weekend, Kate.
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Pond is good. It is too warm to do damage or even hang around too long. They are predicting bumping close to 60 next week. Woo hoo!
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I love toe beans! And kitten loves to pet my face with his little beans. But he won’t sit still long enough for the adorable pic of beans, either.
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I never heard of them until about a month ago when FB lit up with “toe bean” shots. I don’t know how they get them. Even when Mollie has all 4 paws in the air, she bends her paws over and with all the floof you can’t see any beans.
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I hope Hazel, and you, feel better soon. All of our animals in this area seem to be sick. You can see them eating grass, nearly every where you look. Our Dane, awakened us this morning retching at 5am.
I’ll have to see if Reboot has any photogenic toe beans. I doubt it, since she is pure black.
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My gray cats all have gray beans which are hard to see in a photo. I’ve been stalking Mollie who is not happy about that.
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Ugh, special diet food. I know exactly what you mean about cost! Hope Hazel continues to feel better.
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She is doing much better but the food is forever. She eats it but it’s not her favorite. She tries to eat the other cats’ food instead.
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Gosh, it is always something. Aw…poor Hazel. You know I can relate to her tummy issues.
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Me too. The vet says she has IBS. Poor cat.
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Toe beans are wonderful. Of course, what would you expect from me, Ally Bean?! Hang in there Kate, next week will be better. No doubt.
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It’s already better. Getting the poop under control is like euphoric!
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But you’ve got FOUR cats and they all get along? I’ve got only TWO and they are always spatting!
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I’ve had cats that didn’t get along. When I had Jake I also had an old cranky cat that didn’t get along with anyone (sometimes that included me — I have scars!). I had to keep them separated. That was a pain. She was old so she liked being by herself in a very nice sunny bedroom. Don’t want to go through that again. Morgan and Gracie spat. It’s the battle of the grays but it’s in play. Never any damage and lots of chasing.
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