Sassy cats – The doghouse

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It’s all so exhausting!

Gracie here. I’m in the doghouse. The peep said that a doghouse is different from a cat house and I’m definitely in the doghouse. Hopefully without dogs!

It started like this. I have been barfy the past few weeks. The peep says she should buy stock in a paper towel company. (Not sure what that means but she uses a lot of them!)

I barfed under her desk on the computer wires. (That was a nasty cleanup.) I barfed most everywhere but when I barfed on her Mahjong card, it tipped the scales. She was really annoyed. The card is laminated but it’s one of those things us cats can’t touch. It’s like the holy grail.

She had used laxatone (a cat medication to help hairballs go through the GI system) before with some success. The vet doesn’t want her using it all the time but it’s one of the few medications she can give me without injury (her injury!). (I’m a real pip about taking meds!) She puts a blob on my leg, and I lick it off.

The new tube is runny. Much more so than the last one. The stuff is sticky and has the consistency of molasses. When she opened the tube to put some on her finger, it ran all over her desk. She put it on my leg and I shook it off. It splattered. (Did I say it was sticky?)

It was on the cat bed, new blankie, her desk, the wall, the computer and oh no! her mahjong card.

Here’s the kicker. I walked over to her desk and licked up the original blob all by myself. So, if she had put it on a saucer, I would have lapped it up. (Peep is banging head on desk!) She doesn’t know why this tube is so runny and the last one wasn’t but from now on, she will try the saucer first. She eventually got it off everything, but she said bad words. Occasionally, she comes across a sticky spot on her desk. This is the gift that keeps on giving.

Gus: I think I have to poop!

The next time she put it in a saucer, Gus ate it. (Peep again banging head on desk!) He doesn’t get hairballs. In fact, he hasn’t barfed in the three years he’s been here. I must give him lessons. His GI tract is lubed!

Anyhow, that was this week in the doghouse. Gracie here, over and out!

57 thoughts on “Sassy cats – The doghouse”

  4. Uhoh…..sounds like a bit of a MESSY time over your way! Hopefully even though there were a few “uhohs” in the barfing medication procedure, everything worked out in the end (so to speak!).

    Hugs, Teddy

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    • I’m giving her the laxatone a couple times a week and the frequency has decreased but she had a present for me this morning. I have a throw on the recliner that she occasionally sleeps on. She barfed on the recliner just off of the (very washable) throw. Sigh!

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  6. Dear Gracie in the Doghouse – I’m sorry to read you are there, even though no canine is there to share space with you. Twasn’t nice to barf on the wires … it’s always a tangled mess in awkward places … next time you ought to aim better Gracie but ’nuff said on that topic and yes, I can imagine the Peep’s face when you went and licked the blob of medicine off the desk.

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    • We did Miralax for a while but it has to be mixed in food. Gracie doesn’t eat all her food at one time so I worry that another cat will get it. We may go back to that though.

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  9. Should we call you Your Barfiship now Gracie? It can’t be much fun, but then I don’t know much about cats, though our neighbour’s kitten is teaching me. She loves me and greets me at the door, then rolls over for tummy rubs. The other day she snuggled up against my pocket and went to sleep.
    Hope you’re feeling better anyway. Treats to you all by proxy.

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  12. Oooh Gracie, your poor Mama! I hope your barfs have become less, and that you will find a way to charm yourself out of the doghouse. Meanwhile get some ice packs for your mom’s poor head!

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  17. Oh, Gracie, you don’t know how lucky you are not to be a ‘people’. When people continue barfing like you have been, they go to the hospital – a place like the vets but for people. Think about how much you don’t like going to the vet’s as an incentive to not barf so much!

    Be kind to your mama and, if you MUST barf, find a place where it will be easy for her to clean up! Take care of her a little bit in return for all of the care she takes with you!

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  18. Your misfortune is my smile today. (Yes big test today) Thank you! And I too HATE cleaning up barf! I guess my most favorite is when you are walking barefooted down the hall…and up you don’t see it on the wood floor till your in it!!!! ARRGH!

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    • I don’t walk barefoot anymore. I have slippers by the bed for middle of the night pee runs. Good luck on your test today. I had one yesterday. More about that later.

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  19. our dad was in the doghouse during his whole chldhood, so it is not that bad we think LOL… hugs to you we hope for a good weekend for you all…

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  23. Gracie, you’ve outdone yourself in the barf department, and your peep is going to get a concussion if you persist and she bangs her head too many times. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, coming up soon, how about a little truce for a bit?!

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