Shortly after we adopted Trixie, I went to check on her before leaving for work and saw that she was tucked in under the blankets with her head on the pillow. I assumed my wife had done it before she left and grabbed my camera as I thought it made a cute picture, but it turns out Trixie did it all on her own.
Her confidence has grown by leaps and bounds since then so we started introducing her to the other pets this weekend. We started with our dog Ellie and that went well for the most part, but Ellie did snap her jaws at times if Trixie got close to her mouth, we’ll have to keep an eye on that. Our cat Sam is still a little unsure of his new sister but he did ask repeatedly to come into her room to meet her, the biggest problem is that Trixie introduces herself as “HEY SAM I’M TRIXIE LET’S PLAY PLAY PLAY!!!!!!”, while Sam would prefer some gentle nose-sniffing and a snuggle. Nevertheless Sam is coming around a little quicker than I expected.
Boo will be the hardest, we brought him in and he just sat in the corner and hissed and moaned. On the other hand, he sniffed Trixie when she was in the cat carrier today and didn’t seem upset, so perhaps that’s some progress. He still seems out of sorts, our sensitive little Boo, but he is still playful and above all, is eating normally.
Which is not true for little Trixie and that’s why she was in the cat carrier after an unexpected vet visit. She’s been throwing up and not eating much, although seemingly fine otherwise, so my wife took her in today. It’s unlikely to be anything alarming, probably just that her young stomach is adjusting to a change in her food plus the stress of her new life, but given what we’ve been through the past few months, it’s distressing just the same.
If she’s eating by tomorrow we’ll keep her on anti-nausea meds until she’s back to normal, but if not she’ll have to go in for more tests. These last few months have left me emotionally exhausted and I tend to fall asleep early on my couch every night, hopefully things will return to normal soon. I’d like a week where everyone is eating and no one is throwing up. We’ve been cat owners for over twenty years so it’s not like we’re new at this, but we haven’t had a run of illnesses like this before.
Thankfully Ellie has been healthy despite her advancing age, although even she gave us pause when a routine test suggested she had an infection. Thankfully a follow-up test showed she was fine and the first test was a false positive.
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