Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Gizmo came to us infested with fleas, so he needed a bath to get rid of them all. Now Gizmo feels great!
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Awww…. poor wet orange baby!!!!! I’m sure he is a puffbal of fun when he dries up!
You don’t remember what happened when Gizmo got wet, do you?
BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!!!
hundreds and hundreds of new Gizmos!!!!!
your comment was soooo funny, i get it but i guess i must be old
Just don’t feed him after midnight!
He looks mad!
HE’S SO CUTE!!!!!! I WISH I HAD HIM!! By the way, he looks mad, but in the inside, he’s spoiled with joy! He’s just a little tired. (Believe me, i have one too!)
MOMMIE, I’Z ALL WET !!!
Such a little bitty kittty to havve to go thru what he did. Now thanks to your care he will be happy and healthy.
someone looks downright miserable. awwww…better than fleas though!
Awwww! He looks so forlorn…I’m sure that adorable sweetie is grateful that he is flea free.
meanwhile he is thinking - If I could get out of this straight jacket I would show you my WRATH!!!
Little kitty wrath is sooo cute! Painful but cute.
Yes, those sweet flattened ears say it all - personally, I like to use a flea comb. You make a small dish of water and dish soap, then you flea comb and dip the comb in the water - the fleas can’t swim to the side and jump out, they drown. You do end up with a pretty wet kitten - but it is less traumatic than a bath or fleas swarming to the top of the head. Whatever, I am glad you have the little dear and he is free of fleas. Bless those who adopt !!
I would always start a flea bath by pouring water right at their neck before putting them it. As long as the collar area is wet, the fleas can’t retreat.
Then, once you have the enemy outflanked you attack with all your forces and CRUSH THEM UNDER YOUR FEET!!!
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!
He looks totally ticked off! What a cutie! I’m glad he has a good home.
Boy can kitties look _PISSED_ (lol). Can I help dry off this little orange boy? Can I also slip him into my purse before Huddy’s mama knows I’ve done it? (yeehaw! Got him! But I’ll share)
Awwwwwwww!!! He looks entirely disgusted……
Poor Gizmo is saying “Why, God? Why?”
Such a little slip of a guy.
And I see you Judy!
HAPPY FRIDAY TDK FAMILY!!!
FINALLY FRIDAY!
Aoha Friday…. no work ’til Monday…
Poor baby looks so indignant. What a little sweetie. Does anyone else see a bit of an orange Yoda in that pose?
Wet I am! Happy am not! (said in a Yoda voice)
Hmm - he does have that Yoda look.
Hrmmm…
Wet he is.
Yes! I thought “Yoda* as soon as I saw the little Gizmo!
He looks so forlorn, poor but lucky baby! He’s lucky to have you to take care of his little self.
Ha ha! An English teacher’s nightmare!
Wet I am, but end of the scratching there is…relief I feel…yes, better I am
“Me flunk English? Unpossible!” - Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons
“My cat’s breath smells like cheese”
Poor Ralph.
Happy Friday everyone!!!
How are you feeling Huddy’s mama???
I am not doing bad, hon. It’s gotta be the super duper pain pills I’m on. They don’t make you drowsy, they just make the pain go away. Usually I try not to do too much (like yesterday when I totally overdid) and I’m ok.
I am glad that Perry seems to be doing beter. Give that baby extra hugs for me.
Hi Elene!
Thanks for your posts. Perry is not eating very well. He doesn’t care for the special food. The other cats like it though!
Your vet might need to prescribe him an appetite stimulant to get him back on an even keel. If you decide to try him on baby food in the short term, check the label to make sure it doesn’t contain onion or garlic powder. Of the Urinary Tract formula dry foods out there, my kits like Royal Canin and Purina One the best.
Hello ppearson!
I called the vet last night and told them about Perry not eating much. They said to wait until today to see what he does. She also suggested about the appetite stimulant. Poor Perry. He is acting a bit more like his old self. He was “digging” the back of my legs before laying down there last night. Awwww… He walks around and meows a lot though. My daughter said the other night after I brought him home and had to go out, he was meowing for awhile. That makes me feel so sad as I don’t know what he wants or is thinking about. He did that a lot when I gave her sister away many years back.
The appetite stimulant is really just an antihistamine, but it works great. You might also try to pet Perry while he’s eating (away from any other people/animals). He may eat more if you are there and petting him. I wouldn’t recommend the marijuana leaves (!) suggested by another poster…you might have a hard time “finding it fresh” and an even harder time trying to explain to the officer that … “it’s for my cat…REALLY…to stimulate his appetite…do you have any donuts in there…” *giggle-giggle*
Want me to ask my 8th graders where to get the ‘fresh stuff’? They were shocked when I mentioned to them that I PAID for the music I downloaded to my MP3 player. . . .
Try giving him some fresh grown marijuna leaves if you can get some or get some that is smoke and grind it up to like a powder and put it in his food. It worked for mine and it beats the typical catnip which really does nothing for the kitty. I actually had a vet agree with me on this. It won’t make kitty sick but MUNCHIES it will have. try it you’ll see…………….
Good morning Bumblebee. Are you off today? How do you like the new threat of snow on Sunday? We should be cutting grass and planting annuals by now not worrying about snow shovels.
Goodmorning all TDKers. Keep a close eye on those black cats today.
Hello Elene.
At least I am home with him today and tomorrow.
Yes, I am off today. Had to call and pay some bills this am and call the bank for my savings account interest for my taxes. It was 76 cents!! Ha ha…. That doesn’t change anything. Have to go back to my friend’s house later and finish my taxes.
Perry is on my lap now and giving me rabbit kicks and biting me. Awwww… I guess he is really feeling better! I was so worried. He looked so bad yesterday I was afraid he was gonna die.
I just heard about the snow from a customer at work and they said Monday. Maybe it is moving up sooner. I hope not cause I don’t want to miss another day of work.
I’m glad he’s doing better. Sounds like a few more hugs and petting sessions with you and he’ll be back to his old self again.
Snow. AARRGHHHH
Mommy love is the most powerful magic of all. Lots of white light around you both!
He’s going to be spoiled with you being with him. And isn’t that wonderful?
So happy he’s doing better. Cats are so sensitive it’s scarey. Still sending good energy though, don’t want to quit before Perry’s 100%!
Oooh, going to a shelter today with the late Tatoo’s mommy - she may adopt one of Paddy’s kittens. As much as I hope he’s been aopted, I would like to cuddle Jimi, a medium hair, all black young cat. I grew up with black cats, so no superstition here.
I’ve had a couple of black cats in my life. People always thought they were my ‘familiars’. Now, why would they think THAT? :O
Ok, so I know you have a pitchfork, but do you have a broom too? I do, & it’s black! Threatening to ride it to work if gas prices keep going up…
Will we see that on youtube?
My broom’s in for repairs, right now….
This is the 21st Century. I ride a purple Dyson!
When I was a kid my brother told me I would grow up to be a test pilot in a broom factory.
Hey HM, when you go for a ride, make sure that you come by Central Florida!! It’s been a while since I’ve been on a broom!
HD — got one of those, too…the PURPLE-PET Hair model…but it can’t even keep up with the pet hair…race ya!
You guys are TOO funny. I know my coworkers wonder what I laugh at all day.
Central Florida, I’ll be there post haste. CatRancher, you’re ON! Susan, was your brother right?
Jimi the black cat has been adopted, yay! He went to his forever home today, Friday The 13th. Oooooo, scary!
How sweet, he got a forever home. That’s heartwarming, Joan.
I had a black cat named Ophelia, she got pregnant from the black cat next door, Merlin. She had three black babies, Othello, Hamlet and Daphnie. Daphnie was friendly to a fault and had the longest tail. She could jump straight up from the floor 9 feet. How do I know? My boyfriends insane sister brought her bird over on the way from the vet. I was so worried that I moved all the furniture away from the center of the room and climbed a ladder to hang the cage from my 10 foot cathedral ceiling. We heard this horrible noise while I was making tea and when we got to the room Daphnie was clinging to the cage trying to get the bird! Serves her right the crazy b*&ch!
ROTFLMAO!
what’s the ROT stand for? I got the rest…
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My @ss Off. I’m horrible with those things. I had to ask the other day what some of them meant and that was one of them.
Rosie in SA,
ROTF stands for Rolling on the floor.
O.K., but what’s JCL?
HM no I do not test brooms too busy sticking pins in my voodoo doll.
I’m sure he’s got over it and is happy to have a human family to boss around.
Did you know that there is a feral cat colony behind Parliament Hill in Ottawa? Here you can see the cats in the cold winter.
http://members.tripod.com/emilyandjulius/id30.htm
Please don’t drop off stray cats there, though, as it is a stable colony that does not welcome newcomers.
ahhhhh - the poor little bubber!! He just doesnt look too happy there, but he looks like he’s gonna be a beautiful baby boy!!
Aww, poor little guy! I think cats look so cute when they’re wet. They also get unbelievably PO’d. He is absolutely adorable and will eventually forgive you for the evil but necessary bath.
I thought you were never ever supposed to get gremlins wet… look out, Gizmo’s people!
HI!TDKR’S,this little guy say’s “Hey what are you trying to do drown me!”,BTW,now taking applications for adoptions for my little tuxedo girls they will be ready in 10 weeks.anyone wanting to apply can go to dixiebell552003at yahoodot com and ask for application.
*giggling helplessly* They look so mad and out of sorts when you bathe them, but in some cases it necessary. Poor baby, I’m sure he’s much happier now.
The day I got my Velvet, she pooped, peed, and drooled on herself on the way home. Do not pass go, do not collect $200, right to the bathroom sink you go !!!
That reminds me of the way our Hobbes arrived home, also a cute little ginger guy - all grown up now at 10 years old, and one of the sweetest cats ever - still suckles on my wool sweater if I have it on!
This sounds familiar. When we brought our 2 babies home we hadn’t expected to have 2. The kitten, Teddy, was in the cat carrier that we’d brought with us (sleeping like an angel). Sammy (2 yrs old) was in a cardboard carrier we’d gotten from the shelter. And he was mad. Halfway through the trip home he busted through the carrier (literally…. *BOOM* and he birthed himself through the wall) and then he pooped and puked (AT THE SAME TIME!) in the floor of the car. Oh, I’ve never smelled such a thing in my life! Poor guy (or POOR ME!)
That’s funny!!! I can visualize it.
When I was a vet tech I was holding a cat so the vet could clip the nails of the extra toes and I thought the cat took it very well until I reached into my pocket a few minutes later to find that the cat had pooped in it.
You’re killing me………with laughter!
XD ROFLMAO! Dude, that is funny.
Poor little guy! BTW here’s a link with some really cool animal pics:
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=21785
Yikes! The cat with the shark mouth!
The images are disturbing, like something out of the Twilight Zone!
Wow crazy cool! I love the first one (I collect rhinos) and the butteray is fabulous! I think my fav is the guppyhopper.
Hehee, love that totally disgusted look! Sure bet he feels better though!
hehe, loove the look but im sure he is much happier now that he is flea free
C
Aww, Gizmo….
This is the best bath photo EVER!
Look at those flat ears. Urge to kill…rising FUZZ
Looks like he’s got a bit of a ‘tude there. So glad he’s happy now. What a sweet little guy; great name too.
All fresh and clean from a nice bath! Why so downcast, little kitty? Mommy loves you and is taking goooood care of you!
Poor wet kitty……… but so cute!!!!!!
The facial expressions that you get from cats never fails to make me laugh. I’m sure Gizmo is now a furry ball of love (with great expressions).
Interesting slide show RE: Pet Food recall
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/hl/032107petfoodrecall;_ylt=AowLVq6Otr.QHQyoF_qkQavmWMcF&auto=yes
Hope SOMEONE finally gets to the bottom of this….
Thanks for the update. I wasn’t aware there were hearings going on. It’s a good thing I guess.
Oh, such an assault upon one’s dignity is unconscionable!!
I love this little guy.
It seems to me that ginger kitties have purrfected the miserable/annoyed look…
Ohhh you havnt seen my Calico Doxie (was Aeryn) when she is peeved off lol
Sebastian can look quite disdainful, himself. Usually when Maverick and Hudson are playing together.
Last night, Hudson and Maverick were running around (they always tell me when the weather is about the change) and they ran AT each other and I guess they both intended to jump over the other’s back. Well they both leapt at the same time - and did the Milli Vanilli / Flea & Anthony Kiedis chest bump. I laughed like a crazy woman for the rest of the night.
That is sooooo true about the weather changing…when my 7 are extra fiesty, I know a front of some sort is moving in…they’re such sensitive little beasts, aren’t they?
That would have been a $100.000 if you could have got it on tape, video whatever they call it today! Too funny
Oh yes I know from experience how attitudinal calicos are. And the evil looks!
Oh the Meezers are definitely pros at evil looks
What an very irked but sweet boy….
He may not like the bath, but I bet he’s happy now that the fleas are gone and he has a warm place to sleep.
Gizmo, baby, it’s OVER! Ears up, little guy! There’s nothing as forlorn looking as a cat after a bath — total resignation….lol
We tried to bathe one of our ex cats once and the result was a shredded shirt and loads of scratches on the shoulder. Just lime my tom when he was taken to the vet’s. Luckily I was wearing coat, but I could still feel his claws… Ouch…
The last time we had to bathe Bounce, he actually ripped the paper towel holder off the wall. Oh and the paper towels went into the sink (of course)!
Poor kitty! I’m going to have to give Bob a bath when I get home from work (as if his week hasn’t been bad enough!). We got this awful kitty litter that doesn’tseem to klump - or maybe it’s because the poor fellow just keeps peeing and peeing because of his kidney problem - the litterbox can’t keep up, eventhough I change the whole thing every day! Anyway this stupid kitty litter (expensive stuff, too) doesn;t dry in the litterbox, but on poor Bobsky’s paws where it gets stuck! and then dragged all over the place! Is anyone coming to South Florida with a broom? We could sure use one!
Oh poor baby!! I hope Bob will be feeling better soon
Throw it out! If it is clumping on the cat, can you imagine what it’s doing INSIDE the cat when he grooms himself?! My vet (feline specialist) tells all our clients to never ever use the clumping litter. He said he had to remove an intestinal blockage of the stuff a couple few years ago.
Omigosh! That’s awful. Yet another reason to be glad for toilet training.
BTW, Ferrule is still coming to get me so that I can hold his front paws while he poops in the toilet. He will pee on his own though.
I hate that litter. It seems to turn into cement !!!!!!!
the last time i gave my calico Ariel a bath i got a scar. my friend was holding her down cause she hates water. im just standing there lathering her up and she noses me on the face and im thinking “aw sweet kitty even tho she hates this”. two mins later she grabs my hole head with her front paws and bites my nose! i stared screaming and bleeding, my friend is freaking out asking me if im ok. i thought i had just gotten my nose pierced. i have a small scar now and have found alternative ways to get rid of fleas.
Gizmo looks like my girl Forrest. He is just adorable. I love the oranges!!
Bathing beauty! Poor kitty he looks like he is saying darn it Mom why did you do that to me? Poor kitty!
Gizmo does not look amused! I think cats get p.o’ed when they are wet because they know they look completely undignified that way. And, we all know how important dignity is to our fuzz-butts!