The Imps From Hell, otherwise known as Opal and Saffy, decided it would be fun to play with something that would make a lot of noise on the hardwood floors downstairs at an absurdly early hour of the morning. They found a AA battery, which was eminiently suitable to their needs. Not only did it wake me up, it left me lying in bed wondering what on earth they could have gotten hold of that would a sound like that. This forced me to go downstairs in a sleepy daze to find out just in case they were, y'know, engaged in something fiendish like building a Death Star.

On a different note, please read this post from Marilyn Krieger's blog for Sept 18th. She's helping with the rescue of 35 beautiful Bengal cats north of the L.A. area. If you can help with an adoption, money or donation of cat carriers, please contact her.

The cats are doing much better after being treated for fleas. However, I made the unhappy discovered Friday night that Zoe has a tapeworm. Which means I can safely assume Jetta has tapeworm. Tosca was already treated, but could be reinfected. With that in mind, I went to an alternate vet clinic that I've used several times before which has the benefit of being open on Sat. and Sun.

So at 9 am, I was at their doorstep with Zoe and Jetta. Everything looked fine during their exams. Two dying, twitching fleas jumped off Zoe while we had her on the metal table. I admit to viciously squashing them with my thumbnail. The two girls have had their tapeworm meds, with a second dose to be given a couple of weeks from now.

The vet was one I hadn't seen before and she was excellent. We talked about many subjects, including Zoe's aggression. Her take is that Zoe probably won't change and that keeping her long-term on the Amitriptyline is the most reasonable solution. Fortunately, she seconded the opinion of my first vet that it's a benign drug, though we need to test her kidney and liver functions once a year or so.

I also bought Capstar, a second flea-killing treatment, this one a pill. All the cats will get that today to bolster the Frontline.

Tosca has already gained half a pound! I'm relieved and happy to see that. She's gone from 10.5 to 11.12 lbs. Yay!

Pippin, however, is losing no weight at all. He's still at 21.5 lbs. I discussed that with this vet today and she recommended a different diet food, Purina MO. She said she's seen much better results with it, including a 32 lb. cat that is now at 18 lbs. I bought a bag and we'll give it a try.

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