A Tale of Two Kitties

Luigi is not very happy with Albus, or having his temperature taken! All of our cats are indoors only. Albus is a master escape artist. Because I went out the sliding door and didn’t come back in the same way, Albus took advantage of the unlatched screen and pushed it open to go out for “lunch.” Unfortunately, Luigi followed. About 15 minutes had passed when I noticed the door was open about 4". I saw both cats outside by some day lilies, which are highly toxic to cats. Supposedly even just licking the pollen off of their fur can cause renal failure within 72 hours. This is not the first time Albus has done this and he was fine. But on the side of caution, and because I really had an extra almost $700 burning a hole in my pocket, we took both cats to the emergency vet for an exam and a couple of shots—one for fluid and the other for anti-nausea. We did find two barfs and know that one happened within 15 minutes after ingesting the leaves. We also counted the leaves and matched them up with the number missing on the plant. Hopefully they’ll both be fine.


Yesterday's photo: