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Since Ivy has appropriated the sitting room couch, Maddie has launched a move of her own and set up shop on the papasan in the living room:
Mine.
Mine
Mi.. grmph zzzzz
Of course, Maddie's napped on every piece of furniture in the house multiple times, but she's just getting territorial again. Ain't life grand?
It's nice. I get to sit and watch a completely sacked cat. It's a good thing Ivy has a collar, 'cause if she didn't I couldn't tell which end is which. Well, except for the ears, the tail, the cavernous yawn...
Isn't she a sweetie?
And the paw in the air below? It's not a stretch. She napped like that for 5 minutes. That's what we call Napping Hard.
Here we have it:
Both cats on the couch at the same time. We had some yowling and growling from both, but after they got settled it calmed down. Granted, in this photo they both look like they are trying to think the other out of existence, but there was peace. They both ended up snoozing happily. Here's another shot from a day or two later:
I hope this is the start of kitty-reconciliation to the fact that they are both here to stay, like it or not.
We think this came about 'cause we've been watching Lost; Season 2 on dvd, and the girls want a good view of the TV to make sure nothing bad happens to Hurley.
And many thanks LadyRanger who was quick with the camera when the cats declared detente.
News for all you Ivy fans out there...
We took GrannyCat to the vet last week 'cause the bump on her eyelid (seen below) was looking strange.
It didn't seem to be giving her any trouble, but it looked very irritated, so we decided we would rather be safe than sorry.
The vet gave us a couple of possible causes, from simple "old cat bump" to cancer, either benign or malignant. He didn't feel that it was a major problem, and since it hasn't grown much if at all since we've had Ivy, it's probaly not much to worry about. He did give us the option of having a slice of her eyelid removed (which is apparently not too traumatic) but we rejected the idea (after getting real queasy about the whole thing) since it doesn't appear to be a dangerous bump. The vet prefers not to do it because it would require general anasthesia, and he's uneasy about that with a cat Ivy's age. So we're all leaving well enough alone.
We were given some antibiotic to give Ivy for her chronic sneezes, which *have* gotten worse recently. I have to give her a dropper full of the stuff twice a day which she hates, but the sneezing and very wet slurpy burbling has tailed off.
Ivy now weighs 10 pounds. Who'da thunk it back in april when we found her?
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