SimplyCats Vet Clinic Blog

One of our clients had a cat called Iffy due to give birth at any time. Watching her closely for signs of labour, her owner phoned us to say she had started with her labour.
After some hours had passed, poor Iffy had given birth to two kittens but was growing steadily tired.
Iffy’s owner brought her down to SimplyCats to see if there were any other kittens still inside. After an examination and ultrasound it was determined that there was at least one other kitten left still to be born.
As Iffy was so tired and had not progressed within a certain timescale, it was decided that she should undergo a caesarean section.
The kitten was born, very weak and cold – and unlikely to survive due to being in distress whilst inside Iffy.
Iffy was, however, an excellent mother who recovered quickly and was able to feed successfully all three kittens. At her post operative check we took some photographs – the kittens are SO CUTE!

As you can see from the picture, Caroline’s fat cat – Dubby had a great Christmas dinner. After a couple of glasses of wine and his willpower dulled, Caroline’s husband fell victim to the ‘feed me’ face and threw down a yorkshire pudding onto the floor. Dubby immediately leapt onto the pudding, steadying it with his paw.

He actually looked rather funny as he tore off strips, much like a lion on the savannah eating its kill !

To follow he ate a sprout in one lick….needless to say Caroline had a few sharp words to say to her husband as she looked in the litter tray later on…..ewww

The moral of the story is “if your cat is on a special diet, don’t feed him extras, such as yorkshire pudding and sprouts as

a) he will put on weight and
b) you would not like to see / smell the litter tray afterwards, and
c) cats are not meant to eat human food”

Last week I noticed Megan had a sore eye and didn’t seem herself so I brought her in to see ‘Aunty Sarah’
Sarah gave her an examination and said she had a viral infection so gave her tablets, Metacam and some eye drops. She has suprised me by taking her tablets better than I thought……well I had to wrap her up in a towel but there you go. A couple of times the tablets ended up stuck on my dressing gown but they went back down and all was well. I found her one morning, drinking the cold remnants of my coffee from breakfast time…..her head was almost lost in the mug bless her ! Anyway all is well with her I am pleased to say.
Maisie, my oldest girl is very well at the moment – she gave herself a fright the other night though. I was watching TV and all of a sudden I heard a great commotion. Megan was asleep with me on the settee and suddenly Maisie came hurtling down the stairs and into the sitting room attached to a Primark carrier ! She has been snuffling about in it and got it stuck so she had taken off with it attached and came downstairs like a whirlwind. Poor Megan got the fright of her life and followed Maisie all over until I could get it off her. No one was hurt I am pleased to add. Just one very perturbed pussycat, one startled younger sister and one now wide awake Mam

We had an unusual customer the other day in the back yard at SimplyCats – a very hypothermic snow cat. It remains in quite a critical, frozen state, but will hopefully make a full melted recovery if we ever get a thaw!!

Caroline’s youngest cat, Maisey enjoys ruining a game of ‘pop up pirate’ by patting the dice and playing pieces away from the board with her paw – but the question is – is it really Maisey or some strange alien cat in disguise???

Taliah enjoyed dressing up as a witch for Halloween. She looks so cute !
If anyone has any cute pictures of their cats, send them attached to an e-mail to: caroline.pallister@simplycats.net and we would be pleased to include them in our future publications and on our website blog.

One of Caroline’s cats, Maisey enjoys a quiet time by the fire.

She is not amused when Dubby tries to jostle nearer and promptly swipes him with her paw to discourage him !

The irony is, that after Dubby gave up on a pole position by the fire, Maisey got way too hot and decided to move away, and stretched out at the other side of the room !

The Young Ones winner this month is Pippa Magee – a lovely tortie and white queen. Pictured below Pippa are the other lovely kittens – Fifi, Tom & Jojo who also visited us in September. Book your kitten in now to commence its vaccination course and he or she could be in with a chance of winning October’s competition to win a voucher worth £10 to spend on any product or service here at SimplyCats!

Cats will drink water from the strangest of places – puddles, the toilet, bath, sink, even the shower tray.

Being guilty of all of the aforementioned, Caroline decided to purchase a cat water fountain for her cats.

This was especially for Maisey who is the worst offender, climbing into the sink while Caroline was getting washed and licking the water from the tap as it is flowing.

Here is a picture of Maisey licking the actual fountain, rather than drinking out of the reservoir itself.

Caroline can now get washed in peace and can recommend the use of water fountains for similar offenders.

Caroline

Maisey strikes again at Caroline’s house sleeping where she shouldn’t.

This time on the piano stool which is covered in a velvet-like fabric, perfect for attracting cat hairs! Despite pushing the stool halfway under the piano.

Maisey still manages to squash herself in and deposit the required hairs, ready for the posterior of the next piano-playing victim!!

Caroline

It’s time for Caroline to share some more nature photography shots – the close up of the bee on a foxglove was taken in July after much waiting and near misses from stings!

The photo of the poppy field is above Rainton Meadows. For those of you who live locally will know that is is a nature reserve created from the old pit works.

Caroline

A couple of weeks ago during some heavy rain some fledgling starling chicks took refuge within the bird table in the back garden. They were forced to remain there all day due to the fact that the heavy rain had drenched their feathers and they weren’t quite sure how to deal with it. Popping out occasionally for a fat ball treat and some seeds, they obviously were quite comfortable in their ‘hotel’ as when the rain stopped, they stayed there for quite some time. Luckily, Caroline’s three cats are ‘fair weather’ cats and stayed indoors through the starling ordeal!

Who says you can’t enjoy birds in your garden when you have cats!

Caroline

This could be a regular topic for Caroline as one of her cats, Maisey takes time out on the dining table from examining a giant lava lamp which she found really scary!

Caroline

Those of you who have signed up to receive our monthly e-mail ‘Mewsletter’ will already know that Caroline, one of our receptionist’s cats, Dubby is on a strict diet.

Having topped the scales at just over 9 kilos some months ago it was time to take drastic action!

Dubby joined Nurse York’s slimming regime and now Caroline feeds Dubby measured diet food sachets so there can be no ‘extras’ and she is happy to say that he is losing weight, slowly, but steadily. He is pictured sporting his sunglasses but is not ready to wear the bikini yet!

You can follow Dubby’s progress by signing up to the Mewsletter . If you feel your cat may be overweight, you can bring him along to a free nurse weight clinic here at SimplyCats – call 0191 3859696 to make an appointment.

Caroline

It seems that many cats like to ‘help’ when it comes to packing or unpacking things at home. This is my cat, Katie getting in on the action, along with my son, Calum.

Caroline