How We Beat the Heat or "Are You There God? It's me, Beatrix"
She's a little woman now, and i think it's finally really over
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To quote myself:
Imagine your three year old has suddenly got crazy PMS; that's kind of what it's like.
Something's wrong and she doesn't understand and she needs a hug.
She's also crampy and wants to eat a lot, maybe scream a little, maybe throw stuff.
i think she's been very good about it but i'm still not sure what that odorless disappearing stain was after her tummy rub.
Poor kid. We go to the doctor in two weeks. You'll never have to go through this again.
Still, it's like we're bonding over her period.
Which is much nicer than having your mom totally forgetting to ever explain that bit to you and then being all hellaciously annoyed it happened all of a sudden (even though the exact same thing happened with the first kid, which you might think would teach her, but no--)
i think i lucked out because there was no screeching or anything extreme. Two loud meows a night from a kitty who makes birdie noises for the most part and some extra rambunctiousness warned me something was up, but i'm pretty sure she was in it for at least two days before i knew for sure and she was in the grips of full blown estrus. In part, i blame the weather.
How does a cat get to eight months or more without going into heat? i suspect it started with me turning up the heat because i thought it was too cold for her, then the temperature changed from freezing to 60. They don't call it heat for nothing.
By time it had started to subside some, i heard a now all too familiar mewing from the hallway, accompanied by "Shut up!" as some poor girl was being walked out of the building in a carrier.
But The Bees was a real sweetheart while dealing with unfamiliar hormone cascades and unseemly frequent wetness. Her tips?
Going full on Confuse-a-Cat is unnecessary, but distraction helps, like extra food treats with the human of your choice, lying on cold cloths or quick baths (even if they are accidental (just fall in)), chase that thing, chase that thing, chase that thing, frequent napping, and all the girly pampering and telly time you can handle.
Besides
PR Canada, which is on par with
PR, we took in both seasons of
Project Catwalk.
You'd think Catwalk would be a more appropriate choice here, but appropriate is really not a word that applies to PC. Oh, irony.
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