Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: tired
  • Music: Racheal Sage, "Leah."

In which Seanan is essentially a corpse, and the cats are fluffy.

So my "little cold" turned quickly into "my big cold," and from there turned into my "oh sweet Great Pumpkin, let me die" cold. Isn't the human body awesome? I have treated it, thus far, with chicken soup and television, including a multi-hour House marathon. No matter what I've got, they've got something worse!

The cats, self-centered beasts that they are, love-love-love it when I have a cold that requires me to stay at home, crumbled under fluffy blankets and yearning for death. Why? Because it means I don't move much, and am, instead, available for endless petting of the cats. This is exactly how the world is meant to be...at least if you're asking the cats. I do love my cats. That's why they are not yet mittens.

(I'm getting my revenge, actually. I'm making them eat their Science Diet. They hate Science Diet. Mwahahahahahaha.)

The nice thing about a cold, for me, is that I get to spend the night sleeping the deep sleep of the Q-dosed heart, with its attendant, incredibly vivid dreams. I went to the premiere of the Feed movie last night in my sleep, you guys, and it was totally awesome. So hey, there's something to be said for viral amplification, right? Right?

Okay, writing this has exhausted me. I'm going to go watch more House.
Tags: alice, cats, lilly, medical fu, too much tv, utterly exhausted
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hasufin

November 7 2010, 06:32:11 UTC 6 years ago

I wish you well. I'd send you homemade chicken soup, but by the time it got there you'll be all better. If you disagree with this assessment I'll send you a quart on Monday.

Be glad your cats merely snuggle. When I was recovering from abdominal surgery a few months ago, I lay down, thinking that I felt like crap and could totally use a snuggling cat or two... then our youngest cat came in and pounced directly on the surgical site. I have no recollection of the sound I made nor the following minutes, but the cats were no longer in the room and the door was closed.

Also, I have a suspicion that some cats dislike Science Diet due to the shape of the pellets. I think they're a bit too big, and unlike say Meow Mix, a cat has a hard time breaking the pellets into smaller bits (as I've observed some cats do).

idancewithlife

November 8 2010, 21:41:11 UTC 6 years ago

Interesting. My cat is on the urinary tract Science Diet (which he likes) but he almost always leaves a bowl (or counter, or water dish) of crunchy crumbs. Your suggestions that they are too big might be an answer for that.

hasufin

November 8 2010, 21:49:07 UTC 6 years ago

I've a pretty small sample set. I realized that texture was a big deal for some cats when I noticed that my cat at the time would sit with a bowl of Meow Mix and methodically break each of the X-shaped pieces into four smaller pieces, and only then would she eat. She was not pleased when we changed her to Science Diet; it has larger pellets which cannot be readily broken up. Since, I've noticed some other cats with the same behavior.

For urinary tract health, you might consider wet food. My vet recommends toms get wet food, as UTIs are worse than tooth decay. We compromised with dry in the morning and wet in the evening. Of course, your vet's advice trumps mine.