Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: chipper
  • Music: Mixes from Jeff for the new album.

In which Lilly attempts to be a public menace.

Lilly has managed to get out -- accidentally, but out is still out -- twice in the past few months. Being blazingly intelligent and essentially fearless, she really doesn't understand that the world outside the house would be happy to cause her extreme bodily harm. Sadly, I understand this all too well, and basically age five years every time she gets out.

Since I'd like to live long enough to finish all the books I'm writing, I decided it was time to Take Certain Steps towards securing Lilly's safety. Step one was a collar (tragically with bell). She tolerated the collar with astonishingly good grace, and so tonight, while I was out running errands, I instigated step two.

I bought her a tag.

The front of it says 'Lilly'* and gives my phone number; the back says, in large, friendly letters, 'INDOOR CAT.' Hopefully, this means that if she gets out, anyone who finds her will realize that she doesn't belong there, and contact me. My address isn't on the tag, simply because that would require it either be very large (which she wouldn't tolerate), or that the text be very small (which makes it less likely that people will actually read it).

She has her tag and her cursed bell now, and has discovered that the two of them together can be used to make a hideous cacophony as she trots around the house. On the plus side, this means I always know where my cat is. And that's...soothing.

(*Her full name is Lillian Kane Moskowitz Munster Cavanaugh-Sawyer McGuire. That definitely wasn't going to fit on a tag.)
Tags: cats, lilly
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lisa_marli

December 11 2008, 03:37:48 UTC 8 years ago

Siamese are way too cleaver for their owner's sense of sanity.
Have you gotten her microchipped? The vet sets it up and all the various manufacturers have a registration system. You give them your information and if Lilly gets picked up, even by the dog catcher, even if she has lost her collar, they will scan for a chip and get in contact with you.
They still say put a collar on the animal, as us dumb people don't have the scanners, but if we see a collar with a phone # we will call it.
May you have Lilly for a long and happy cat life. She is an adorable little pest. :D

seanan_mcguire

December 11 2008, 04:04:57 UTC 8 years ago

That's the next step in the master 'don't lose Lilly' plan. I wanted to get her used to the idea of the collar before I tried to get her used to the idea of the giant needle.

We're going to the Pet Food Express for PHOTO WITH SANTA next weekend.

palmer_kun

December 11 2008, 04:15:12 UTC 8 years ago

YOU MUST SHARE THIS PHOTO WITH US.

Once it's taken, of course.

Because yes!

netpositive

December 11 2008, 14:33:47 UTC 8 years ago

Seconded! Bring on the cuteness!

And of course Lilly is enjoying her new noisemakers. She's a Siamese - the louder the better.

"Mom! You must really love me! You got me *jingle bells* for the holidays! Now about that drum set I asked Santa Cat for..."

seanan_mcguire

December 13 2008, 04:46:07 UTC 8 years ago

Dude, I actually get my cat on the fat man's lap, I'm making CHRISTMAS CARDS.

palmer_kun

December 13 2008, 05:41:59 UTC 8 years ago

This happens, and I will donate towards costs.

lisa_marli

December 11 2008, 04:24:51 UTC 8 years ago

It's actually only a bit bigger than the needles she usually gets for vaccinations and because it's in the loose skin between the shoulder blades it just annoys them like all shots do.
And Yes, Must see Picture when you have it in done. That sounds so nice.

emberleo

December 11 2008, 09:05:51 UTC 8 years ago

When my Mom had a semi-feral cat to give vitamin K shots to every day, he was seriously freaked by being chased down for holding, fine with being held (he was probably descended from a Rag Doll breed) and had basically no issue at all with the needle pinch, 'cause that correlated to an expected sensation of being bitten by another cat on the back of the neck.

--Ember--

seanan_mcguire

December 13 2008, 04:46:24 UTC 8 years ago

When I got Leela microchipped, the vet tech needed stitches.

vaspider

December 11 2008, 04:51:11 UTC 8 years ago

Beat me to it. Microchipping the dogs makes me feel much more secure.

seanan_mcguire

December 13 2008, 04:47:10 UTC 8 years ago

It needs to be done. I've honestly been trying to put it off until the kittens are here, so that it could be done all at once, but it's a little late for that.