Mayflower and Clover

Mayflower and Clover are doing very well. I didn't have the skills to serenade them with Chopin, but I don't think that they minded :) They immediately started meowing excitedly when they saw me heading to their food bowl. After they had finished eating, we had a lot of fun playing with the bird toy and laser. They ran after the laser excitedly. Clover jumped really high after the bird toy. Mayflower was more of a relaxed hunter. She would swat at it when it came closer to her. We then had a cuddle session and both Clover and Mayflower enjoyed some pets and scratches. They look very happy and healthy!

Seffie

Seffie is doing very well. She greeted me with very cute meows and immediately begged to be petted which I happily obliged. She purred happily for a while. I then cleaned her litter and gave her some fresh food. Her food bowl looked full so I didn't put any new food in the bowl.

We then had a great time playing with the bird toy. She jumped after it super high! Eventually her hunt was successful and she "killed" the bird. She then walked away looking very proud.

I petted her some more before leaving. Very cuddly!

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Feeding Feral Cats

Only two cats showed up to be fed around noon today. Hopefully, more will show up later after smelling the food. The two very shy feral cats sure appreciated the food though and had excellent appetite!

Here are the pictures AND videos of them :)

The Cat Olympics

Nadine won the gold medal in the bird toy catching category and Big Ed won the gold medal in the laser category :)

Big Ed chased after the laser with great gusto. He jumped on the walls super high and he even ran in circles chasing after it :) Nadine as usual put the bird toy in her mouth after catching it and dragged it under the bed, under the futon, and under the table.

As a reward for winning those gold medals, Big Ed and Nadine enjoyed a plate of all natural bonito fish flakes for cats. I think that Big Ed ate more than his share of it though :) I left them happily munching on the flakes when I left :P

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Big Ed and Nadine

Big Ed and Nadine and I had a great time playing with the birdy toy. Big Ed growled and hissed whenever he caught it thinking that it was a small bird. Nadine would carry the bird toy in her mouth and drag it under the table or under the couch or under the bed. It was super cute! They are super athletic too--jumping over each other.

Their food bowl was still full so I didn't give them any more food. Abigail and I petted them too. I guess I shouldn't have played with them so much since they were much more interested in catching the bird toy than being petted!

Here are some pictures of them.

Mec and Minou

Mec and Minou are doing very well :) We had a wonderful time playing with the laser toy. I thought they would enjoy a different toy instead of the usual da bird toy. Mec was more interested in the laser than Minou. He galloped across the room several times chasing it. Minou would occasionally chase after it when the laser bug got close to her, but she left most of the playing to Mec. I think that I played a tad bit too much with Mec because I heard him panting. I left him completely tired out staring at the wall hoping to another laser bug shows up :)

I also gave them several whisker lickings tuna flavored cat treats. Minou was very interested in them and followed me around begging for them :)

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Chronic Cat Ear Infection

Lexy has had a chronic ear infection in one of her ears for slightly over a month now. I took her for her annual exam and Dr. Wake at the Hyde Park Animal clinic thought that she had a bacteria infection and prescribed both an antibiotic pill and ear medication. He also told us to clean her ears with q-tips. I had read online not to clean cat ears with q-tips so I skipped that part and administered her medication and just cleaned it with tissues. Her ears looked slightly better, but still red and inflamed a week later when I took her back to the vet. He told me to make sure to clean it deep inside with q-tips to ensure that the medicine reached where it needed to reach. I did that for another week and unfortunately her ear looked no better no worse. We took Lexy back to the vet and after waiting for an hour, we ended up seeing Dr. Williams. He cleaned out her ear with a solution and told us to get use that in addition to the Baytril Otic that we were using. We did that for a week and her ears looked a lot better. I was very hopeful that her ear infection would be cured once and for all. The vet thought so too and had us come back next week for one final checkup. Unfortunately, her ear infection became worse last week. When we took her to the vet this Saturday, her ear once again was red and had lots of waxy buildup. Now, we were given medicine to treat both yeast and bacteria and limit her to only one kind of food to eliminate the possibility of allergies. They also did an ear cytology on her and told us that they will call us at the end of the day. So far, they have not and I will need to call them tomorrow to find out the results.

I am getting rather frustrated. I understand that the vets at the Hyde Park Animal clinic are doing their best and there really isn't anything else they can do at this time. However, I want her ear to heal. It hurts me to have to see her ears red and inflamed. It also hurts me to have to torture her to apply the ear medication twice per day. She doesn't understand that we are doing this for her own good. She's quite upset at us lately and not even the cat treats are able to mollify her.

I wonder what should we do. Should we take her to another vet clinic? But we don't have a car and we are not sure that another vet clinic can do anything else. Should we see another vet? We are so far happy with Dr. Williams. He seems very knowledgeable. I just hope that her ear infection can heal soon.