Cat Issues

Last night Little Sister called me to tell me about her cats' weight problems. One of them is too fat and another is too skinny. So they are all being put on special diets. This veterinary advice cost her $40. Her other cats are fine but they are also being put on diets just in case. I think in all she has 4 and a half cats. Don't ask me how that works out.

Our family is definitely a cat family. I have two cats, Shmoopy and Krusty. Shmoopy has always been kind of a fatty. She weighs 13 pounds. But I put her on a diet earlier this year and she actually lost a little. Not sure how much she weighs now. It's hard to tell how tubby she is because she has so much hair. Krusty, on the other hand, has short hair. It's easy to see that she is starting to get a little thick around the middle. I think it's because she is eating the puppy food when we're not looking. See, food for kittens and puppies has more fat content than food for adults, so it tastes better and makes Krusty fatter.

I also have two outside cats that I look after. They came with the house. Their names are Smokey and Kitty. They are tame enough to let you pet them but not tame enough to let you pick them up. I have a 2 inch scar on my hand from when I tried to pick Kitty up last year to take her to be fixed. I won't try that again without a cat trap! Last year she had two litters of kittens. One litter I captured when she brought them to the house one day for dinner. I kept them inside for a week to tame them and teach them about the litter box. Then I found homes for them. The other litter met a much more gruesome fate. They were hiding inside my car engine one day when I had to drive to a meeting. I didn't know - they had never come that close to the house before! Anyway, I suspect Kitty is pregnant again! Bad Kitty. I tried to get a cat trap, but there is a waiting list a mile long. It's annoying. I'm trying to do the right thing to stop the feral cat population from getting out of control, but the local SPCA and vets aren't helping me. But that's enough of that rant.