On September 8 2012, I was at the Sand’s Mud Bog which I wrote about earlier. This morning my cousin T sent me a photo that I think is great so I wanted to share. Better late than never, am I right?
Here I am with a few of my fabulous cousins. Good times!
Makes me wish I was home right now.
Good news today from our vet. Rudigrrr Wolf’s 6 months test to recheck for his lyme disease came back really good from the vet. The vet says “it is unlikely that he will have any residual problems”. Poor guy had a lot of bites from being abandoned in the woods before he was found, rescued and housed with me. I am hoping that our vet is right!
After the vet called I gave the Little Wolf his quarterly haircut, albeit a little late. He was starting to look like a big grey marshmallow.
He is really good about grooming. He falls asleep for most of it and only wiggles if I am clipping the fur around his toes. I think dogs must have very ticklish feet. Imp dog always runs to hide when Rudigrrr gets groomed. It is funny because she is smooth haired and has never had scissors near her in her life. Imp has been hiding pretty much all day, silly girl!
Here is the tired little Wolf having a nap near the window. The red pillow behind him was in perfect condition when he moved in here a year ago. He spends hours chewing on it, so it is neither nice anymore nor is it trash because it is Rudi’s favourite toy.
The feral cat colony is not totally homeless now. As a matter of fact they have wonderful insulated Tiny Houses thanks to Hj, O and I.
After googling and googling, I found a few great ideas and sort of developed a plan based on other people’s ideas. We got some coolers at Canadian Tire, punched holes in the sides with a drill and then jig sawed the holes (EASY) then we put in a section of a stiff plastic plant pot. These pots were free and are thin enough that they flex to fit the imperfect holes I cut. After I pushed these in tight, I caulked them in both inside and outside.
After this, we bedded them with straw, put in some fresh catnip and treats to encourage them to come in and closed the lids. We then brought them over to the location, placed them up on rail ties, put on some roofing material and another rail tie on top then covered this with sticks and debris.
Hopefully this is enough for the colony to have dry and warm homes this winter. It is supposed to be a long hard cold winter according to the farm almanac, and this might save them from preventable suffering.
We also had a great bonus! O caught one of the cats! A gorgeous orange boy. He is part of the colony but not a feral, rather a more recently abandoned and absurdly skinny boy. She just lost one of her beloved pets to old age so this lucky boy she cuddled right up to and took him home so that he will have the experience of being loved by a human being who really cares for her pets.
So, there is one less cat to house and to worry about! Thank you O for being so kind to animals.
NaNoWriMo is going well. I am, happily, ahead of schedule of the 1,667 word per day count. This morning I knew I could not get right down to writing because Rudigrrr Wolf had to go the the vet to have his follow up blood test for Lyme disease.
When he was found, after being abandoned with two other little ones in the woods, the poor little fellow had ticks. The first test came back negative but 6 months later the disease showed up in his screening. My poor Bad Little Wolf was treated, but you have to wait 6 months until you do the next test to see if the blood comes back clean. While he was there he also got his rabies booster shot and because he is so small these vaccines are quite hard on him. He has been sleeping beside me all day. Poor little Toot!
I will let you know, Monday or Tuesday when the test results come back if the THO’s Tiny Wolf is clear.
Isn’t he just too gosh darn cute?
This year I am going to participate in NaNoWriMo. This event will give me the opportunity to write a novel, albeit a rushed and disorganized one, in a month. If you have every dreamed of writing a novel of your own, today is the day to begin this! Quick, sign up before you change your mind! Join your local group of aspiring writers! Meet interesting people! Let the writing begin!
I am sharing this with you here at THO not just so that you have an opportunity to join the “fun” but so that you have a heads up. My posts are likely to be short but hopefully sweet this month.
Wish me luck! xo L
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