Poorly Joseph

You might have noticed that things have been a bit quiet here on the reading, reviewing and commenting front, it's because our cat Joseph has been a bit poorly and needing lots of TLC.  He came in from the garden about a week ago with what can only be described as a gash on his back leg - a large open wound that was clearly infected.  We think he caught it on a nail out somewhere as another cat couldn't make a wound like that, his muscle was exposed.

Anyway, this week has been busy with vet trips.  Unfortunately he couldn't have his wound stitched with such an infection so for the first part of the week he was on a very strong dose of painkillers and antibiotics and we had to clean the wound constantly, something he obviously did not enjoy!  Like all cats, he hates the cone he has to wear.  The first one we had to take back as he could still get at his injury and the second one (larger) means that he can't eat unaided and he even managed to loosen it enough to get it off whilst I was at work yesterday.

At the moment he has staples in the wound in the hope that it will heal.  I have a check up at the vets in the morning but I doubt it has healed enough to have the staples removed.    Fingers crossed it starts to heal properly soon as he is getting very frustrated with not being allowed out, relying on us to eat and not being able to clean himself.  He also can't stand us cleaning his wound and cries constantly when we do it, something that makes me feel horrible! As I type this, he is sulking by the back door!

It's really horrible when your pets are sick, isn't it?  It's not as though you can sit them down and explain why all the nasty stuff has to happen in order to make them better in the long-run.  I'm hoping that by the end of next week he will be healed enough to go back to his normal routine.

Do you have any pets?

My Kitten: 2-8 weeks

Not book related but I thought I would share some photos of my new kitten Joseph. We've had him for almost three weeks now and having a pet around is lovely.

 

2 weeks old - eyes not open yet.

 Three weeks.

Four and a half weeks, just after we had chosen him out of the litter as the one we wanted.  He loves to cuddle.

Four and a half weeks

Four and a half weeks.  He hasn't kept his blue eyes, they are greeny-brown now.

Seven weeks - a few days after we brought him home.

Seven weeks.  Our bed is his favourite place to settle for a long sleep.

Eight weeks.  He is at that very cute stage where everything is new and exciting and he wants to play all of the time.

Joseph is definitely not a book fan.  He likes to play in my stacks of books and climb the bookcases, but if I am reading something and not paying him attention, he will attack the book to get it out of his way!