Thread: Farewell to Monty's Family Jewels

Surgery for females is more difficult due to abdominal incision. I worried about my kitties before and during their operation. I even asked the vet's front office to call me at work as soon as the surgery was over. Then we had a rehab department in our house. At first I tried Elizabethian's collars, but soon came up with my own substitute. My method was so much better tolerated by girls that I shared it with my vet who may or may not use it (depending if he wants to sell collars)

I used my husband's old sweatshirt's sleeves to make post-op vests :

I know it's off topic - and good luck to all those seeing the vet! - but those jerseys are sooo cute. If they were black then the cats would look like David Niven in the Pink Panther - cat burglars, for real

I think you are right Candes,we are happy people who own MC's,even when you are sitting here sneezing,nose running,eyes running & now having a coughing fit after chuckling at Halycon's pictures we can still be happy,especially when its no work today & I can have more "cat time".
I think it is a brilliant idea using the sleeve of an old sweatshirt,at work we hardly ever use the collars because we find it very often upsets the animal more & we don't tend to give them out anyway for routine ops unless it looks as if there could be a problem,we do have post op coats but normally tell people to use old Tshirts with dogs,with cats we have found baby grows work quite well because of the smallness in size you can get,leg of tights is another but now have something new to add to list....

Originally Posted by candes

Obviously MC owners are happier than the average folks.

But which way 'round ? Are we happy because we are MC people or are we MC people because we are happy ?

This is very Alice; Do cats eat bats ? Do bats eat cats ?

Originally Posted by candes

I think it's actually because.... A snuggle a day keeps the grouchies away.

Hey Candes, that is sooooo true! My OH used to suffer terribly with grouchiness and short temper, he tends to get very het up about modern life, like the 'grumpy old men' on the TV show. But wow, what a difference a Lagg makes. Now I just say, 'why don't you have a word with Laggs', and boy, does it work! Suddenly the OH goes all gooey and starts talking nonsense...and relaxes! See how owning an MC enhances your life. It is very rare that Larry is unable to distract him by doing something funny.

You're definitely right there!

Many's a time when I've wandered in on Nige having a tete-a-tete with "his lad" about his day at work

Was laughing at him yesterday cos I just know that when he drives the monster to the vet next Wednesday he will be having a little man-to-man discussion about what fate awaits him!!!

Just catching up on this thread... oh my, how many wise words have been said!

Grumpy husbands touched by Maine Coon Magic … very familiar territory. Don’t get me started.

@Peter Galbavy: “Are we happy because we are MC people or are we MC people because we are happy ?”
Just look at it this way. The other day Tatja jumped from the scratching barrel with such force it tipped over, shattering two large Areca palms in their pots. Looking at the ravage, hubby and I shrugged and said: “Oh well, they’re big strong cats. It was to be expected.” We cleaned up the mess and started designing an extra-sturdy climbing ‘solution’ to replace the old barrel. (Hope to show some results soon.)

@Halcyon: I looooove them in the sleeves! To add to Peter’s comment… if they had sequins it would be like David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust days.

@Rachel: Don’t mean to make you feel uneasy, but ‘no balls’ El Monto still keeps trying the hanky-panky with little Minnie. But then again he’s not the brightest of cats. Sweet but silly.

Originally Posted by Antonia

@Rachel: Don’t mean to make you feel uneasy, but ‘no balls’ El Monto still keeps trying the hanky-panky with little Minnie. But then again he’s not the brightest of cats. Sweet but silly.

LOL, oh dear God - will have to invest in a furry cushion to give Gracie a break then!!!

Heheh… El Monto’s dad has a cushion like that. I’ve seen him using it shamelessly while visitors were sitting next to him on the sofa… say no more.

Originally Posted by Rachel-C

Was laughing at him yesterday cos I just know that when he drives the monster to the vet next Wednesday he will be having a little man-to-man discussion about what fate awaits him!!!

Or he will spend the journey driving cross legged saying sorry to him over and over again