Thread:Katlovr/@comment-32738051-20160926221638/@comment-32738051-20161024123224

Wow! What a crew! They're all beautiful. I wonder though if you ever have trouble telling them apart from each other (like Chester and Bert). Occasionally I do mix up Pastel and Pepper. It's hard to tell from the pics but Pastel is lighter colored - soft white, gray and light tan - while Pepper is darker - bright white, black and dark tan. In good light, their faces are pretty different as is their color and Pepper is bigger. In low light, they're like identical twins. 😉

I don't know how you manage with so many. I do okay with all the ferals outdoors but I couldn't handle more than my 4 indoors...and 3 of them share a room where they live 24/7. Because Laurel is special needs...special everything...and likes being an only child, I can't mix any other cats with her. But Pastel, Pepper and Flirty Girl seem okay with the situation. Thank goodness.

I do know what you mean about cats. Laurel has issues - neurological, behavioral, environmental - but is mostly a well kitty. She's off the charts allergic to 4 kinds of dust mites - go figure - and has been getting allergy shots at the vet every 2 weeks plus is on a prescription diet. The treatments started about 4 years ago when she had a bout of throwing up every day, sometimes multiple times per day, for about 2 months straight. She doesn't throw up nearly as much - usually only 2 or 3 times per week now - but the vet is trying to get her to stop that so we're still in the process of figuring out all her triggers. She'll probably have to go to a dermatologist eventually but we're trying a change in her prescription food first. She even gets Deer Park bottled spring water instead of tap. I was giving it to her in a Fresh Flow fountain but recently she started throwing up her water. So now I'm trying to switch her to still water in a bowl. Neither the prescription food change nor the water change is going well at the moment. Anyway, we've also tried a variety of things - like a cat version of Benadryl (even specially flavored by Road Runner pharmacy) and something called Atopica - to help Laurel with her skin, her chewing, her scratching and her vomiting but there have been very few things she will take. We had her on an Omega 3 supplement that seemed to help...for awhile. But we had to stop that during one of her diet changes because there was no wet food equivalent to mix the Omega 3 into. The new diet has a wet version though so if we're successful with the current food change, I might be able to put her back on her Omega 3.

At least I don't have to wipe her bum. 😉 Poor Bean. Curious name by the way...KokoBMowkinz. 😄

Anyhow, I'm glad you're feeling better again. Losing Jesse is not so easy to get over and you and your family need to take time to grieve. Hopefully, all your remaining kitties are helping with that process. And I'm just a post away if you need more. Meow...purrrrr... 😻