Sanju is recovering well

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Sanju is recovering well

Apr. 16th, 2007 at 11:51 AM

mckitterick

Just got a call from

sanju_devil_cat's mom,

jensixstones, and have learned that Sanju's surgery went well - the remaining portion of a red sparkle-mouse has been removed - and she is recovering in the kitty hospital.

The surgery wasn't cheap, though, so if any friends of Sanju feel generous, the vet hospital takes donations! They're Lawrence Veterenary Hospital, and you can make a credit-card donation in Sanju's name (Jennifer Decker is her mom). Here's their info:

Dr. Kraft
Lawrence Veterinary Hospital
3210 Clinton Pkwy Ct
Lawrence, KS 66047
785-841-9956

I was so worried about her last night when I learned that one is usually cut open in order to remove sparkle-mice... eeek! Such a relief.

Poor silly little kitty!

Chris

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clevermanka

Apr. 16th, 2007 05:06 pm (UTC)

I'm very glad to hear she recovered from surgery OK. No more sparkle-mice for her. =(

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mckitterick

Apr. 16th, 2007 08:37 pm (UTC)

Indeed!

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arian1

Apr. 16th, 2007 05:22 pm (UTC)

No more sparkle mice. Kthx.

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mckitterick

Apr. 16th, 2007 08:38 pm (UTC)

Yep, though I'm sure she'll learn all manner of other bad habits from her friend, Jet the Dog.

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renegade500

Apr. 16th, 2007 06:10 pm (UTC)

Poor kitty and her mom. It's never fun going through anything like that! It's amazing the things kitties will eat (I once found a rubber band that had been passed by Sam, in the litter box).

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mckitterick

Apr. 16th, 2007 08:38 pm (UTC)

I know! Silly critters.

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astartes_girdle

Apr. 16th, 2007 07:57 pm (UTC)

Glad to hear the puss cat is doing okay now. I know a woman that used to have a pet boa. She fed it its mouse/rat dinner and went to work. Well it seems that the snake ended up with an obstruction and had to be operated on. When they returned the convalescing snake to the woman, they also returned a pair of laundered and folded pantyhose. Why the snake was eating panythose, we'll never know. Animals, like people, sometimes eat the weirdest things.

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mckitterick

Apr. 16th, 2007 08:38 pm (UTC)

Wow.

How's your kitty doing?

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mckitterick

Apr. 16th, 2007 10:40 pm (UTC)

No, not alarmist, just realistic. I had thought they'd do something down her little throat, not through her abdomen - eeek!

Yep, if Sanju lost her "Devil Cat" nature, well, she wouldn't be

sanju_devil_cat.

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desperance

Apr. 16th, 2007 10:08 pm (UTC)

So pleased she's doing well. Um, what is a sparkle-mouse...?

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mckitterick

Apr. 16th, 2007 10:43 pm (UTC)

Heh, well, it's a sort of tinsel-impregnated foam ball. Great for sinking one's claws and teeth into, but unfortunately (as it turns out) also easy to swallow.

She does this enormously cute trick of fetching the sparkle-mouse, bringing it back to the human thrower. I guess she doesn't get to do that any more....

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desperance

Apr. 17th, 2007 07:00 am (UTC)

Aww. Can't you find her something equivalent that's just too big to swallow...?

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mckitterick

Apr. 17th, 2007 07:05 am (UTC)

BIG sparkle-mice are all that she'll be allowed from now on!

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jensixstones

Apr. 17th, 2007 01:44 pm (UTC)

I'm thinking of colorful fabric tied in a big knot with some catnip inside. Then she can still have something to chase and carry around but the knot would be tied too large to swallow. I've gotten one of these from my vet's office before as well as had this suggested by a friend.
Now the trick will be to keep Jet from eating it.

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mckitterick

Apr. 17th, 2007 03:25 pm (UTC)

Now the trick will be to keep Jet from eating it.

- Now that would suck, fixing one problem while adding a new one for Jet! Pets, feh.

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