Wake Up Call

[logisticslad]

You know that the day has nowhere to go but up, when you are awakened by your cat throwing up on your bed. Sigh.

Comments

[the-shoshanna.livejournal.com]

Worse or better than eating a live frog?

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

In the grand scheme of things, it's better. Duncan has been sleeping comfortably on the soiled bedsheet for most of the day. He's just moved to the coolness of the porcelain tub, so I can now wash it.

[mythandwonder.livejournal.com]

Yes of course, because heaven forbid you move that sheet before the cat is ready for you to do it. (And I say that in the kindest of ways because I would do exactly the same!)

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

Aha! You, too, know how difficult it is to resist their powers of mind control...

[mythandwonder.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Perspective.

[ivymcallister.livejournal.com]

I've always consold myself with the thought that cats don't usually engage in malicious puking, a la, "Hah! I hoark on you, you silly, naked monkey-thing!" It's more like an, "I feel icky and it's scary, so I'm coming up here with you because you make me feel beter."

While one would hope that waking up to a puking cat on one's bed is not going to be the high point of the day, one can also thank god that it was *just* puke. kit_kallisti's cat Eris *hated* me when we first moved in together. After a week of intensive peeing (on everything I owned) failed to teach me a lesson, I awoke to find her peeing on me whilst I slept. So, *so* not a nice way to start the day. :P

Have you ever put your foot down on the floor and into a cold, wet, congealing hairball? *shudders* That might be worse than puke...

Re: Perspective.

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the kind words. You're right, he usually throws up in front of me to alert me that something is wrong. This is all part of an ongoing problem my cat has had for most of his life. He gets constipated (usually from eating his own hair) then throws up for about 12 hours, drinks water but doesn't eat, and eventually passes the large fecal nugget after a few days. Giving him Laxatone sometimes speeds up the process, but according to the Vet, there's not much else to be done. And oh yes, I've stepped in it several times over the years, while blearily looking for paper towels to clean it up.

Duncan has never peed on me, but has peed in the corner of the bedroom while I'm there in order to let me know when he has a urinary tract infection.

[mythandwonder.livejournal.com]

Think of it as "disaster proofing" your day, ala The World According to Garp. At least your bed was not puking in between your sheets while you were in the bathroom as happened to me recently.

[madknits.livejournal.com]

You can so tell I'm not a cat person. The first thought that comes to mind is Kitty Kung Pao. Or Kitty Sushi. Or Kitty Croquettes.

Good thing I'm a vegetarian. ;-)