Random Thought for Thursday 6/27/13

Let me tell you -- I haven't been this interested in a cat's ass since the old days when my friend Kyle and I found the classic SNL skit "Something Smells Good in Stinkville" (pts. 1 and 2) to be the most hilarious thing ever.  (It's the one with real-ex-husband-of-Beverly-Hills Grammer frequently announcing that someone needs to "bring him the cat's ass" so that he could sniff it.  You probably had to be there -- to see the skit, that is -- as being there whenever Kyle or I would randomly yell out "get me the cat's ass" would make little sense without that context.)

Anyway -- for those of you following along on the Facebook, I'm specifically referencing Baby, the cat, who recently had a "week-of-no-poop", which slowly led me to the conclusion that she was on a hunger strike, confirmed by the fact that she added a color to her look -- going from black with white markings to black with white markings and a touch of yellow in her head region.  That, in turn, led to an emergency vet visit, and some medication, and a lot of good thoughts and well wishes and a change in diet (which, in retrospect, was the key ingredient to success in this story), and finally a bit of solid waste on a bathroom rug (there was a small celebration and a picture that went up on the Facebook wall AND a haiku written for the occasion).

Now there's been a week of diarrhea (I assume it's a side effect of the meds) with an occasional solid piece thrown in for the sake of excitement for all parties, and a downgrade of the extra coloring to "lemon chiffon" (using the wiki scale of shades of yellow at the link below) ... and I think we've turned the corner.

Although, when this is all over, we're going to need a new rug!

FOR MATCHING TO DIFFERENT SHADES OF YELLOW:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_yellow

MY VET, MY DRUG SUPPLIER, MY FRIEND:
http://www.blumvet.com/

STRATEGIES TO BREAK A FELINE HUNGER STRIKE:
http://www.naturalcatcareblog.com/2011/06/no-more-cat-hunger-strikes-life-saving-tips-for-introducing-new-foods/