After I mail Christmas playing cards, I embody a letter in regards to the cats. I made a decision to not ship playing cards this yr, however I nonetheless wished to put in writing the letter.

The cat letter is a quick abstract of our yr with cats.

The Cat Letter

Pricey Mates,

I hope this letter finds you and your loved ones joyful and wholesome.

Heidi continues to assist with Lure-Neuter-Return (TNR) for outside cats. Early within the yr, she helped entice 5 or 6 cats for a good friend of a good friend.

Within the spring, Heidi helped one other good friend entice the final cat that evaded the traps in 2022. This good friend had a brand new cat present up within the fall, so we received him fastened.

He injured his nostril within the entice, which is uncommon as we adopted advisable procedures to maintain him calm when trapped. The clinic stitched his nostril when neutering him.

The outside cats, Winter and Pork Chop, are doing effectively.  In my neighborhood, that is the primary yr since we began doing TNR in 2017 that we haven’t had any new cats or kittens (that caught round) present up at our home or within the yard of our cat girl good friend down the road.

We have now seven indoor cats: Buster, Violet, Jake, Elwood, Taco, Nacho, and Charlotte. All of them are doing effectively aside from Buster.

In August, Buster had surgical procedure for eyelash entropion and had a nasty tooth eliminated on the similar time. His restoration was tough.

He misplaced weight, the extraction space received contaminated, and he didn’t eat for a number of days. After a number of vet visits, he began to get higher, however his bloodwork didn’t enhance.

On November 1, we thought we had been going to lose Buster. He was performing fairly sickly. He and a fever and his bloodwork was a large number.

The vet identified him with untreatable most cancers. Thankfully, our vet inspired us to not surrender on him. The steroid pictures helped Buster virtually instantly. He bounced again to consuming and has gained a bit of weight. 

We’re grateful for no matter time we’ve got left with him. He’s been Heidi’s favourite cat for a few years.

Heidi continues to make cat movies on YouTube. It’s possible you’ll benefit from the video of Buster in a Christmas-tree-themed Cat mattress.

Merry Christmas and Completely satisfied New 12 months!

Heidi and Ted

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Heidi Bender is the author and founding father of the Pleasure of Cats. She enjoys sharing cat data and offering useful cat ideas. She considers herself a cat girl and presently cares for 9 cats.

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