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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2004Booty's Got A Fat Leg
Poor Bootygirl has a swollen front leg and is limping. I can't find any marks onit but she won't let me touch it much either. Two possibilities, she either landed badly and sprained it, or she got stung. DH was messing with the beehives today so I strongly suspect it's a bee sting. She knows not to bother them but they were pretty riled up. And she's always two steps behind him whatever he's doing. Now he feels all guilty and *carries* her back and forth to whichever room he is in so she doesn't have to walk. So that was our Labor Day crisis. Seems like we always have one. One of the queen bees died, too. All the workers were crawling outside the hive and DH lifted the lid to see what was wrong and there she was about to croak with about six drones surrounding her, kind of sad. I guess without a woman telling them what to do they just didn't have a clue what to do. Frank went outside and massacred a Monarch. That's about the extent of his hunting skills. Biskit accidentally got left outside for about 30 minutes, RAN back in meowing pitifully and screamed and bellowed all the way to the food bowl. Like "I've been outside for DAYS! With no food! What's wrong with you people?" As far as I could tell, Yoda slept about all day. And that was our Labor Day weekend Sunday. Hope everyone else had a good one. (for our international friends, Labor Day is a Monday federal holiday. I have no clue what it's for, except a last-chance for summer fun) Sherry > Poor Bootygirl has a swollen front leg and is limping. I can't find > any marks onit but she won't let me touch it much either. Two > possibilities, she either landed badly and sprained it, or she got > stung. AWWWW :( Hope she's all better soon. > And that was our Labor Day weekend Sunday. Hope everyone else had a > good one. (for our international friends, Labor Day is a Monday > federal holiday. I have no clue what it's for, except a last-chance > for summer fun) > > Sherry From the U.S. Department of Labor site: "Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country." Jill (sending purrs for Bootygirl) >From the U.S. Department of Labor site: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being >of our country." If I remember correctly, it's also celebrated up North. Don't know if the Canadians get the day off, though. So, assuming my memory isn't playing tricks on me, happy Labor Day to our northern neighbors ;-)  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > >From the U.S. Department of Labor site: > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the Canadians get the day off, though. So, assuming my memory isn't > playing tricks on me, happy Labor Day to our northern neighbors ;-) Yes, Labor Day is in Canada too and it's a day off. Here in Thailand, and in many other countries, it's on May 1st. -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > From the U.S. Department of Labor site: > "Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor > movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of > American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the > contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being > of our country." The Labor Movement - the people who brought you the Weekend! Joyce Purrs coming for her poor swollen foot, and of course for the hive that lost their queen. Glad the day went better for the rest of the gang there once Biskit was rescued from the terrible "Out". I guess it's progress, though, that she ventures outside at all. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > Poor Bootygirl has a swollen front leg and is limping. I can't find > any marks onit but she won't let me touch it much either. Two > possibilities, she either landed badly and sprained it, or she got stung. > DH was messing with the beehives today so I strongly suspect it's a bee > sting. Poor girl! I hope the swelling goes down soon and she feels better. Purrs, Joyce > Poor Bootygirl has a swollen front leg and is limping. I can't find any marks > onit but she won't let me touch it much either. Two possibilities, she either [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > (for our international friends, Labor Day is a Monday federal holiday. I have > no clue what it's for, except a last-chance for summer fun) Purrs for Bootsie's leg to heal soon and Biskit to calm down after her adventure. LOL! Poor thing! > Poor Bootygirl has a swollen front leg and is limping. I can't find any marks > onit but she won't let me touch it much either. Two possibilities, she either [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Sherry A much more eventful weekend than me! Give the Biskit a scritch for me and will send healing purrs to Booty Girl. Dimples(childhood/now RB) got stung on the cheek once. Ewwwwww. It got full of ick and burst. Luckily I had her in the bathtub at the time. Hope Booty's goes down naturally. Tell Yoda that's about what I did yesterday. In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", Sep 2004: > Poor Bootygirl has a swollen front leg and is limping. I can't > find any marks onit but she won't let me touch it much either. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > And that was our Labor Day weekend Sunday. Oh my! You guys had an exciting Sunday. I'm sorry about the queen, and for Booties leg. Bee sting sounds likely from all that, poor girl. I hope she isn't too allergic! For me it was just yard work, and pruning some tree limbs (small ones - my brother got me one of those long pole pruners for Christmas last year) and I just HATE doing that stuff this time of year. Spiders are everywhere and every time a branch came down I was imagining spiders coming down with it. IICKKK I don't like spiders very much. SignatureCheryl Purrs for Booties paw. Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= Waiting for inspiration. Please hold while I contemplate my navel. |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") > Poor Bootygirl has a swollen front leg and is limping. I can't find any marks > onit but she won't let me touch it much either. Two possibilities, she either [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > She knows not to bother them but they were pretty riled up. And she's always > two steps behind him whatever he's doing. <snipped> Purrs for Bootygirl's leg and for your beehive. Sam >Poor Bootygirl has a swollen front leg and is limping. I can't find any marks >onit but she won't let me touch it much either. Two possibilities, she either [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >She knows not to bother them but they were pretty riled up. And she's always >two steps behind him whatever he's doing. In the cases of bee-sting i have heard that you have to be sure to get the stinger out of the wound to forestall infection. I had a cat years ago get stung and he had to take antibiotics cause they couldn't find the stinger in his mouth where he was stung! I don't know if cats can take antihistamine or not--my dog can. But that would help the swelling and any other effects. Maybe a call to your vet? Purrs... -- CATherine >>Poor Bootygirl has a swollen front leg and is limping. I can't find any >marks [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >-- >CATherine I was going to call the vet at home if it got any bigger today.But it's completely back to normal. Thanks for the tip about the stinger. I tried to look at the leg, but didn't have much success, she wouldn't let me. I'll try again. Sherry > Poor Bootygirl has a swollen front leg and is limping. I can't find any marks > onit but she won't let me touch it much either. Two possibilities, she either [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Sherry Awww, purrs for Bootsie, and for your hive. Can you just get a new queen? Or will you have to start another hive? I don't know much about bees, but I think they're very interesting. ------ Krista >Awww, purrs for Bootsie, and for your hive. Can you just get a new >queen? Or will you have to start another hive? I don't know much >about bees, but I think they're very interesting. DH couldn't find another queen immediately, and by the time he ordered one, the hive would dissipate for lack of a queen telling them what to do. So he moved the hive right next to another hive, in hopes that the workers & drones will move next door where there's a woman to boss them around. :-) Sherry > Poor Bootygirl has a swollen front leg and is limping. I can't find any marks > onit but she won't let me touch it much either. Two possibilities, she either > landed badly and sprained it, or she got stung. Vino got stung by a bee before. It happened a couple of times actually. When we were still in our 12th story condo in Vancouver, Vino used to go out on the balcony all the time and we had some potted plants that attracted bees. He got stung on the nose and mouth. He flinched when it happened but didn't swell and after a few minutes he was back to normal. It must have hurt though because after each incident, he avoided chasing bees for a long, long time! -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Poor Bootygirl has a swollen front leg and is limping. I can't find > any marks onit but she won't let me touch it much either. Two > possibilities, she either landed badly and sprained it, or she got > stung. Purrs for Bootygirl's leg to get better. You're probably right about it being a bee sting. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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