It’s like my last post decided to karma me. Loki, my oldest baby (cat), smelled. Bad. So bad, we couldn’t figure out where it was coming from. We looked in his mouth. We sniffed his butt. It seemed to be EVERYWHERE. So we decided he needed a bath.
um, dad?
help!
you are the worst parents ever
What Loki usually looks like.
As it turns out, the smell was coming from an EAR. The vet confirmed it today: Loki has an ear infection, which twitter agrees is weird.
He also lost some weight so he is officially an indoor-only cat, and we will be waiting on blood work.
Loki is my baby. My first cat and the idea of him ever dying? Well, I’m tearing up typing. Let’s all think good thoughts and hope he forgives us for the trapping him in the shower and pouring water on him for the first time in his entire life.
When I’m not bathing cats and worrying that my vet thinks I’m a terrible cat mom, I’m becoming more popular by reading and writing elsewhere.
My Other Hangouts (don’t tell my blog):
- Making My Hair BlogHer ’12 Ready: On Storify, I’m getting my hair ready for BlogHer ’12 with a multiple-step, ridiculous, process that I brought together mostly prove I need a new hobby.
- FB PR rant: On Facebook, I get mad at a PR company. Y’all join in.
Favorite posts I didn’t read, I mean, write:
- 136 Creepy Wikipedia Articles: From Phocks (sent by Lucky Puppy), I haven’t read all of them but 3 was enough to TOTALLY CREEPY ME OUT. (creepy)
- Apps Are Ruining My Life: From JennaMarbles on YouTube, hilarious vlog on getting obsessed with apps WHICH I DON’T RELATE TO AT ALL. Probably. (funny, NSFW)
- Breastfeeding, and Working, at Rio+20: From The New York Times Motherlode Blog, Cate Owren discusses the irony of coming together to support human rights 20 years after the Rio Earth Summit and having no place to pump to breastfeed her child. (insightful)
- Our microbes are under threat — and the enemy is us: From USA Today, how we are changing our skin and stomach and intestinal microbial makeup by taking more antibiotics, eating processed food and being cleaner. Some amazing examples of how this affects our lives. (interesting)
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I hope Loki ends up healing up just nicely.
And not needing ear tubes.
Thanks. I had tubes as a kid so I guess it runs in the family. Heh.
Please hug your Loki extra. Well, if he likes that sort of thing. My Loki baby died in his sleep on Monday. It is awful. I do not recommend it at all. On a different note, I am quite familiar with that heinous ear infection smell. Dog número two gets them quite frequently. It smells like rancid Doritos to me. Poor kitty.
Oh no! I’m so sad for y’all. {hugs}
This is so funny to me because my cat is 11 years old and I can honestly say I’ve never even thought to give him a bath.
Of course, if I ever even tried there would be hell to pay.
1) I would’ve never done it if he didn’t smell like death.
2) He was surprisingly docile. Not sure if it’s because he felt sick or because he was so shocked we would do such a thing.
I’m pretty grossed out that an ear infection can smell that hideous. I’m so glad you figured out what it was. I hope Loki feels better soon!
Hope he gets better soon.
I will tell no cat stories.
I will tell no cat stories.
I will tell no cat stories.
I will tell no cat stories.
Now the real question: Did Loki give me his ear infection, or did I give it to HIM??? I hear that germs can travel from VA to TX quite quickly.
You’re the only other adult besides me and my cat who gets ear infections. Feel better soon!
Don’t fret! Super-Sophie (while being a dog) got a horrible double ear infection that we couldn’t seem to get rid of forever. The smell was the giveaway– as she always flaps her ears (she’s neurotic). They wanted to do surgery and everything, said it would make her deaf… I cried and cried. Then I found a better vet who developed an excellent plan to get rid of the infection, and she’s been infection free for two years now! They can get rid of it, and stay infection free!
Loki is so sweet…. Your quotes after the images realy funny like “you are the worst parents ever”….. He He
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