Littlefoot was our very first cat. In 1995 I was working at a golf course in Upper Marlboro. We only had dogs at the time and never thought of getting a cat.
I was at work one day, sitting at my computer and this skinny cat walked into the shop. She walked over to me, jumped on the table and layed on my keyboard. She was sneezing and sounded very congested.
Of course I started feeding her, so naturally she stuck around. Her nose never stopped running and her congestion never went away. I called Mary Kay and said this cat needs to go to the vet. I brought a cat carrier to work, opened the carrier door and Littlefoot went right in and stayed there all day. I took her to Laytonsville Vetinary Practice. The vet said she had a bad inner ear infection. Because the infection was never treated, her inner ear had to be removed. The poor girl came home with her ear sewn up. It was a big operation, but she recovered.
When I brought Littlefoot home she became an indoor cat. Littlefoot missed going outside, so I put a harness on her and took her in the back yard. She loved it. At our previous house, our next door neighbors were from the Philippines and they always thought she was a small dog. They were shocked to find out she was really a fat cat.
Littlefoot always had a favorite chair. If someone came to visit and they sat in her chair, she would keep meowing until they got up. When we moved we just put the harness on Littlefoot and sat her in the front seat of the car. We told her to stay and she just sat there with her paws crossed.
When she got to the new house, she walked all around, came back to the living room and plopped down. The move was no big deal to her. After that we also used the harness to take her to the vet.
Littlefoot was not thin, but that’s because she loved to eat. One night at dinnertime Littlefoot was nowhere to be found. Littlefoot never missed a meal. I then remembered I had the basement door open for awhile. I went down stairs and found Littlefoot sleeping inside a 16 lb. bag of cat food bag. Obviously she had eaten so much food, dinner wasn’t necessary.
Even after Littlefoot’s ear surgery, she never completely got rid of her congestion problem. The vet prescribed various antibiotics but nothing really worked. There were times when she did improve, but it was only temporary. The vet then prescribed two kinds of nebulizers. Littlefoot didn’t mind when I put the rubber nebulizer mask over her nose and spray the nebulizers. After it was over she would just sit there, not in a hurry to leave. Over time the nebulizers weren’t as effective at reducing her congestion.
The vet started prescribing the old antibiotics that didn’t really work. At the time, Mary Kay’s mother was using a small nebulizer machine. A small packet of medicine was placed in the nebulizer chamber and the machine would change the liquid into vapors that would go into the mouth and nose. We tried it on Littlefoot and it seemed to help. In December of 2009 Littlefoot started panting. Cats don’t pant. We immediately took her to the vet. They said her lungs were filled with liquid and she would need surgery just to remove the liquid. There would be more surgeries after that. The vet said her suggestion would be to put Littlefoot to sleep and that’s what we did. We certainly do miss Littlefoot.
I was at work one day, sitting at my computer and this skinny cat walked into the shop. She walked over to me, jumped on the table and layed on my keyboard. She was sneezing and sounded very congested.
Of course I started feeding her, so naturally she stuck around. Her nose never stopped running and her congestion never went away. I called Mary Kay and said this cat needs to go to the vet. I brought a cat carrier to work, opened the carrier door and Littlefoot went right in and stayed there all day. I took her to Laytonsville Vetinary Practice. The vet said she had a bad inner ear infection. Because the infection was never treated, her inner ear had to be removed. The poor girl came home with her ear sewn up. It was a big operation, but she recovered.
When I brought Littlefoot home she became an indoor cat. Littlefoot missed going outside, so I put a harness on her and took her in the back yard. She loved it. At our previous house, our next door neighbors were from the Philippines and they always thought she was a small dog. They were shocked to find out she was really a fat cat.
Littlefoot always had a favorite chair. If someone came to visit and they sat in her chair, she would keep meowing until they got up. When we moved we just put the harness on Littlefoot and sat her in the front seat of the car. We told her to stay and she just sat there with her paws crossed.
When she got to the new house, she walked all around, came back to the living room and plopped down. The move was no big deal to her. After that we also used the harness to take her to the vet.
Littlefoot was not thin, but that’s because she loved to eat. One night at dinnertime Littlefoot was nowhere to be found. Littlefoot never missed a meal. I then remembered I had the basement door open for awhile. I went down stairs and found Littlefoot sleeping inside a 16 lb. bag of cat food bag. Obviously she had eaten so much food, dinner wasn’t necessary.
Even after Littlefoot’s ear surgery, she never completely got rid of her congestion problem. The vet prescribed various antibiotics but nothing really worked. There were times when she did improve, but it was only temporary. The vet then prescribed two kinds of nebulizers. Littlefoot didn’t mind when I put the rubber nebulizer mask over her nose and spray the nebulizers. After it was over she would just sit there, not in a hurry to leave. Over time the nebulizers weren’t as effective at reducing her congestion.
The vet started prescribing the old antibiotics that didn’t really work. At the time, Mary Kay’s mother was using a small nebulizer machine. A small packet of medicine was placed in the nebulizer chamber and the machine would change the liquid into vapors that would go into the mouth and nose. We tried it on Littlefoot and it seemed to help. In December of 2009 Littlefoot started panting. Cats don’t pant. We immediately took her to the vet. They said her lungs were filled with liquid and she would need surgery just to remove the liquid. There would be more surgeries after that. The vet said her suggestion would be to put Littlefoot to sleep and that’s what we did. We certainly do miss Littlefoot.
