Bulimia Kitty

That sounds like a cool grrrrrl band, doesn't it? If you have a grrrrrl band, you're welcome to use it. But in reality, it's a sad (mostly true) story. My cat Tituba, who is my baby, my angel, is having a "digestive issue." I first noticed it when she lost a bunch of weight in December. She'd always been a cat that people said "boy, that cat is fat"-- insulting her and making her very sad as she read through Cosmopolikitty. She would ask me if her collar made her butt look fat and push her salad away before finishing it, ordering it always without dressing of course. So I was happy at first, thinking the "weight control" cat food had finally done its trick getting her down to a normal, not-fat kitty weight. Slim, trim, doing kitty yoga and all.

But lately, she's been puking up all the "dry food" at approximately 3 am. Then, after begging for more "moist food," she eats for a few minutes, then runs to the litterbox where she has, er, other issues. Other than the puking, and litter box issues, she's fine-- seems pretty much normal. Happy and playing and all that. But I'm definitely worried about that binge-purge stuff.

I'm taking her to the vet at 10:30 today, to see if there's something we can do. She's 10 years old, which in cat years is an old lady. I can't help but wonder if her exposure to the Victoria's Secret models and all those mean (dare I say, catty?) comments from people over the years is affecting her as she tries for supermodel thinness. Maybe she needs some therapy. And twinkies. I wonder if she can keep those down.

UPDATE: Well, we're back from a harrowing experience. Poor kitty had to be poked with needles a BUNCH cause she needs blood work to make sure she can "go under" next week. Why? She has a bad tooth, and needs the rest of the teeth scraped for tartar. Basically, that, and the stress from Andrew being gone, is probably what is causing her puking and smelly poop. Because of the sore tooth, she doesn't want to eat the dry food, and the moist food is stinkier. So, mostly, everything is okay.

Except for the "you better watch your back" looks she's giving me now after her visit to the V-E-T. So if I don't post again for a long, long time, and you hear something bad has happened to me, tell the police it was the cat. She's definitely got it out for me now. I hope she doesn't hire a "hit snake" like she did on that mouse problem we had a while back.