This is why I retired... so I'd have time to

[susandennis]

Clean up after Betty!!!  She threw up twice and then had a nice bout of diarrhea.  Fortunately, the latter was in the litter box.  Unfortunately, that seemed to annoy Zoey who pooped not once but twice on the carpet - next to the other litter box.

ARUGH.  I did just get a new spot cleaner when my old one, which could not be cleaned since the disgusting areas were in cased in plastic, got too disgusting to use.  The new one does an amazing job.

Meanwhile Betty, going on 14 now, is full of energy and eats with gusto.  I really don't want to take her back to the vet.  I don't want to put her through the trauma of a visit and the even bigger trauma of tests and/or medication. And I don't want to pay the huge bill that would create.

She's 80 freakin years old in people years.  So I'll just continue to clean up behind her and enjoy her company.  If either of them run out of energy, stop eating, start pouting, or even look sad (outside of when I put their food bowls in the dishwasher), I'll reconsider but for now it's mess, clean, mess, clean and purrrrrrrrr.

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[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

I hope the old girl is feeling ok! I'm such a worried parent when they do something out of the ordinary.

[susandennis]

Thanks. This isn't really all that out of the ordinary. Just ramped up a bit. Usually she throws up once every few days and never really poops cat bullets but usually not this bad. She's clearly not in pain or even sad. She just came over and got right in Zoey's face.

Looking back on this morning, I'm thinking maybe they just wanted me to try out the new cleaning toy.

[susandennis]

Yep. This seems the most humane to me.