4/28 Billy AMBG 83 +3 61 PMBG 83

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Manouk & Billy

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Good morning, everyone!

Last condo

4/26
PMBG 97

4/27
AMBG 126
PMBG 79

Today
AMBG 83
+3 61
PMBG 83

I left during the day on the 26th and DGF spent the evening with the cats. She texted me around 11:30 pm to say the cats have been fighting. Well, it wasn't really a fight -- Billy usually hisses at Bella who then runs away, but that night she approached him and scratched him on the nose even though he was acting calm. The poor baby was even bleeding a little.

His numbers were high on the 27th : I'm guessing it is due to stress. When I came back home, he wouldn't come up the stairs anymore. He stayed on the couch in the basement (which is my couch, the one we have upstairs being DGF's). Usually when he's feeling a little down and his tail is pointing down, I just have to call his name and blow him a kiss for him to feel better, but it wouldn't work yesterday. Things began to get a little better during the evening, though : we had diner in front of the Tv so we spent a lot of time with him. He played a little, and at some point he was laying on one part of the couch and Bella was sitting at the opposite side. No fights, no hisses, just snuggles. :)

This morning I had some problems making him eat breakfast. Bella was eating in Bebe's bowl (usually she hates wet food, so until things are settled around the apartment, we let Bebe & Bella share bowls when they feel like it. Bella's bowl is on the top of the old Tv. She gets there without a problem, Bebe gets there with a little more efforts and Billy isn't good enough of a jumper to get that high.) Bebe's bowl isn't so far away from Billy's. The guys have decided Billy is the alpha male and they haven't had any troubles for the last few days. I believe he didn't want to eat knowing that Bella was so close. She walked away and I encouraged him to eat, so he eventually did, but he didn't even eat 1/4 of his food. We'll see if hunger kicks in later on today.

Well, that is about it for now. Stressful times, but Billy is doing pretty good nonetheless. I just hope they all learn to get along soon.

I wish everyone a nice Fursday. :)

ETA : I forgot to say that DGF didn't shoot at 126 because I wouldn't be home that day and that I had no idea what amount of insulin Billy should have received. I was thinking stress numbers might come down on their own--
 
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One thing you can do if you get a number like that 127 is to feed and then re-test in 2 - 3 hours. If Billy's pancreas is working, it should kick in and bring the numbers back down. Billy is doing great so far!

I hope the tensions work themselves out. One thing that may help is to get a sock (towel, cloth, etc.) and rub it all over Billy. Then rub the sock all over Bella. Then take the sock, that now has Bella's scent, and rub it all over Billy. Repeat with Bebe. You want to get their scents on each other so it co-mingles and the cats recognize it more as familiar than foreign.
 
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Hi guys .. I'm sorry to hear there was some initial fighting going on, but glad to hear now all kitties seem to be getting along for the most part .. it's all about adjustment I suppose .. billy's numbers are looking really good through all of this ... have a great day guys!
 
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I hope Champ's twin has a good day today. I know Champ doesn't get along with other cats. Dogs he does fine with. Cats...not so much. When he was little, I used to let him go outside and he would come home with scratches on him, like he had been beaten up. He just doesn't trust another cat to be nice to him, I guess.

Billy's got some good numbers going!!! Good for him :-D

Have a great fursday!!
 
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Thanks, Sienne - I'll keep that in mind for next time he gets in the blues. Hopefully then I will finally be around. I am not leaving again until Tuesday, so I should be able to get things a little more under control!
The cloth trick is a really good idea. I'll go try it now. Gives me an excuse for hugs and snuggles, too. :smile:

PeterDevon (and Mocha!) -- Thanks for the encouragements. I really hope they can learn to like each others. Our kitties do have personalities that could match pretty well, they just have to get to know them!

Patty -- Champ gets along with dogs but not with cats? That's funny. :lol: Billy isn't so fond of dogs, but he's usually fine with changes. He gets used to new places quickly and didn't have a problem with my late ferret or hamster. And I'm sure Champ would be fine with Billy! He has to : these guys would be so cute together! :lol:
 
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Really very nice numbers for Billy!

Hope things settle down for him and the others....just takes a little time. ;-)
 
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Hi Manouk & Billy,
I hope that the sock thing will work. Sounds like a great idea to make them think they are all part of the same family. Billy's numbers are really good. Hope it continues.
I guess you're not getting this awful weather even though you are not that far from here. Hopefully you will remain storm-free.

Have a great day, guys,

Ella & Rusty
 
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I just came back from an intense session of towel rubbing on the cats. Hope it helps.

Oh and we did have a storm on April 26th. Apparently there have been some flooding in the city I moved from, too. Here it only have been raining, but nothing too awful. We're lucky.

Karrie, Billy isn't really on an OTJ trial. I moved to a new apartment (with my girlfriend and her two cats, hence the new additions) on the 18th, and Billy had greens numbers that day, so I didn't shoot, knowing that I wouldn't be able to test or anything. He just happened to have almost exclusively green numbers since then even though I never shot. I am not really sure what this means and I don't want to get my hopes too high for now, but it sure makes me happy!
 
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(antijinx)

I think Celi and Binks had a post like this about a month ago :-D :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Ah I remember about the apartment move now. ohmygod_smile I need to get all caught up.
 
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I saw the link to your photography work in your signature and went through your photos... at least I'm assuming those are your photos. I'm awestruck!! You have so much talent. My daughter went to a performing arts high school here in Las Vegas (she was a guitar major) and one of the majors was photography and they put out some really amazing stuff so I know awesome when I see awesome. You have some pics of animals where I actually can see what they're thinking in their eyes! The pics of Billy? I was kinda freaked out. He is an exact duplicate of Champ. Same color eyes, same shape of his face. Champ might be a bigger cat, but I can't tell. When Champ is standing, facing straight, he measures approximately 21 inches from the top of his head to the base of his tail. I'd be curious what Billy measures. :-D
 
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Karrie -- Don't worry about it. It was important for you to take your time and I just know everyone from LL have been with you in thoughts. I am just glad to see you seem to be doing well.

Patty -- Thank you so much. Now I can't stop smiling. :-D These are indeed my photos, but I do feel I am a little behind on my work. There are so many things that still need to be uploaded! I just finished a small art diploma and my personal project was on animal photographs. This --
Patty & Champ said:
You have some pics of animals where I actually can see what they're thinking in their eyes!
--was exactly what the project was about. The final series were 9 pictures, but they aren't on Internet yet, except for the central piece. I received an email from someone who saw my work at the university gallery and wanted to purchase some of the photos. Crazy stuff! :lol:
If your daughter have any videos or songs online, I sure would love to hear what she does.

I have to find a way to measure Billy! Maybe have a photograph taken where he's next to an object every household has? Or get my hands on that measuring tape that has to be somewhere around the apartment. I'll post the results for sure. Having long lost twin brothers on the board is too exciting!
 
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