It’s still cold and wet outside and so I’ve been making sure that Peppar is warm and cosy, he’s getting older and he’s been pawly again, lately he’s had a horrible gunky ear and a sore mouth. Mummy had to take him to the horrible vet doctor, she said he had been very naughty when he was there and they had to bundle him up like a burrito just to be able to look at him properly. Mummy joked that she has never been so glad Peppar hasn’t got any teeth left as at least the worst he could do from that end was give her a good gumming.
As you all know I love my big brother and so I always look after him if he needs it, I’m the only one allowed to share his snuggle bed but even then I’ve gotta work my way in, starting with just my front paws and my head, then when Peppars snoozing I have a big casual stretch and then I work my back paws in as well and gently and carefully so as not to disturb him I snuggle in next to him.
Peppar gives me so much love and support the least I can do is to be there for him when he needs me. Millie and Angelin are another story though, they also went to the vet doctor, they’re not pawly they just went to have their annual jabs which we all get. Mummy took them together but when she got home, Mummy said Millie had been stressed and very,very noisy all the way there. Mummy is used used to noisy cats in the car but Millie was something else on a whole new level! She even got the normally silent Angelin worked up and shouting too.
When they all got home Millie was still in a real state, she not only smelt of vet but fear and sick too. Mummy said she needed a bath coz she had got herself so worked up on the journey that just as they arrived she was sick in the carrier. There was a kind nurse in the vet that helped clean her up but she wasn’t very cooperative so still needed a wash. Mummy and daddy got the bath ready with the warm shower but Millie was having none of it and was screaming and shouting, I went into see if she was ok but nothing could calm her down. Daddy got a jug and they managed to get enough water on the yucky bits to wash off “the lumpy bits” but no sweet smelling shampoo for her but she did get a big warm towel cuddle from mummy to dry off. Then after everything calmed down an all nighter lap cuddle with daddy was all that would make up for such a stressful day. Angelin however just smelt of vet doctor so she got a good hiss from me and Peppar, that was until the smell was gradually replaced with the normal Angelin, mummy and daddy smell, then everything was back to normal.
I could tell both mummy and daddy were upset after Millie got so scared, I know they both love us all and they would never do anything to hurt or cause us any harm or intentionally make us scared. I took mummy out for a walk to help cheer her up and then later in the evening I snuggled with her on her lap. “Oh Jenny, I just can’t stand those screams, they make my blood run cold. As a mummy or daddy sometimes you’ve just got to do things for the best.” “It’s ok mummy” I purred, “I know you love us and we all know you and daddy wouldn’t do anything to harm us, in fact just the opposite”.
Then to top off a stressful week, I was outside having cool winter zoomies when…CRASH…I ran full pelt into a big giant concrete mushroom. Normally I sit on the giant mushroom 🍄 to get a better ‘view’ of the gardens but for some reason that night I’m pretty sure for some reason he thought it would be funny to leap out on me and trip me up as I was running past. That must be what happened as the only other explanation was that my blindie super senses were out of line which of course is highly unlikely and something that as a cat I would never admit to! Mummy thought I had escaped hitting my face and that I had just tripped up as I just carried on running around but the next day she looked at me and saw my sore nose.
Jenny’s Story 