Poor Millie

Well, Millie is back in the cone of shame. Mummy always has to clean Millies ears as apparently they’re always gunky and yucky. Millie hates this though and always protests very loudly whenever mummy does it. It doesn’t hurt her when mummy does this but it’s a bit uncomfortable and not very nice for either Millie or mummy. Millies ears must have been particularly bad as she had been pawing at them, pawing at them so hard that she made all the skin go red and very sore, so sore that mummy and daddy got a bit worried about how much she was rubbing it that they had no choice but to put her into a cone of shame to stop her from making it any worse.

First they tried the floppy cone that Millie had before when she hurt her paw but naughty Millie found that if she pushed her paw hard enough she could rub her ear with the floppy cone! Poor mummy and daddy were trying to tell her that this was all for her own good and they were just trying to do what was best for her, now they had no choice but to use the plastic cone instead. A bit less comfortable but a bit more Millie proof.

Then mummy took Millie and Angelin to the v-e-t for their nasty vaccines and they took a look at Millies ear as well and gave mummy some cream and tablets for her which should help stop her feeling itchy and with the special putty mummy uses for the pills Millie gets a treat twice a day, she loves pill putty!

Millie is so good with the cone of shame, when I had to have one on I completely freaked out as it affected so many of my senses, hearing, touch and soo had no idea what I was doing and where I was going, I was scared but Millie really takes it all in her stride. She’s even managed to climb the tall scratching post and curl up in the high hammock bed to sleep but mostly she’s been snuggling on daddy’s lap.

Then just when mummy and daddy thought it was all healed and took off the cone so Millie could have a bit of a wash and feel better she washed all her fur and found a scab underneath and took that off and made herself all sore again, so on the cone went again, much to all our displeasure. “Millie what have you done?” said daddy, “you’ve got to stop pawing at it, you’re your own worst enemy, we’re trying to make it better for you.” Then we all got treats and a big, long playtime with mummy, playing football down the hallway, nobbly balls with Millie who even managed to catch a few in her cone and Angelin defending her box fort from the invasion of the purple ball (and Millie).

Then I hopped up and chilled out with daddy on his lap and Millie jumped up too, it’s a bit difficult with her in her cone as she keeps doinking me on the head with it but it’s ok, she need a bit of comfort as she’s feeling poorly and a bit sad for herself. Then we swapped onto mummy’s lap, we like to share the cuddles. Hopefully soon Millie will get her cone off and we’ll all be back to normal again, poor Millie doesn’t have much luck – other than finding mummy and daddy to be part of our family.

Even in her cone shes still a great helper and supervisor and has been helping mummy and daddy as best she can. Even though she keeps doinking and bumping me and Angelin with her cone we’re still being very nice to her as good sisfurs should be, it’s not really her fault that she’s feeling poorly.