Your barn cat needs a heated water bowl. You can get them on Amazon...

They require electricity - which is not available in the hayloft except for overhead lights about 15' up in the rafters! We have the bucket with a heater downstairs, but I like to try to keep water upstairs for her.

Good Morning Boomers

Hope everyone is enjoying their morning breakfast and grab some game time, take care keep dry , warm or cool

Happy Gaming All

Good Morning Taintedfury and everyone. Taintedfury how are you doing...how's your weather? We are having a little snow right now but it isn't supposed to last long. Have errands to run this morning and a hair cut too.

Coffee, tea, and hot chocolate are waiting...

Have a Happy Tuesday!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Routine appointment with my Oncologist this morning.

Connie, I hope the oncologist appointment is trouble-free.

Very cold and clear this morning. I'm having a double cappuccino that is still very hot in spite of the chilly air in here. The mug works nicely, Draclvr. I haven't worked out all of the electronic stuff, but the mug itself works like a charm on the basic setting. I've ordered a second one for guests.

Glad to hear it, hagatha! We turn down the heat to 64°F at night, so in the morning my coffee cups are COLD! I always used to heat them up with running hot water before I poured my coffee. Now I don't have to.

Got down to 12°F last night, so I'll be heading out to the barn shortly to get fresh water in the hayloft. No heated waterer up there, hagatha! No electricity... Then I'm taking my other elderly cat in to drop off at the vet. She is hyperthyroid and on meds, but now she has a UTI. The roads were SUPER icy yesterday and school was called off again because of icy secondary roads in the country. I'll just go slow!

I turn down the heat at night to 65 degrees. I pretty much HAVE to, since the heat pump would be too loud once it starts its de-ice cycle.

My last cat was hyperthyroid and got frequent UTI's the older she got.

Her kidney function is still just a hair out of the normal range. But usually, that starts getting worse too. She is 16 1/2, so it all is expected. On the other hand, than black barn cat is at least 17 with nary a health issue! Hasn't been seen by a vet since she got spayed at 6 months. Only the last couple of years she has allowed me to touch her.

Good afternoon Boomers. Hopefully things warm up soon.

Good Morning and Happy Hump Day Everyone! Space Quest how are doing? How did your doctor appt go Connie? I'll be cat sitting for the next several days with my neighbor's cat, Pudsey...she is adorable.

Coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready.

Enjoy your day!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room. All went well at the doctors, they will get the rest of the labs back today.

Good Morning everyone...sure is quiet in the break room. Coffee, tea and hot chocolate are on. Connie hope all the lab work comes back normal.
We are getting colder here...expecting an Arctic Freeze Friday thru Saturday...with wind will feel like temps of -25 to -35 below zero!

Have a great Thursday!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Manicure and lunch out with a friend today.

I'm off to Home Depot to look for backsplash tile for my kitchen. That's about as exciting as it gets around here.

I'm starting my first day without Pita the cat. We made the decision for euthanasia yesterday. She has been hyperthyroid for a few years that was relatively under control with meds. But she started losing even more weight and finally had blood in her urine so I took her to the vet. Bloodwork showed she was in severe liver failure and that seizures were probably imminent. She was so very frail we just couldn't put her through that. I held her while they gave the sedative and the silly cat started purring... of course, I was bawling like a baby. Pita was 16 1/2 and lived a good long life with us. Someone threw her out of a vehicle when she was about 5 weeks old and she made it up to our barn. RIP, dear Pita. And yes, you were a pain in the arse, but we loved you!

I am so sorry to hear this about Pita, Drac! I remember you talking about her in the past and me asking about the name.

I'm so sorry to hear about Pita, losing a pet is one of the hardest thing to go through.

So sorry to hear about Pita, it's so sad to lose a pet, I sometimes wonder if it is worth having pets, because the pain we feel is so bad when they have to leave us....but of course it is.

I am so sorry to hear about your furbaby, Drac. Pita had a good and long life thanks to you, though, and hopefully there is comfort in that thought.

Draclvr, So sorry to hear about Pita, it's so sad to lose a pet, I know the feeling about losing a pet and it is hard to take, I hope you the best and take care.

Drac, I am so very sorry to hear of Pita. Thank you for knowing when it's time and sending him off with the love he deserved.

I'm so sorry about your girl. It's terribly hard to see them go.

Very sorry to hear about your cat, Draclvr. It's such a hard decision to have to make. But you did the right thing. You can't let them suffer

Thank you for the thoughts, everyone. The last thing I said when I left the room was, "It's the price we pay for having pets." I feel a bit lost not having to wrangle cats for a couple of hours every day! I had to keep the other two away while she ate, especially when I was getting her meds in her. I keep feeling like she is going to come around the corner and sit there looking at me until I get up and get her another spoonful of food! This is going to take awhile.