Every three weeks I have to clip my cats' claws and for years I have had a problem with Poppy who resisted with everything she had. I used to have to muzzle her and wrap her firmly in a big towel. I realised that she had a painful right shoulder and I am not sure how she injured it but the first time I boarded her back to the cattery where she was born the breeder commented on how aggressive she was and when I saw how the breeder's husband loaded them into his van the next time they went to boarding school I started to realise that the way he just threw their carry boxes into the back of his van was possibly a factor.
Needless to say they have never been back and I am not looking forward to the next time they have to be boarded out but will use the kennels connected with my Veterinary Hospital where I hope that they will be treated more gently.
Meanwhile, Poppy has been on anti-inflammatory medication for while now and for the last two times I have clipped her claws she has allowed me to do so with no hassles and has earned her post claw-clip treats very quickly. It is such a relief to no longer have to dread fingernail days. No muzzle and no towel; just tummy up on my lap.
The electronics in this place have gone berserk in the last few days: the lift doors can't decide whether or not to close, the fob sensor to the door from the unsecure parking to the secure parking area will not open the door, my mobile phone has deleted D1's home phone number and my computer is acting really oddly. I spent about an hour trying to get into my Hospital Benefits site because it no longer accepted my user name and password and wanted my membership card number as the user name (fair enough) but every time I tried to put in the new password which it demanded the site timed out and I had to start all over again. I finally managed to get into the site and I just hope that whatever bug is on the system doesn't start on my bank.
I have visited my optometrist and am having new spectacles for everything with only the right eye needing changes - and he is going to try to have reading lenses put into my Randy Rainbow pink bejewelled frames. Fingers crossed . . .
The Limerick:-
The principal food of the Siouxs
Is Indian maize, which they briouxs
And hominy make,
Or mix in a cake
And eat it with forks, as the chiouxs.
And that is the end of the Siouxs and almost the end of the book, which I inherited from my mother-in-law and which is falling apart. I haved to visit Amazon so I will see about a new one when I order some cryptic crossword books (no longer available in Newsagents and bookshops). It is over 50 years old and deserves to be honourably retired.
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