Marge had to go to the vet!

Yikes, I butchered my cat!











Poor Marge is too large to clean herself properly. She can only reach about halfway down her body to clean herself.  Her fur around her tail was getting matted and her glands under her tail were swollen. She smelled horrible! I tried to brush out her matts, but it hurt her.  I tried to cut them out, but accidently cut her skin. Then I tried to shave her with an electric razor. (OMG, never try that unless a cat is sedated.) I tried bathing her and even cleaning her with a warm cloth. I looked up cat groomers in the area, but there are none! 

Finally I took her to the vet. She was a mess! They had to sedate her to bathe her, shave her matted hair clumps, shave her hind end, and express her glands. (TMI, I know!!!) $400.00 later, she's like a vibrant, youthful cat again! She doesn't walk around hunched over anymore! She can jump up on my bed or the couch, and she follows me and lays at my feet everywhere I go and purrrrrr's! Her way of saying, thank you mommy!

Since Marge only eats 1/2 cup of cat food a day and doesn't eat from the table, the vet thinks her problem is lack of exercise. He said, most cats don't just lay around unless they have arthritis, but you can't give a cat arthritis medicine like you do a dog. We're gonna start brushing her everyday and trying to get her to exercise. He suggested taking her for walks with a harness or putting her on a treadmill. Marge said, Nope! So I guess we'll just try to get her to chase yarn. She actually likes to chase our earphones, but she tears them up, so we're gonna use an old pair for her to chase.