Published 2026-01-22
tag(s): #monty #suzie#pic
To keep things from being only tech, why not have a quick cat update. How is Monty adjusting
to life in his new house?
You could say very well:
BUT! He developed a rash under one of his "armpit", and the constant licking kept expanding it and he lost hair in the area. We took him to the vet, they gave him some medication and an acrylic cone. Maria replaced it shortly after it with a nicer one, but still, it didn't make him super happy:
Maria pointed out that he didn't have any health problems when he was a stray kitten, he got
them once he "upgraded" to being indoors. 🤣
Once the treatment was over, we let him be, but over time he started (over)licking again in
the same area, so we had another vet visit...and another. The cone came back. We got a second
cone to rotate them when they get smelly. Right now he is in treatment for a fungal infection.
We'll see how he evolves over the two weeks days...
I know the audience is wondering, did the relationship with his sister improve? Well...this is the closest they've ever been, because she was sleeping:
The scene ended with him tapping Suzie (really, a gentle tap, he didn't hit her). She hissed,
there was some screaming from both sides, and then they separated.
They tend to spend a lot of time in the living room, each one in their separate areas (usually
opposite ends of the room). We would have loved for her to clean him while he was wearing the
cone, and fantasized that they would sleep together in colder days, but alas.
In part, it is better she is not cleaning him, as she might have spread the same fungal
infection. I guess the princess is above licking or sharing a nap with any commoners...
She likes to sleep over two small ottoman-pillows we have in front of the couch upstairs. One
day my wife moved the ottomans out of the way to vacuum, and she also stacked on top the
pillows from the couch. I guess it was a deep cleaning day.
Suzie decided she didn't mind the extra pillows at all.
DISCLAIMER: the cats in this post are my own and do not represent any cats that my employer
may have.
(Yes, that was a callback to the previous post 🤡)