radioactive kitty

[cellio]

Embla is home from her stay with RadioCat, where she was treated for hyperthyroidism. She was described by their staff as "shy but not cowering". She certainly seems happy to be home. (She's not yet eating as much as normal, but they said that might happen.)

She does not glow in the dark, nor has she shown superpowers yet. Remind me, how long does that canonically take, e.g. for Spiderman? :-)

One of the feline residents seems put out by the new (temporary) litter, but we seem to be getting that under control. It turns out that the stuff RadioCat gave me and the bag I bought last week -- of, allegedly, the same stuff -- have different textures, one more acceptable to our mystery cat than the other. (I assume that if Embla were the problem, she would have had the problem there too and they would have mentioned it.)

I wonder if there is a safe way to get box contents into the sewer system without going through my house plumbing. I assume storm drains are a different feed that don't go through sewage treatment, so probably not. But even with nominally-flushable litter, I'm a little nervous about our creaky old pipes.

The carrier (which I had to leave there for the duration) came home with a tag on it with Embla's name and a picture (clip art?) of a tortiose-shell cat. Cute. I guess they have a library of clip art, but it makes me speculate about challenging them with unusual-looking cats. :-) (There was also a toy mouse stapled to the tag, in which she has shown no interest.)

Comments

[indigodove.livejournal.com]

I am glad that she came through it okay.

[http://users.livejournal.com/merle_/]

Oh, superpowers take effect immediately -- it just takes the victim a while to discern that they are there. ;-)

Many storm drains dump directly into lakes/rivers/ocean, at least where I live, and do not go through standard waste treatment. But (and again, out here) they are labelled as such, so you know "this dumps into X, so do not pour toxins in here". If unlabelled.. well, there might be a number for the local water board somewhere.

[stevemb.livejournal.com]

Actually, the question is whether the radioactive cat bit you, and if so whether you got superpowers.

[zevabe.livejournal.com]

Unrelated to this post, I saw a comic that made me think of you, mostly because your critiques tend to fall into what is here called good criticism.
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=323
I have no idea if you are a reader of this comic, but I find it very enjoyable.

[rectangularcat]

quick question. I understand that this therapy more or less kills the function of the thyroid gland. Do you now have to supplement for that?

I was considering it (less Claudia handling when I am away) until my vet said that it doesn't eliminate meds!