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Little Maxy at the vet.

A few nights ago little Maxy fell off the top rung of the cat tree and he mustn’t have landed right as he was meowing in pain from his fall. He limped out from behind the cat tree (which is in the corner next to our couch) and I managed to pinpoint the pain to his right wrist (as he’d meow when I massaged it in that area). Turns out Christina said he was limping a few nights before that so I assumed he already had hurt himself and the fall from the cat tree just further aggravated it. Later that night he jumped off Christina’s shoulder and this time he really screwed himself. He cried a lot, curled up in a ball under the coffee table with his sore arm tucked into his tummy.

Pretty stressful shit. I mean seriously… I was stressing out, worried and pretty angry and upset.

The next day Christina called the Vet, but being the Easter holidays they were shut. A few days later he seemed fine except you could see at times that he wasn’t quite putting all of his weight on his right foot and when we massaged it where it hurt he’d still meow.

Today I finally got around to taking Max to the vet. The vet was certain that nothing was broken, and that it’s just a sprain, and with more rest he’d be fine (she offered medication but we both agreed that he’d be better off without it). Kinda knew nothing was broken, but it’s nice to have the vet’s assurance in any case (phew I can sleep again!).

Yay! Finally! :)

Sun is coming up, it’s Brekkie Time!

Confrontation!

Mia, less scared, more curious, but still shitty.

Maxy hamming it up for the camera.

What a pretty boy!

After lunch on top of the cat tree (he’s a good jumper!).

Nap time.

Little Maxy has settled in really well. He’s a crazy little kitten. A lot braver and more adventurous than Mia was, much better co-ordination too (Mia liked to play with things on the ground as a kitten but would lose sight of things that were off the ground in the air). He’s also very vocal when he can’t see you and he’s a great jumper (he’s jumped up onto the toilet cover into the sink and almost managed to jump up onto a bar stool too).

Mia’s starting to get over being scared of him… she’s more curious than anything else and tends to follow him around but as soon as Maxy walks towards her she’ll grumble and most of the time she retreats. They’ve played chase more than a few times. Hilarious when Maxy chases after Mia! She’s had a few swipes at him but Maxy’s just manned up and tried to swipe right back at her.

This morning they kinda ate brekkie next to each other, all was good until Maxy tried to eat out of Mia’s bowl. After lunch they almost slept together as Mia let her guard down a little (she’s not used to staying awake all day!).

So far so good. We’re still keeping Max in his kitten room at nights, for now but we’re pretty sure they’ll both get along in a week or so. :)

Big limbs! You can see how he’s going to be a big boy in this photo.

We’ve got a collar on him already.

I’ve glaucoma.

Looking towards to door at Mia.

Mia. Very pissed off.

Who dat?

We picked up Little Maxy from the breeders yesterday, he hid in the corner of his room, under the pong table for a long time, but Christina eventually got him to hop into the Fuzzyard fuzzy bed and he was kneading and purring away by the end of the night. This morning we found that he’d eaten a lot of his food and he’d done lots of poo too (he’s already well toilet trained of-course).

MIa’s pretty scared of him, which is a bit of a surprise to us as she’s damn tough with the visiting neighborhood cats through the glass (haha). She’s acting very grumpy but we’re sure they’ll both get along eventually.

Fierce! Max’s Daddy Sergei appears in the ‘Dine Desire’ TV commercial.

He’s also going to feature in the upcoming Australia’s Next Top Model intro (pimp!).

Mum and kids.

Sleepy kittens.

Our little Maxy! You can tell he’s going to look a lot like his Daddy huh?

Yesterday Christina and I drove out to Raska Cattery to pick out our new kitten. We had first dibs on 3 boys and since we wanted a big boy we went for the one which was very obviously bigger than the other 2. This little guy was muscly and playful, even falling off the bed at one point (he’s going to be a naughty one!).

We’re off to Tasmania for a week (Targa!) but we’ll be picking little maxy up as soon as we get back. :)

Salty tank is doing great. Very stable and all corals are growing nicely. My forum thread got bumped up so I thought I’d take a few pics when the T5 lights came on just a few minutes ago.