The trials continue for Tippy. My roommate's husband's son no longer lives with us (and is now Demon non grata) but NOW one of her sons is staying with us.

No, I wasn't asked or consulted. I never am.

And Tippy has already hissed at him. (He's 19)

So he's been told REPEATEDLY and with EMPHASIS to stay the hell away from the cat with the bell. I plan on having Tippy sleep in my room when I sleep just to be safe and I've figure out "time out" is just getting him in my room with the door closed.

I hate doing it but I refuse to let his past destroy his future and her son isn't the brightest bulb on the planet and might not listen to my warning of Tippy having a hair trigger with strangers.

Can I have my own place now PLEASE?

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I had a nice long post written and the it just went poof...so...I'm going to take that as a hint from the universe.

Long story short....Tetanus shots make you tired and when you already have chronic fatigue and anemia? Holy crap dude.

Both myself and Tippy's other "victim" are fine. It's just a wake up call that his PTSD is still a work in progress and probably will be for a very long time. The good thing is that she doesn't blame him and realizes she made the mistake and recognizes he's an animal and a traumatized one at that.

The body is a bit peeved from the half hour walk uphill to the walk in...I won't tell you what my BP was just that it was hiiiiiiigh.

Tippy is alright. He's honestly been a lovebug and somehow I think on some level he knows he hurt me. I know he didn't mean to. It just continues to break my heart that the kitten I raised went thru so much trauma .

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So the neighbors that I rescued Tippy from came down to ask for whatever...

And Tippy kinda attacked the wife's leg.

Not bad. Just a little nip, she's fine. (Though she's a hypochondriac and a drug seeker so she might end up going to the ER for "the pain")

I honestly think Tippy has cat PTSD. Like he heard and smelled them (their apartment has a lingering odor) and some part of him was like, "NO! I'M NOT GOING BACK!"

Sigh. He's a bit agitated now. A bit of a setback considering before they knocked on the door he'd been purring and giving headbutt.

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I go to scritch his chin and he's like, "And this is now mine, thank you."

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Took off the Cone, put on the bell.

I'm keeping an eye on things....which makes me feel like a pervert when I'm like "Tip, just stay still so I can look at the incision area in the light please!" but it must be done. Lots of cleaning around his ears thanks to the ear infection meds but a flea comb and some creative use of scissors helped a bit there.

Bit of irony: The vet called at 7:15am to schedule the neuter. Considering I have yet to master time travel, I told them it was already done, things hadn't grown back. Tipperary, who was seated on my bed, gave me a *look* and promptly left the room.
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Early morning for me. Tippy lets me sleep now which is awesome along with being able to have the other cats in the room. Gave him his pain medication his morning so he's having a nap and his sister Pepper was actually being nice and being in his vicinity without hissing.

So far the cats aren't huge fans of him, especially his sisters but I guess it will just take time.

I'm just doing my pointless #Studying and keeping an eye on my snoozing patient.

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Just got the call from the vet

Tippy did just great with his procedure! Snip snip BOOM! He got his distemper booster and they checked his ears like I asked too. No ear mites but they are a little concerned about an ear infection so they are checking things out there.

Oh, and he only gained a third of a pound. *pouts* I really thought he gained at least a whole one. But nearly 8lbs is good and post Snip he might gain a bit too, they said.

I get to go get him in about 90 minutes.

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I am going to have the best coma when this guy finally goes to get his snippy snip. The second I get back from dropping him off, right in bed and out until I go pick him up. It's gonna be awesome .

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Lots of racket and yelling upstairs thanks to their Demon dog. I think it was going after their puppy from the sound of it.

Poor Tippy went stiff and the started to tremble. Took a couple minutes of gentle petting and reassurance to get him to relax.

He's improved a great deal in the 2 weeks I've had him but obviously he's got some trauma. Can't really blame him either.

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Dealing with Captain Grumpy Pants here. You'd think *he* was the one being kept from sleeping regularly and then being constantly woken up.

And thanks to that I am having the worst time concentrating on my pointless #studying. You know the kind of #fatigue you feel right behind your eyes and your forehead, where it feels like wet concrete? That.

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