Bad news.

I finally got to go pick up Boots from the vet. But she came with bad news. Boots has cystitis.
=( All the cat lovers out there prolly know what this is already. It's a Urinary Tract / Kidney disease. It causes crystals to form in their pee and the urge to pee is very strong, hence why they just pee wherever it hits em at. I had a cat named K.C. that had this and we had to put her to sleep because of it.

They sent me home with some antibiotics for her for 12 days and I had to buy 30 dollar food for her. It's a medicated food and a pain in my ass. I've always just filled the bowl and left it out all day for both my cats. Well Zoe can't have bootsies food cause it's medicated and Bootsie can't have Zoes food because the ph in it can send her "over the edge" as the vet put it. Bootsie has to lose weight and can never eat anything but this special food ever again, no other cat food, no treats, no peole food and I'm guilty of spoiling my babies with all three of those.

I'm going to feel like an asshole when I give Zoe table food and treats but not Boots. And this whole seperating the cats at food time is really hard to do. Zoe's pissed cause her food bowl isn't on the floor where it usually is and she keeps hissing at Boots cuz she "smells funny". I guess the hissing will pass in a day or two. When Zoe was spayed, Boots hissed at her for a day or two when she finally came home. Crazy how two cats can totally love each other normally, but let them smell different and it's screw you buddy.

I went on and bought some of the food and I'm going to try this and see if I can make it work first. Out of my two kitty's, Bootsie's my favorite. She's the sweetest most loveable, talkative cat I've ever had and she loves me like nothing else. She even comes to me when I call her name. I sooooooo don't want to have to put her to sleep, but I'm not sure I've got much choice about it.

This isn't something that'll ever go away, some cats are just prone to it. She's always going to have to be on this food and I'll alawys have to keep the food seperate from the two. *sigh*

So now I get to add my Bootsie to the list of things I love that are going to die soon. =( Woe is me for sure!