heart attack of the day
2007-09-18 16:18 Filed in: Cats
I went into the kitchen to get something and heard a
buzzing noise. I looked over and found a bee
repeatedly flying itself into my closed window. I do
not know how or when it got in. I'm not a big fan of
pain, and I've never been stung by a bee but I hear
that it hurts. More importantly, when any other
insect bites me, I react poorly so I'd rather not
find out what happens with bees. I really didn't want
to put myself in a position to get stung, but I also
wanted to let the poor thing outside. It definitely
wanted to get there, and I'd prefer it there too.
It was flying erratically, bouncing often to area near the latch for the window, so I didn't want to put my hand there. I decided I could probably open the other window, right next to it, without the bee even noticing me. I unlatched the other window, and immediately, Tycho decided to kamikaze out of it. No, he didn't do it, but he clearly wanted to, so I grabbed him up. With a Tycho in one arm, I was unable to get the window held at a certain angle. (Danish windows have about 500 hooks for keeping the window at 500 different angles, rather than any sort of reasonable method of adjustment.) So now, I'm worried not just about the bee, but about Tycho jumping out the window, and/or a sudden burst of wind blowing my window off.
Still holding Tycho, I backed away a bit and watched the bee. At first, Bee didn't notice the newly opened window, but after a few pointless bounces, Bee landed on the sill, walked over to the other window, and started to pointless bounce at that pane. The wind blew the window open a bit wider, and I had hope that Bee would see the way out. But no. Bee landed again on the sill and started to pace. At this point, Lidja decided to jump up and see what was going on. Oooh! moving thing! Lidja started to paw at the bee.
So now I'm worried about Lidja being stung by a bee, in addition to me being stung by a bee, Tycho getting loose and jumping out the window, and the window being blown off. Fortunately, Bee was too excited about the window to sting Lidja, and finally figured out what to do. Lidja wanted to follow the bee, outside, so I shooed her down, dropped Tycho on the floor, and quickly closed the window.
Good times.
By the way, Lidja is the easiest cat to pill in the world. I'm not saying it's easy, but I still have all my skin firmly attached, and no blood has been drawn, after administering quite a bit of intestinal medicine. And she still asks for scritches.
It was flying erratically, bouncing often to area near the latch for the window, so I didn't want to put my hand there. I decided I could probably open the other window, right next to it, without the bee even noticing me. I unlatched the other window, and immediately, Tycho decided to kamikaze out of it. No, he didn't do it, but he clearly wanted to, so I grabbed him up. With a Tycho in one arm, I was unable to get the window held at a certain angle. (Danish windows have about 500 hooks for keeping the window at 500 different angles, rather than any sort of reasonable method of adjustment.) So now, I'm worried not just about the bee, but about Tycho jumping out the window, and/or a sudden burst of wind blowing my window off.
Still holding Tycho, I backed away a bit and watched the bee. At first, Bee didn't notice the newly opened window, but after a few pointless bounces, Bee landed on the sill, walked over to the other window, and started to pointless bounce at that pane. The wind blew the window open a bit wider, and I had hope that Bee would see the way out. But no. Bee landed again on the sill and started to pace. At this point, Lidja decided to jump up and see what was going on. Oooh! moving thing! Lidja started to paw at the bee.
So now I'm worried about Lidja being stung by a bee, in addition to me being stung by a bee, Tycho getting loose and jumping out the window, and the window being blown off. Fortunately, Bee was too excited about the window to sting Lidja, and finally figured out what to do. Lidja wanted to follow the bee, outside, so I shooed her down, dropped Tycho on the floor, and quickly closed the window.
Good times.
By the way, Lidja is the easiest cat to pill in the world. I'm not saying it's easy, but I still have all my skin firmly attached, and no blood has been drawn, after administering quite a bit of intestinal medicine. And she still asks for scritches.
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