and now...

... the cellar has flooded!

It's probably coming from next door, who are flooded too and doing their best to sort it out, and it's probably covered by insurance once we figure out whose insurance to claim from. So it could be worse. But it's no fun at all :(

Fruitcake is eating intermittedly especially if I go pester her and drag her into human company. She still gives every sign of hating to be around us, but it does seem to lead to her eating more and moving around the house more than she does left to herself. Dr Monkey diagnoses cat depression (on top of the thyroid and whatever other physical problems she has).

remembering Zil

Zil 28/06/1994 - 24/01/2010

Zil was my first cat of my own and the cat who taught musique_monkey , spidermonkey and squirrelmonkey to love cats (and not to pull their fur). She was very good with small monkeys and insisted on attending all their birthday parties, no matter how raucous.

She definitely saw herself as part of the family. While she was aware of the multiple inadequacies of apes, she was very patient with us. Possibly because she suspected she might be an ape herself. She liked to sit where we sat, eat what we ate, and used her paws like hands. If there's reincarnation, I reckon she'll be human next time round. I seem to be heading the other way so perhaps we'll meet with roles reversed. I hope she lets me have a livejournal.

( Kitty pics behind the cut... )

Zil's lj is zil_n_fruitcake , which Fruitcake is doing her best to keep going, but the spelling just isn't what it was when Zil was in charge...