Vet Day

So today Pippin, Jinx, and Trouble had their annual check up and shots, plus since Pippin is 15 years old and has started to lose weight a bit, they thought he should have blood and urine tests to check for liver and kidney function, to be safe.  He needs to start going in every 6 months for a check up, just to be on the safe side.  As the vet said, for a cat at that age, 6 months is like 7 years for us, so it's better to keep an eye on things and try to catch any changes that need to be addressed.

Fleas have recently made an appearance in the household, so we also picked up Revolution for all the cats and dogs.

Good thing we didn't need to pick up any cat food right now, since even with our standing 10% discount (long-time multiple pet customers, they love us), the bill was just over $800.

Just fed the dogs, and had to pull out another container of their food from the fridge.  We've started making part of their food, simply lean ground beef (about 5 lbs) cooked up and mixed with 2 bags of frozen mixed vegetables and 3 cups of rice (before cooking).  Mixes up three large plastic containers, each of which lasts for about a week.  We feed them above 1/2 cup of this home-made food along with some dry kibble.  Angel has actually lost 1/5 of a pound in the past 2 weeks, and she's definitely seeming more sprightly and energetic!  Everyone really (and I mean REALLY) love this food.  It actually looks good enough that if we didn't have anything in the house to eat, we could heat it up and eat it ourselves!

Got some foam pads today to use when camping, with covers, so we should be set, no longer needing any air mattress.  We're hoping to be able to roll up the pads with the sleeping bags, making them essentially into a bedroll that can be tied onto the bottom of our packs.

Hopefully Maxx will feel up to getting up soon, and we can head out and get some more errands done. He does want to head back out to Coombs so we can check out the military surplus store again.  He's hoping to get another pair of combat boots if they still have his size in stock (hopefully still at the $10/pair price), particularly as the first day he wore them he had them on for something like 18 hours, without his foot starting to hurt.  Sign of good footwear!  I'm wearing mine right now (with jeans, not with sweats, as Maxx says, that's just not a good look ... more like a crazy look!)