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We took our Dolly to the vet over the weekend and, after she beat the snot out of me and put up admirable strength resisting the carrier, we were told that her emergency surgery was coming along on a nice road to recovery. The sutures are still there though dissolving, and her appetite rivals Brandy's for unabashed gluttony. To those who are already wondering, no purpose-driven farts were emitted in the general direction of myself, Louie or any brave member of our veterinary staff. Now we have the issue of the appetite. Odessa-doll has been throwing princess fits over her food again, something I haven't seen in a long while: grumbling, muttering vulgarities and turning her nose up at the soft food we had been giving her after the operation. She wants those crunchies and she wants them NOW dammit, and the vet said we might give her some small kibble. Problem is she's chowing it all whole and doing so very fast, and it makes her just york it up again in short order. But offer her the soft and it's another tantrum. I don't need to have kids, I have five toddler cats with attitudes...I had forgotten how well our innocent-looking Dolly can cuss! She is named after a seaport city so it's no surprise she swears like a sailor. Any ideas on getting our princess some crunchies? Or getting her to eat them slowly and not with the voracity of a long-haul trucker on the road? And as she can't chew a pack of Orbit, some tips on cleaning up that dirty mouth of hers? Blessed be, Baha

Purrs on the way for Odessa to continue feeling well.  Maybe if you only give her 5 or 6 pieces at a time she'd eat those fast then wait for the next 5 or 6.  As far as the dirty mouth, we had a liquid bacteria fighting additive for the cat's water.  The vet gave it to us when Hobbes had bacteria causing bad breath and the vet wanted to wait until we got his diabetes under control before doing a dental.  It helped with Hobbes, should I send you a pint? We do have this squirt stuff, this rinse we give Roxie and Brandy; less an additive than a mouthwash you can swallow. This will become part of the Doll's regimen when the sutures are gone, along with brushing. I'm interested in the additive though. Maybe it'll do some good for all five of my little ones. Sabrina and Stosh are good in the teeth department but I want to stave off any more dental nasties as much as possible. let me know more about it, please, and many thanks. Blessed be, Baha

chew a pack of Orbit, some tips on cleaning up that dirty mouth of hers? Blessed be, Baha Okay, I have to say that was an ill-placed joke! Odessa and Sabrina are masters at princess fits and hiss-and-growl, what I call uttering obscenities. Blessed be from a sheepish Baha

Now we have the issue of the appetite. Odessa-doll has been throwing princess fits over her food again, something I haven't seen in a long while: grumbling, muttering vulgarities and turning her nose up at the soft food we had been giving her after the operation. She wants those crunchies and she wants them NOW dammit, and the vet said we might give her some small kibble. Problem is she's chowing it all whole and doing so very fast, and it makes her just york it up again in short order. But offer her the soft and it's another tantrum. I don't need to have kids, I have five toddler cats with attitudes...I had forgotten how well our innocent-looking Dolly can cuss! She is named after a seaport city so it's no surprise she swears like a sailor. Any ideas on getting our princess some crunchies? Or getting her to eat them slowly and not with the voracity of a long-haul trucker on the road? And as she can't chew a pack of Orbit, some tips on cleaning up that dirty mouth of hers? About the only thing I can think of is to sit there and ration out her kibble so she can't eat enough at one time to get sick - maybe a dozen pieces max? Then 15 minutes later another ten? Maybe she'll stop gulping so fast if she realises that there will always be more coming?