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[FishProf]

Orestes is offering a special topics course in food as well.   

ST 499 - How is that even food?  Students will learn to chew, dismember, shred, and sometimes consume non-traditional food items (e.g. silicone straws, stuffed dinosaurs, aluminum foil, tinsel, Christmas tchotchkes).  Final exam includes hairball production with an emphasis on surprising content and locations.

[FishProf]

Orestes is now at the hospital.  Early indications are that he ate something metallic (foil? ribbon?  is that a spring?).  He has petitioned, and will likely be granted, that this count as professional development credit with regard to his course offerings. 

We just had a long talk with Smolt about fault vs. responsibility in leaving things around that cats shouldn 't have access to, because they (he) will eat them.  Fun times.

[AmLitHist]

Aw, poor Orestes!  Sending good wisher for quick recovery!

[mamselle]

Likewise.

Learning about consequences for kitty-cats is so scary because they believe themselves immune and really flaunt the curve.

Poor Orestes!

M.

[OneMoreYear]

Oh no! Poor Orestes and Smolt!   I hope Orestes will recover quickly!  Sending scritches and hugs to the FishProf crew.

(This is probably the only benefit of Ricochet's extreme food pickiness. We know she will only eat one very specific brand/variety of cat food and live bugs.)

[evil_physics_witchcraft]

I hope Orestes is on the mend soon!

Youngest Evil cat just sneaked a few licks off my plate. I wonder how she'll like the hot sauce?

[Larimar]

Wishes for a speedy recovery to Orestes from the Larimar crew too!

[FishProf]

Thanks for all the wished.  The little man had  surgery this afternoon where the removed a tangle of chewed up hair elastics!  So, not a single ingestion,  and it explains the shortage of elastics in my house.

He did great, and should come home tomorrow.  He will be wearing the cone of shame. 

[mamselle]

Those elastics are a menace.

Kitties have had very serious issues with them....glad they were removed in time.

M.

[Larimar]

Poor Orestes! Glad the surgery was successful & that he'll be coming home soon.


Larimar

[statsgeek]

Yikes, those hair ties are scary!  Glad he's on the mend. 

[OneMoreYear]

So happy to hear the surgery was successful and Orestes will be home today.   

In his defense, eating multiple elastics makes sense. I mean, he ate one and nothing bad happened, so he ate another one, and so on . . .

[clean]

So happy to hear the surgery was successful and Orestes will be home today.   

In his defense, eating multiple elastics makes sense. I mean, he ate one and nothing bad happened, so he ate another one, and so on . . .

Arent they like Kitty Potato Chips?  You can't eat just one!

[FishProf]

He is now floppy and resting on MrsFishProf.  As soon as we got him, Smolt opened the carrier and he climbed into her lap and would not be removed until we got home.

[mamselle]

Sounds like Orestes and Smolt are a clan of two.

M.