Hello my
followers!
Today, I thought I would take some
time to share my story with you. Some of you might like to know the Murphy
behind the blogs. My life is definitely not dull! It has taken me several years
to mold into the fine man I am today!
Well, it all started in June, 2009.
My previous parents were moving away and could not take me with them. Bummer, I
know! SAH was already my second home, Dr. Ellis has been seeing me since I was
a wee kitten. I was hoping SAH would adopt me but, I’m not your typical cat and
I came with some baggage!
Does everyone remember the scars on
my face? Well, I had a condition where I would self-traumatize. So basically, I
would scratch and beat myself up to the point that I would create large wounds.
Silly, right?! I couldn’t tell you why I did this; it was a mystery for all of
us. Luckily, SAH loved me even though I was an odd one so, I became part of the
SAH family! Little did I know this was a huge turning point in my life,
everything was about to change.
At first, we were hoping my behavior
was due to an environmental allergy. Ya’know, pollen, dust mites, something
along those lines. Wrong-o! No improvement with environment change. I continued
to traumatize my face with my dagger claws so they tried to put these silly
things called Soft Pawz on me! Nice try humans! Well that didn’t last long, no
way was I going to keep those plastic caps over my nails so, I just pulled them
off with my teeth! Have I mentioned I can be a pain in the caboose?!
Next, they changed my diet to a
hypoallergenic form in case a food allergy was the issue. I was treated monthly
with a flea preventative to make sure fleas were not adding to the problem.
They even treated my sores with the therapeutic laser to help decrease swelling
and promote healing. I was treated like a king! My wounds started to heal and I was feeling a
little better, but not 100%. We started to think that maybe stress was the main
reason for my odd behavior. Now don’t get me wrong, I was very happy and loved
my new home but something was off.
So, anxiety medication it was! This
actually helped a lot! I calmed down, became more relaxed and the traumatizing slowly
decreased. I was on the road to recovery! Wahoo! Then my ladies at the office
and clients started to notice I was not around as much. No more greeting them
at the door as they came in, no more helping with check out, I vanished. When I
did decide to be social, I was actually really rude! It didn’t take long for me
to get annoyed so I would just swat with my claws and yell at clients to leave
me alone! Yikes, that is not how a kitty is supposed to act! I was always tired
and just slept my days away. Dr. Ellis decided it was time to wean me off of my
medication, change my diet to the Young Again diet and get me to lose some
weight. (See blog #2 for more details about my diet and weight loss!)
I feel AMAZING! I have lost weight,
I have so much energy, and I’m incredibly happy and social. Clients don’t even
recognize me anymore! Every time the door opens, I am ready and waiting for a
nice head butt or a butt scratch! I don’t even swat at people any more… well I
do sometimes!
So, that’s me! I hope this helps you
get to know me a little better and understand my ways. Thanks to the love and
support from the SAH family I am the healthiest I’ve ever been. Here’s to many
more years of supervising the front desk and getting to know all of our
clients!
Until next
time,
-Murphy Cat
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