2 posts tagged “mushi mushi gila monster”
Early this week our cat/band mascot/all around fashion plate Mushi Mushi Gila Monster broke his leg (we really don't know how he did it, he was fine one minute and then yowling in pain the next and when Hiram went to see what was wrong, he wasn't walking on the leg). The vet couldn't place a pin or plate on the bone because the location of the fracture was really close to the joint and because there was a spiral fracture within the bone. Long story short, Mushi is now a tripod (which is apparently a common term for three legged cats and not just a Ramones title-soundalike, so we're not making fun of him... and we won't be making fun of him when we place him in a pirate hat and eye patch either).
Anyhoo, we've started a photo gallery about his recovery at Flickr if you'd like to follow along*. He's actually doing really great so far, jumping on the bed and down to the floor. The hardest part so far has been trying to keep him "quiet" and "calm," something he never really was to begin with. He'll be back to his old self in no time.
*We're fully aware that this pushes us from quaint "Oh look, they love their cat" territory into "OMG, crazy cat people" land, but we don't really care. We've included some information on photos about the process from websites, and we'll give you some of those here:
Limb Amputation in Cats
Felines do surprisingly well with three legs.
Living with a disabled cat (thanks to our friend Randy for providing these when we couldn't think)
handicappedpets.com
rollingdogranch.com (thanks to Lyn Never on Metafilter)
Feline VAS Support--Guide for amputee caretakers
Months ago our pal Victor Scott wrote asking for people to film themselves while dancing to his wonderful song "Gotta Go" for a video that was going to be made by Michaelle Stikich. So before we left Kansas, we filmed ourselves dancing around and, like everything else we do, our cat Mushi Mushi Gila Monster decided he wanted to be a part of it as well. So, it turns out that Mush breakdancing (with help from Hiram) is in the final video (Quicktime version and the YouTube version) along with Mike and Rob Smith of Nothing but Green Lights and the Take Your Medicine Podcast, Tim Young of Contrast Podcast and the band Cut, along with several others (including the wonderful dancing of anonymous girl #1). So we watch the video and love it, but then Michaelle writes that it's been picked up for the SXSW and NoisePop festivals. Wow!
Congratulations to Victor and Michaelle. We fear that this means Mush will be even more annoying than he already is, demanding that his picture be on all of our albums, royalties, more fresh tuna, etc. Our other cat, The Big Delicious, already wishes he had more dignity.
