Daffodil In The Morning (no Escape)

I came downstairs this morning and Daffodil was sitting on the floor, peeping out at me.

It looks like she is strong enough to jump down and walk now.

She loves this new scratching post.

Poor Ginger, though.

Ever since coming back, Daffi hasn’t acknowledged Ginger’s presence at all.

It’s an addiction – wanting to go out.

It is like with some humans too – they just cannot stay at home, they have to go out.

There were some blood stains on the sheets. The tumour is bleeding. I’ll have to find a way to clean it and at least put some iodine on it.

She knows.

All clean sheets.

Daffodil was strong enough to even go upstairs, but we have closed our bedroom door because the wire-netting hasn’t been reinstalled. Although we have closed both windows, there is a risk she might be able to squeeze through and escape to the roof again. She seems to like sitting on the roof so much. Cats like high places, I suppose.

I offered food (barf, home-cooked and Primal). She ate most of the Primal and left the barf.

The psychic did say yesterday that Daffodil knows medication has to continue. She just wanted a break and it’s already been 4 whole days now. The psychic says it is okay to continue.

Meanwhile, there are also views that I should let Daffodil go out and be free. Well, this is how I see it: All my cats are my children. So if your child has a tumour but likes going out and there is a chance your child can be knocked down by irresponsible speedsters, poisoned by someone in the neighbourhood or your child has a tendency to stay out on the hot roof and starve herself for days, would you let her out just because you know she likes to be out?

I’m not saying my decision is right. I’m just saying the above is how I see it right now. I may be wrong, of course, as cats do not live their lives like humans.

At the end of the day, I really don’t know what’s best for Daffodil.

It’s so hard.

But Daffodil did come back on her own. We did not throw a net over her and catch her by force. She came back on her own. If she hadn’t wanted to come back, she needn’t have had to. She could have stayed away (and be free).

And she came back with her last ounce of energy where she could not even prop herself up anymore and her legs were all wobbly.

Do I want to subject her to this again?

I don’t think so.

She came back on her own. I think I can base my decision on this fact.

Source: https://myanimalcare.org/2017/06/14/daffodil-in-the-morning-..

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