Dragon Li cats are extremely easy to raise, very sturdy, and quite intelligent.
My cat, Da Dan, was forcefully taken home by me when I went to a flower nursery with my mom.
Why is it named Da Dan? At that time, there were about six or seven little Dragon Li cats in the nursery. The owner saw that I liked them and said I could take one. The other kittens ran away as soon as I got close, but our Da Dan was lying on its side on the ground, looking indifferent. So I successfully “kidnapped” it.
Here’s a photo of it when it was a kitten.
Lying on its back on me while watching a drama (¯︶¯)
Before bringing it home, my mom said that if I dared to bring it back, she would throw both of us out.
But now, Da Dan is my mom’s favorite, as if it were her real daughter ¯_(ツ)/¯
From childhood to adulthood, except for having a bit of ringworm when it first came, it has never been sick. Its weight soared to seven pounds when it was just over five months old, making it a little chubby cat.
Looking like a chicken leg
The most dangerous moment in its cat life so far was probably when it was neutered.
When it was nine months old, it was in heat very badly, wetting the bed everywhere at home. So I took it to be spayed.
Female cats generally suffer more during spaying than male cats. For three or four days after the operation, it didn’t want to eat. Sometimes it would meow softly because of the pain in the wound, and it didn’t use the litter box either. I was extremely worried.
One night, when I came back from the supermarket, I opened a box of yogurt. Da Dan actively rubbed against me, wanting to drink the yogurt. I was so happy that I forgot the yogurt was taken directly from the freezer and couldn’t be given to her immediately.
As a result, this box of yogurt made Da Dan, who was almost recovered, suffer for a month.
After drinking the yogurt, at around 4 a.m. the next day, I heard a sound of vomiting (I had been sleeping very lightly every day because I was worried about her). I quickly got up to check on the cat. I saw her squatting beside the bed, vomiting yellow liquid in big mouthfuls.
I was really scared. I started to search on Baidu about why she was vomiting yellow liquid. Most of the results on Baidu said it might be feline distemper. Since she had just had the operation and her immune system was weak, and the hospital was full of bacteria, she was prone to virus infection. From 4 a.m. to 7 a.m., these were probably the longest three hours I’ve ever experienced.
After vomiting, she listlessly walked to the bed and went to sleep. I stared at her without blinking. As soon as the hospital opened at around 7 a.m., I rushed to the hospital with her in my arms. The doctor examined the vomit (here’s a reminder: if your cat has abnormal vomiting or excretion, be sure to take pictures and keep the vomit or excrement for the doctor’s reference) and said it might be feline distemper. Vomiting yellow liquid wasn’t a good sign. The doctor asked me to go back and observe in the afternoon. If she was still vomiting, I should come back the next day for a virus test.
Worried, I took her home. At noon, she vomited a few small puddles of yellow liquid again. I couldn’t sit still. In the afternoon, I directly took her to the hospital for a virus test. To be safe, the doctor used both domestic and imported test strips to do the test twice. While waiting for the results, I couldn’t help but sit on the chair, crying with her in my arms. She looked up at me quietly. At that moment, I thought that if anything happened to her, I would never forgive myself.
Thankfully, the test results were good. It wasn’t feline distemper. It was just that her stomach and intestines got cold from the cold yogurt. After that, she started a life of getting intravenous drips (the drips were because of the cold – induced stomach and intestine problems, combined with the wound issue. She wasn’t eating, drinking, or using the litter box. If this continued, her body couldn’t take it. So she had to get nutrient and anti – inflammatory drips at the hospital).
She had to get three bottles of fluid every day, which took more than four hours. Since she had a lot of fluid from the drips and couldn’t use the litter box, she peed on me (¬_¬).
After getting drips for almost half a month, and with me forcing food into her mouth three times a day, finally, she became that naughty little cat again.
During this nearly one – month period, I hardly had a good night’s sleep every day. I was constantly on edge, fearing that she might vomit again or have other problems. Since the spaying, she has insisted on sleeping in my quilt, pressing against my stomach at night. As long as she moved, I would definitely wake up to check on her and pet her.
This was probably the time when we had the closest bond. After that, she was “bought over” by my mom ¯_(ツ)/¯
With its bare belly after taking off the surgical suit. I just want to dig in the soil and roll around in it. What can you do about it?
Wearing a harness for the first time
Now she brings a lot of joy to our family every day. She plays hide – and – seek with my mom, waits for my mom to come home from work, sees her off to work, and sleeps, plays with the phone, and watches my mom wash her feet with her (All the joy is my mom’s. I have nothing).
Every week, my dad buys a fish and stews it just for her. My parents don’t eat it. Sometimes, when she’s too lazy to eat from the bowl, my mom feeds her with the food in her palm, mouthful by mouthful (All the love and care are for Da Dan. I have nothing).
Here are a few more pictures. She’s the most adorable kitten in my heart.
The noble lady under the umbrella
Memes are coming
Finally,
Even though she “attacks” me in her own way every day
I still hope that my precious and your precious
Can always be healthy and happy
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