Animal Psych Ward

   Sometimes I think I run a mental hospital for animals.  All five of my animals have psych issues and I say this with love.
   Maggie, I think is bipolar with homocidal tendencies.  She's also very jealous.  She thinks that Ricky belongs only to her and she is out to get rid of me.  To her I am the "other" woman.  She is all the time running between my feet trying to trip me down.  I told Ricky that if I die in my sleep, look to Maggie.

  Scoot has PTSD.  You see, she had one set of puppies and hasn't been able to carry another set.  She wants so badly to be a mom.  She thinks that Smokey is her baby now ( at first she was afraid of him).  She even lets Smokey "nurse" on her.  Talk about disturbing!

  Monkey AKA Stoner Kitty has a drug addiction to catnip and abandonment issues.  When he was very small his mama got ran over by a four-wheeler.  The person that found him, gave him to Jessi and I was told "Oh yeah, he can eat moist cat food".  Poor baby was starving to death when I realized that he was only sucking the juice off of it.  Well, he has more than made up for that.  Monkey doesn't put his face in the water bowl,  he dips his paw in the water and drinks water off of it.  He will get next to a stuffed animal or blanket and start sucking on it and kneading it.

  Smokey has an identity issue,  he thinks that Scoot is his mama.  He tries to nurse off of her.  He will rub up against her until she lays on her side so that he can get to her boobs and will go to town.  Again, disturbing!

  Rocky has an eating disorder.  He wants to eat all the time.  Every time one of goes into the kitchen,  here comes meowing to get more food.  It doesn't matter if he has just ate, he wants to eat again.  If you have ever seen my animals,  they do not do without food.

  Well,  no matter what their issues are, they are my babies and I love them all.  When I get up in the mornings I tell them all good morning and all 5 get a scratch from me before I leave for the day!  They all seem happy to see me when I get home in the evening. Well except maybe Maggie ;).