First Matey

@onapirateship

Enjoys reading, overthinking, and holding my 12-pound cat like a shotgun. Usually not serious (unless I am). Public health nurse. Recovering journalist.

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First Matey@onapirateship· Jul 13

@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social I've been in a mild funk all day (Sam Neill) so I was really looking forward to starting in on my first Tom Cox novel (received today in Florida!), but I guess Loki has called dibs.

A very debonair orange tabby cat gently caresses his newest treasure, "Everything Will Swallow You," a novel by Tom Cox.

First Matey@onapirateship· Jun 17

A black and white long-haired cat strikes a dignified pose behind a wooden happy-face back massager. The massager was not used on the cat (maybe).

First Matey@onapirateship· Jun 28

Josie got her stitches removed yesterday so she no longer has to wear the neck collar. Now she can go out on the patio and relax. #Caturday

A calico cat lays on a cushion in a patio chair, looking relaxed and content.

First Matey@onapirateship· Jun 21

So, long story, but ... Josie is recovering from a subtotal colectomy. None of the medications or dietary changes were able to manage her megacolon, so my choices were surgery or euthanasia. I decided to sacrifice my credit card rather than sacrificing her. #Caturday

A calico cat wearing a surgical collar reclines on blankets in a metal crate. She looks unenthused.

First Matey@onapirateship· Jun 3

I believe Josie has turned a corner ... a day after starting hey on Hill's GI dry food she is now a pooping machine (and has taken possession of my computer).

A small calico cat stands near a keyboard on a computer desk

First Matey@onapirateship· May 31

Still trying to save this kitty. She has a condition called megacolon, so she can't poop effectively on her own. She's had enemas and a manual extraction, and today started a med called cisapride to stimulate her colon. She's been on laxatives. No results other than a few small nuggets. #Caturday

A small calico cat sits on pink and grey blankets.

First Matey@onapirateship· May 24

New friend quarantined in the house this ##Caturday. I'd seen her a few times in a neighborhood I visit every two weeks to see a client. I saw her Monday as she didn't look good - very skinny, weak, and sad, laying in a pile of leaves. Still, she rubbed against my legs and meowed at me.

A tortoiseshell-calico cat reclines in a carrier.

First Matey@onapirateship· Mar 1

Sophie has Sleepy Kitty Face on this lazy ##Caturday.

A golden brown tabby with a sleepy look on her face.

First Matey@onapirateship· Feb 20

Loki is giving a high five to Wasabi and hopes she feels better soon. He was happy to donate his allowance to help.

An orange tabby cat extends his paw toward the camera in a high-five gesture.

First Matey@onapirateship· Feb 2

Trying to channel some of Sullivan's calm demeanor.

A grey tabby cat with a white chest looks away. He has laying on a fuzzy blue blanket.

First Matey@onapirateship· Jan 12

Loki, silently judging the amount of time I spent on my tablet.

A long-haired orange tabby stands with his front paws on a tablet, judging his owner's online time.

First Matey@onapirateship· Jan 8

Hello from two of mine: Loki holding down his brother-from-another-mother, Sullivan.

An orange tabby cat lays on top of a grey tabby cat.

First Matey@onapirateship· Jan 3

My favorite photo of my favorite cat, Caygeon. I still miss her.

A tortoishell cat with piercing green eyes stares into your soul. Her left paw is reaching towards you.

First Matey@onapirateship· Jan 3

Bloom County cartoon about politicians who lack morals.

First Matey@onapirateship· Jan 2

Bloom County comic strip with the satiric message that the most important principle in politics is "money talks."

First Matey@onapirateship· Dec 20

Loki sends hugs.

An orange tabby cat laying on his side on a bed.

First Matey@onapirateship· Dec 12

I call this photo "Depth of Feline." The cat was Clyde, a rescue I picked up at Leon County Animal Control when I was a student at FSU.

Black-and-white photo of a dark colored cat who is lying on his side on a bed. His outstretched paw is nearest to the camera and is blurred, while his head is in the middle of the frame in focus, a compositional technique called depth of field.

First Matey@onapirateship· Dec 12

I saw a gray catbird for the first time today. I've seen just about everything on this drawing except for the little sparrow-size birds (other than tufted titmice and black-capped chickadees, which are at my feeders all the time).