The Opinionated Pussycat

Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day: Mr. Nikita - The Original Opinionated Pussycat

Mr. Nikita RIP: My Original Muse

 

 

 

 

 

Nikita: The Never Before Shared Photos 3

 

MWROAARRR!!! He was King of the World!

This photo, one of my favorites of Nikita, first appeared on the blog of Daddy Kiril, back in 2009, on his 11th birthday, and I just had to share it again. :-D

Good evening, felinity assembled, Elvira here with a set of unseen Nikita pics I'm surprised don't seem to have been shared, also from early 2009:

The photos of Nikita reading sophisticated human literature were taken the firat week of  Jan. 2009 and I checked posts through March with  no luck.

Nikita: The Never Before Shared Photos 2

Good morning felinity assembled, Elvira Mistress of Felinity here with a few more unseen pics of Nikita.

Daddy Kiril's eye check up went well, last week.

His eyes, especially the one with the cancer, are doing great and, while the next follow-up will be in 6 months, the one after that could be set for a year later, not 6 months, depending on current progress continuing.

This post shows a few more July 2008 photos of Nikita relaxing on the bed in our home in Santa Ana, Ca.

 

 

 

 

Nikita: The Never Before Shared Photos 1

There are a lot of them.

Daddy Kiril was surprised when I showed him.

Good morning felinity assembled, Elvira Mistress of Felinity here and I'm sorry for us not posting all this week.

Daddy Kiril has been busy and worried about paying our rent and a few other small bills due the first 2 weeks of July (He appears $300 short), and we have been busy and worried, too...busy keeping an eye on him and worried about him.

Yes, I have my exam and update of shots, last done 3 yrs. ago, due next month and we can't get our flea treatments, but that will have to wait.

Starting next week daddy has 5 medical appointments (1 a wk) to see how he is health-wise.

 

IN MEMORIUM: A Very Nikita Christmas

Spreading Christmas Cheer through poetry and song was something Nikita began doing on Daddy Kiril's blog, and he taught me how to write my own.

This post is a tribute to his skill and humor, and daddy and I hope you will explore and share the links posted here as we head into the new year....

 

2009:

Santa Paws is Coming to Town

Have a Meowy, Purry, Chrissymouse

 

 

Annual Holiday PSA 2013

An important Public Service Announcement valid not just on Chrissymouse Eve & Day (Catmas for those in Rio Linda), New Year's Eve, & Weekend, but any Holiday, and really ANY day.

FEEL FREE TO SHARE!

If posted on your blog, share a link to this blog.

Thank you!

2012: Songs by Nikita...Images from 2012 by Ann of Zoolatry, who has posted a wonderful "Remembrance" post in tribute to all, from our community of pet blogging, who went to Rainbow Bridge this year, including Nikita.

Randy the Red-Nosed Pussycat

'Twas the Night Before Catmas

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Holiday PSA 2013

An important Public Service Announcement valid not just on Chrissymouse Eve & Day (Catmas for those in Rio Linda), New Year's Eve, & Weekend, but any Holiday, and really ANY day.

FEEL FREE TO SHARE!

If posted on your blog, share a link to this blog.

Thank you!

Nikita Announces His Retirement: Elvira to Take the Reins

October 12, 2013 -- 10:55pm

Oct. 10, 2013

A Medical Update, at the New Vet, for Nikita

Good afternoon, felinity assembled, this is the promised update about me, from our first visit with our new vet last week.

Daddy and Dr. Amira Abdel-Malek, of Lakeside Animal Clinic, had a nice long chat and I listened to them from the comfort of my carrier, and since have done some online research.

As many of you know there has been uncertainty, for several years, as to why I have gone from 17 to 9 lbs, and not been able to eat enough to maintain a healthy weigh level; Irritable Bowel Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Hyperthyroidism, we have not been able to know more because daddy could not afford the tests. I also have a small heart murmur (level 2 out of 6).

He's been reluctant to put too much on the Care Credit card, especially now, when we are living practically month to month, if not day to day, despite his getting his first job in 3 years (Walmart-PT Temporary).

Old Cat Ponders the Past, Present and Future

I was born in March 1998 and, not long afterwards, my mom, and her litter found themselves in a cage at the Humane Society, in Pomona California. One day, a month later, the human who became my Best Bud wandered in and when I saw him I just KNEW we were destined for each other.

As I looked out of a cage full of kittens and their mother, I somehow sensed that this human was about to look elsewhere because of the lackluster look of my siblings so, from the back of the crowd I, the runt of the litter, pushed forward, approached the bars of the cage, climbed up a bit and meowed a tiny "Wassup?" It was love at first sight. This human was under my spell though I didn’t have a clue what this concept meant.

He took me home as a companion to an old yellow/orange cat and the 3 short months we were together, before he passed on, taught me a lot and spiced up the once lonely life of this old warrior.

I wasn't a year old when I discovered how making noises by shaking a piece of paper could be a useful skill for a cat to have. I learned pretty quickly that this human always filled my food bowl in the morning when he got up.

In my first 3 years I learned to do a lot of things; I guess it had something to do with my superior IQ. It was late summer of 1998, even as my human and I were still dealing with the passing of the old warrior, when he bought his first computer and I made my presence known online.

I’ve written before about the series of autobiographical stories I wrote on a website, from that fall 1998 through 2001 and, how all but the last chapter completed was lost when the website shut down. I’ve even shared that remaining story.

Why did I discontinue it?

When you and your human persuade yourselves that you don't have the knowledge, resources, encouragement and time to recreate what you long believed was some of the best writing you have ever done, writer's block is an easy thing to get caught up in.

Nikita Hisses, Politely, at BARC, Receives Apology and Correction

8/2/13

Dear BARC, my name is Nikita, I am a cat, I write and am age 15.

In moving to Houston, last year, my human went to your offices to get me properly licensed.
Yesterday we got the notice about when to pay for another year.

One problem... your records, according to the billing statement, identify me as a spayed female.

Um, may I invite you to closely examine a 2010 photo of mine, in this blog post, and then tell me what you see? I don't know how this error occurred and hope it will not affect the ability of my human to re-license me.

Please advise. :-D

Mr. Nikita of The Opinionated Pussycat, Houston's Cat Blog

NURSE ELVIRA REPURRTS: Nikita Watch - A Worrisome 30 Hours

Listen up, friends of The Opinionated Pussycat!

Nurse Elvira Mistress of Felinity, here, with important news!

Over the past 3 weeks Nikita had been eating his Gerber baby food like it was going out of style.

He didn't eat much yesterday, though, and none last evening, even though Daddy Kiril left the food out.

He started tossing up watery Phlegm several times an hour around 2am.

Daddy set a fresh bowl of food down but he didn't go near it, though he did drink a little water.

Poor daddy got little sleep. Nikita would lay on the bed, or on daddy for a bit before another toss up.

Daddy took him to the vet this morning and by 3pm we had some answers and a treatment plan.