Swift Half update - 2nd December 2010

• Yala (our female cat) is back with us after having a hairy, pus-filled abscess removed from her body cavity today at the vets. She probably caught herself on something which put some of her fur inside her body - which turned rotten pretty quickly.
• She's back in her Elizabethan ruff collar, and high as a kite, after coming round from the anaesthetic. The vet has tried to get rid of EVERY strand of fur from inside her, but if she's missed as much as one hair, this might kick off again. Lets hope not - its great to have her back, even if she is now back on antibiotics, in a collar, not allowed out and all that jazz.
• Cutlery update - well this looks better and better. I got home today and she was practically jumping out of the box she's been in for a week now. She hasn't stopped eating all evening (well.... she has now.... she's asleep now) and I gave her a walk outside in the snow - so she could at least see her potential new hen-friends and they could see her.
• She's still a little unsteady on her feet - and hasn't yet got the strength to jump out of her box - but if all goes well, I'll re-introduce her to the flock over the weekend. This will be a bit dodgy - she will almost certainly get picked on - but I'll keep an eye on things.... As for a Cutlery health rating - well, today was a FIVE out of ten. Good girl, Cutters.
• Other hens update - third egg from Trouble today, nothing from Couvster and Conker is yet to lay - but the way she's reacting to me when I go to hold her (chook owners will know what I mean), I reckon she's about ready to drop the first egg of her life....