These cats may have been buddies in the park, but they are not comfortable with each other (or anyone else right now) At food time this morning, a bad fight broke out. I grabbed a towel and threw it over the fighting boys and separated them. The orange boy is now in the Intro cage inside the enclosure and the black and white cow kitty male is in the deck enclosure.

The black and white kitty has a suspicious wound on his front paw .It almost looks like he had been eating or chewing on himself? It’s not a regular bite wound- with just two puncture marks- it is ragged and worked on and quite deep. I didn’t notice it before because he went immediately under one of the low tables to hide. I am taking him over to see the specialist tomorrow morning. I did put ointment on it- it looks pretty gnarly. She told me to start him on clinidrops- so I started the antibiotic.

George came over this morning and he rigged up a door where I can block off the catio if need be. It is just a piece of wood on hinges and a slide bolt, but it will help me a great deal once I start working with this cat to block off the small catio. He also (bless his heart) helped me weigh and de-worm the 17 kittens and Aurora in the bedroom. We cheated and instead of putting the kittens inside a large carrier after they were each dewormed- we just put them in the bathroom so I wouldn’t double dose the mackerel tabbies and torbies who are so hard to tell apart! Pumpkin now weighs 4 pounds!  He made a comment about how playful she is now- he saw her last when she was failing fast. I told him she is getting back at all the darn humans who stuffed her with drugs, ointments and yucky food to get her well!

They still have remnants of ringworm but as cold as it is, I really don’t want to dip them. I need to get some more antifungal ointment and use that. It gets them a bit damp but not as bad as the dip does. I ran out yesterday and this darn cold/flu whatever I got is keeping me home today. So they get a bit of a reprieve. But I have to have this black and white kitty looked at. It is a nasty wound.  I have some old x-ray films left from when Cyclone was x-rayed, so I made a quick e-collar to keep him from biting on his paw.

Also I got a phone call early this morning from Alaska’s new owner. She is so enchanted with this cat it makes me smile. Her 23 year old son who is autistic has become Alaska’s best buddy. Catherine said they are going to call this “kind, kind kitty- Isis. I told her Isis is a grand name for this cat. Isis gets irish lullabies sung to her at night and she now has a velvet cave she can curl up inside of. Morgan, the boxer has been curious about the kitty- but they have yet to meet up close and personal yet. Thankfully, Morgan is highly trained and obedient. I don’t see any issues. Alaska never seemed to mind B-Dog while she was here.

The beautiful calico that just arrived, went to her new home this morning. She now has a 62 year old woman and a 7 year old granddaughter to love on her. I couldn’t be more pleased. Melinda gave me $40.00 for a rehoming fee and I promptly turned it over to my vet. When I left their home, the three of them were cuddling on the bed. The calico’s name shall be Callie according to the granddaugther  whose name happens to be Chloe..