Mr. Pigeon is back to his normal, feisty self now. I tried yesterday to get some photos of his rear end, but it was after I had to de-matt him and he wasn’t in the mood for his “photo moment.” LOL  He looks a big miffed in the photo, but that is because I had to use a seam ripper to get out his mats that were around his old wound and I am sure the skin is still sensitive there.

Also. yesterday Salem had to visit the vet. She is a  short-hair black kitty who only wants to live under the shop and not in a house. We rescued her over nine years ago when I got a frantic call from a college student. Her boyfriend had bought her a kitten for her birthday and she was thrilled, that was until he started drinking and decided this kitten would be great food for his boa constrictor! She beaned him in the head and put him to bed and called me to come and rescue this kitten. I couldn’t get there fast enough. I don’t know what she hit him with- but he was still out when I got there.

Salem has been here ever since and yesterday when she showed up to eat- I could see discharge coming out of her mouth. Since she is semi-feral, there is no way she would let me open her mouth (without biting me first) But I did manage to scoop her up and put here into a waiting carrier. I ran her to the vet where they found her canines were jutting out at an odd angle and causing her great pain. Thankfully, they did not have to sedate her to remove them. They were loosey goosey and just a bit of wiggling, they came right out. She is fine, she had an antibiotic shot to prevent infection and when she saw me this morning, she ducked under the shop and didn’t come out until I went back in the house. LOL  Hopefully, in a few days she will forgive me and we will be friends again.