When you want a do-over and this day is one for me. I called the adoptive parents of the calicos and told them that under the circumstances, they can’t go to homes right now until the ringworm (which is at a dormant stage right now) is all gone. They asked me how long before it is erased? It’s to hard to pin down, it depends on the cat, the immune system, the strain of the ringworm. It’s not painful, but it is a pain in the butt to treat and finally get rid of. I told them all of that and asked if they wanted to go ahead and take the girls and treat them (I would show them how) or if they wanted me to treat them and deliver them when they are cured.

No, they said. We’re not interested now. we wanted “kittens” and by the time that they go through all their treatments they might just be cats, and oh, we want our money back that we paid you for the spays-vaccines-and microchipping. Total of $100.00 (which I don’t have because it went on the spay bill. I offered to send them a tax-deductible receipt for the donation, but they want the money back.

I guess the saving grace is the calicos probably wouldn’t have been happy in this home especially if they turned out not to be “perfect kittens.” If they couldn’t work with me through the days, weeks of treatments, what would have happened if one of the kittens had fallen ill? Now, I just have to figure out how to pay her back for her “donation’ because I have a feeling, she isn’t going to let that part of the deal drop.

I’m also worried about Pumpkin. She just doesn’t look right. She’s not eating much, and she is just so withdrawn which is not like her. Her temp is normal- she just looks off to me. Maybe it’s just the combination of the spay/vaccine and microchipping that she went through yesterday. I’m hoping she recovers over the weekend or it’s another vet visit for us to find out what is wrong.