--- Ronn Blankenship wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > >who is extremely grateful that Kia (12 yr-old cat) > >only *vocally* expressed his displeasure with the > >necessity of 'hot-packing' his abcess, rather than > >resorting to armed resistance... > > Aargh. How did he pick that up?
Only thing I can think of is <sigh> a mouse bite; Saturday last there was, on the stoop, ~ 1/2 mouse and a mouse with its head partially ripped off (normally he brings me *part* of his prey - sharing the wealth, as it were, but not whole critturs). Facial swelling noted Tues, gone Wed, back with a vengeance and drainage Thurs -> therapy started. > For a cat who loved everybody (his best friend was > the neighbor's dog), > Andy somehow got into his fair share of fights with > other cats, several of > which resulted in injuries whose extent remained > hidden under his thick > coat (though he was of no particular breed, he could > pass for a Maine Coon) > until they had developed into nice abscesses . . . > >(oh, eeuww!). >My reaction, too, at seeing a teaspoonful or more >of "stuff" "Pus, laudable pus" dear sir! :P >get squeezed out after the lancing on more than one >occasion (sometimes more than once on the same injury) >The Biggest Boil Treatment Ever Attempted Was Lancing >Michigan Maru <groan> So my poor cat not only suffers the ignominy of mouse-inflicted wounds, but punnishment as well? >My cats clearly understand what the doorknob is for >and how it works. Thank goodness they don't have >opposable thumbs . . . >Then there was Spot who stood beside the door and >very clearly said "Ouuuut?" I have hung bells on the doorknobs; the cats ring them when they want to go out. (And when they ring the bell and run - which they _have_ done! - we have a game of 'chase' until I can scoop up and deposit the prankster outdoors.) :) No Voodoo Maru __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
