Monday, December 13, 2010

I Did Something Nice on Christmas; Don't Get Sentimental on Me

We have this cat. Heck, that's nothing new; we have three cats, not to mention a dog, two turtles, a lizard, and a fish.
But this cat is new. Four month old little Ramses was rescued from the alley by a friend of ours, and we took him in. The guy had ringworm, mange, fleas, and ticks. It's been almost three weeks, and with a bath a day, he only has ringworm and a minor case of mange.
Ramses likes to climb on bare skin and chew anything that looks like an extension cord.

Would I call him an early Christmas present? No.
Would I call him a problem? Yes.
But he's my problem. My mangy, contagious, danger-prone problem.

Merry early Christmas.