Saturday, May 2, 2020

Lily and Bro

Hi Natty!  How are you today?  I hope you are cozy and happy and healthy.  I want you to know that I love you with all of my heart.  I'm doing OK over here.  I like Ramadan.  Ramadan is a month of plenty as far as I have observed.  One is more likely to get bloated instead of lose weight during the fasting month.  I try to keep my meals on an even keel as the non-fasting months, so everything is about the same food wise.  Dinner is ramen- I love ramen!  I have fresh mangoes, some traditional sweets, and a bottle of Coca Cola.  Alhamdulillah.

My new kittens Lily and Bro are becoming comfortable in their new home.  I took those kittens indoors just in time.  If I had left them out, they would have gotten pneumonia the next day.  Pneumonia is a death sentence for a cat.  I've never known a cat that recovered from pneumonia.  Lily is the grey and white kitten, Bro is white with black patches.  They are "kampung" (village) kittens, they were most likely born and weaned outdoors, and I'm guessing the father is a white ugly tomcat.  They have such dirty faces, unlike Lookie who has spent her entire life inside the house.  Lookie has a bright, shining face.  Kind of like yours, Honey.  Lily and Bro wouldn't sit still for their snapshots.  As you can see, I had to hold them by the scruff of their necks.  The kittens have ear mites and fleas that I'm still treating, and it looks like Bro has feline fungus.  I hate male cats.  They're cute and fun as kittens, but when they become sexually aware they are impossible to control.  It's either go outdoors or be neutered.  A male cat with feline fungus would sever a limb just to get rid of an infected area.  I've seen that happen.  It's a good thing I have plenty of medicine for that, and it's a good thing Bro is a tiny kitten living inside the house.  Imagine trying to doctor an outdoors cat.  First you have to catch it, then you have to hold it down.  Definitely not a one person job.