It’s cold

I’ve been feeding him and giving him spot ons for a few months and that alone has made a massive difference to his fur and health.

But it looks like he’s still got ringworm, still scabby itchy and bald in places, and still sneezing wetly which is probably an upper respiratory infection/cat flu. He’s desperate for attention and affection which means constantly dealing with zoonosis if it remains untreated. And winter is coming. :(

I see so many of this sort of owner and it makes it so hard when the animal needs medical attention.

I cleared the room, moved the bed and vacuumed more of the floor.

Edit: I checked again and found a days old email about the black cat from an owner saying he’s desexed and microchipped. It’s like I feared 🫩 He’s a neglected outside cat. I’ve let the rescue lady know he may not be eligible for foster due to that. It’s lucky I checked again before taking him inside. (This cheap generic chip scanner can probably go in the bin.)

But now I’m in the situation I didn’t want to be. Where the cat isn’t being cared for and will keep coming to me - yet I can’t take him to the vet or find/give him a home. Even letting him crash overnight or confining him for ringworm treatment may be dicey. Worse than that he’s just one year off being a senior and the ringworm pills alone may not clear him up. And I’d bet money he’s not being vaccinated regularly.

And yeah I’m not minding my own business. But this cat was crying to be let in late at night while it rained and constantly sleeps on my property. The underside of his jaw was scratched bald and his fur was so patchy. Always hungry. I genuinely thought something happened to the owner or he had been dumped.

No judgement here, it happens

That’s something I can get behind

You’ve done so much. Enjoy the wine and a rest, you’ll be through the rest fast

I’m moving all my stuff to the back room… a bit worried that when the ceiling gets done in there it’ll waft mould spores and plaster dust all over my belongings but I might try to pack everything in into sealed boxes.

Oversprayed the bottle of Feliway inside the tent and am now trying to air it out. Ordered lime sulphur dip off Amazon. I’m being crazy and inviting so much chaos into my life. But if I cave and bring the scabby baby inside I need to be prepared to contain him.

Edit: Checking out Aldi on the laptop and see the site now has sorting options and Doordash delivery. I don’t want to use Doordash but depending on delivery cost this could be a game changer for people without cars or much PT. So angry my body decided to nerf me because there are a lot of very cheap basics (at least on the site) and with my meal prep skills I could be eating so cheaply and well… unfortunately many I can’t have and the few things I can eat aren’t really available in the actual shop.

Yep. It’s not even back to back crises, they overlap and stack.

Did you do that? Nice job.

I was wanting to learn how to whittle but not sure I can be trusted with a proper sharp knife

Fuzzbutt was crying outside so I hurriedly made up the tent… but he got impatient and left. Didn’t get to give the meds. Hopefully he comes back.

Edit: He came back and got dosed. He’s run off in high dudgeon

I’m thinking of slinging some winter warmer poverty meals out there but don’t know whether to put it in Aussie Frugal or Food Australia

Castaway

Ah shit. Despite posting about it 2 years ago I haven’t been shopping around between energy retailers or applying for discounts.

But I’ve had so much on my mind. It’s constant survival mode with no time or space to really sit down and get anything sorted.

Yeah I think he knows I wouldn’t hurt him.

Years ago he had his little buns parked on my hot water heater (probably just a visitor at the time) and I was very gently poking him with a pipe to shoo him away (because of my cat)… he wasn’t scared in the slightest and just smooched the pipe like I was patting him.

Bite the ends off and do a hot sauce Tim Tam slam

Tom Hanks is looking for him

He ran away in such a huff I was worried I’d scared him off

Bed in a non-bedroom room because of upcoming works.

The random tent inside. Either to be used as emergency ringworm cat accommodation or I can sit or sleep in there to save on heating bills this winter.

https://www.businessinsider.com/cold-korean-families-moving-tents-2013-1

https://severeweathersurvival.com/camping-out-indoors/

I got the tent and set it up inside just in case. The little one has forgiven me for last night and came back this morning for food and gloved pats. Was meowing to come in. Haven’t let him in yet but I’m trying to get ready in case it has to happen.

I’ve got a big birthday coming up but am sad Melbcat isn’t here to share it. I’m probably just going to do normal stuff (or as normal as things get around here).

Yep. It keeps getting you