Saturday, August 15, 2009

Kitty Care Day

Teddy’s got fleas! Since we have no other animals around here we suspect that Teddy brought the bugs with him when he came. The drop treatment we got from Walmart last night didn’t seem to be too affective so we got the fleas shampoo first thing in the morning and I got to work! I was determined to be the flea terminator! I striped down and got wet and dirty with Teddy in the shower. He’s got surprisingly good temper for being an energetic little kitty. I soaked and rubbed him down with fleas shampoo at least 3 times. A quick roll under the hair dryer and voila, a new fresh scented kitty with soft fluffy fur! Even cuter than before! On goes the flea collard and let’s hope he’ll be bug free now from now on.
While getting the shampoo from Petco we noticed the onsite pet clinic for today so the ordeal wasn’t over until I took the new fluffy kitty to get his first round of deworming and vaccination. To my relief, Teddy is tested negative for Feline Leukemia. Other than being freaked out that he’s out of the apartment, Teddy didn’t even meow during the shot. It was barely past noon by the time we got home and the kitty has already had a long day! As soon as I put him down he crawled under his maroon cat tree and went to sleepy land.
However, the day is only half over for us humans. Now onto the Harborfest.

1 comment:

Matunos said...

Make sure you clean everything else too, his bed, the carpet, mattresses, upholstery... fleas can lay eggs anywhere.

http://cats.about.com/cs/parasiticdisease/a/fleas.htm