I am terrified that I am turning into 'The Crazy Cat Lady' of the neighborhood, or even worse turning into my ex, Garet, who collected cats like some people collect aluminum cans. Last Thursday Chandler started to go crazy at the window, barking and pawing at the screen. When I looked out to see what he was unhappy with, I saw my two cats Britney, and Lindsey, plus another little gray cat all sitting on the lounge next to the pool. My first impulse was to think, “Isn’t that cute”, but upon further inspection I saw that the new cat was severely injured. It had a large strip of fur missing on its back, and one eye was in bad shape. I knew it needed help so I coaxed it into a carrier, and brought it down to Abandoned Pet Rescue. After all, I volunteer there, and I have adopted three animals from them. I should have a positive balance, like a bank account. I take three, return one, and I still have credit for two. Unfortunately they couldn’t take an injured animal, they just don’t have the facilities for that. I was left with two options, return the cat to the streets, where it will probably die, or take it to a vet and have it taken care of.
I now have a little gray cat sitting at the vets office waiting for me to pick it up, and a bill for three hundred and fifty dollars. What is worse is that I have nowhere to put the little guy, who by the way is named Speckles. Yes I know, I have pretty much taken possession just by naming the thing. I may try to take the repaired kitty back to the shelter and see if they will take it now, since I have a two cat and one dog credit coming, or I can put it in Chandler’s crate until I find a place for it. What I can’t see myself doing is letting the little furball back out onto the streets, especially since I have invested all that cash in it’s health.
I hope that in thirty years, my nephews and nieces will not be called down to Florida to identify their dead uncle and help find a home for his one hundred cats. That would be very bad, and they would hate me when they found out that I left everything to the kitties.
