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My gleeful vampire

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Ham thief!

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I think Tumblr will love this

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a kitty is like a stuffed animal that is so heavy and it bite you and she loves you so much and you're best friends

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u/Emotional-Macaroon64

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Me, watching my kitten hold still for a suspiciously long time: Ollie, are you peeing on my floor?

Ollie: Not

Me: Are you sure?

Ollie, grunting through time and space to push out a chocolate mcmuffin wider than he is tall: Not

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The vet assistance is doing a great job

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The happiest cat

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The car needs a seatbelt

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Warning: sick/injured cat story.

So far, it has a happy ending.

Did you know your cat can get eaten alive by fleas? That fleas can actually make an animal anemic? I didn't, but I sure know now.

Wanna know the story?

Ok, so I have some friends. I love them dearly, and we had fallen out of each other's lives. (Me with my troubles, them with theirs.)

We have been visiting lately, which means that I go out to visit on Fridays when I can make it. They have mobility issues and don't drive, so I go to their place. I bring another friend, typically.

This is mutual aid.

It's low impact socializing for me, and I don't have to activate the Hosting Energy. My other friend doesn't drive either, so we all get to socialize.

Friday I took one of my friends to the party at the museum. As we were leaving, and I was working hard at monitoring the door for Cat Containment, she said that the kitty had been hiding lately.

Oh oh.

The following night, I get a call. The cat is very ill. He has a flea issue and they took him to the local vet, but his condition has deteriorated. Turns out that the cat got re-infested at home and the little vampire fleas were draining him for all they're worth.

I went out there, and we took the poor kitty to the 24hr emergency vet. His gums are pale, he *still* has fleas on him, and he's listless and won't eat.

They have two units of cat blood, so they recommend a transfusion.

There's two problems with that, though.

One, it's a procedure that costs around 600+ USD. This is not money that they or I have on hand.

Two, the cat's blood type is B. Which is rarer and not what they have in stock.

So I came up with a new plan:

The vet gave him fluids and an iron supplement. They gave him a medication that would kill all the remaining fleas.

I took him home with me to my house. He's our Basement Kitty right now, in his own space with a nice nest, litter, and fresh food/water.

He will need to be syringe fed. I happen to have the correct syringes on hand.

He will need combing with a flea comb. I have one in my doll stuff. (It's his comb now.)

He will need to be kept warm and fed as much as he will tolerate.

So I'm nursing a sick kitty. Initially I made a kind of blanket fort with an upside down table, but he's too weak to get into the litter box, so I swapped it out for a smaller, cozier box with an open side. I added a pee pad to the bottom and layered in a blanket and strip of an old towel.

I've been syringe-feeding him a churro tube a little at a time. He got up and explored the basement a little bit!

So I think he's going to be ok.

My own kitties (who live on the main floor) are very bewildered by the whole thing.

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Where is the money cat!?

this is the money dog, repost in the next 24 hours and money will come your way!!