Cats and More Cats

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Don’t ever say: “We don’t want to have any more cats”.

It immediately attracts the attention of the Cat Distribution System (aka CDS). In the last several months, we have had a Siamese cat stroll in and out of our house at will. He’s a snob. Doesn’t really acknowledge us - just flicks his ears at the sound of our voices. Walks through the entire house to inspect it, probably judging us. If you try to touch him, he is super quick with his front paws, claws extended. He belongs to a neighbour - he’s clean and well fed - so just a visitor.

Next up for our selection: Little Orange Cat. A small female, a bit nervous but affectionate to a point. She showed up every day until:

This unneutered tom came waltzing into the kitchen one morning. He has the longest legs and is quite pushy. Orange Kitty and this tabby didn’t fight but he established dominance immediately.

So we don’t see Orange Kitty very often now. Now Big Tom is here all day every day, but goes somewhere else at night. He too must be someone’s pet because he is super cuddly and in good shape.

Here he is airing out his “trouble puffs”:

And an art lover:

Lance set up a bird video on my iPad for him to watch:

So all this visiting was working out fine until the day he got underfoot. I tripped over him and fell down, hitting a cabinet on the way. Right arm partially skinned! Bump on head, sore right shoulder. One very red toe. 

The next day we decided I should go to a clinic to have the arm cleaned up. And off we went to Clinica Medica Sanchez here in Grecia.  You can see a general practitioner without an appointment. They also accept MediSmart, a discount medical plan.

Not all doctors at this clinic accept this plan so I waited for one that did, and she arrived at 10:00 am. Dra. Estefany Pacheco is really nice. She asked the usual questions, made sure nothing was broken, then passed me over to a nurse to deal with the arm injury. Well I have to say that debriding a wound with a cleaning solution of some sort does involve a bit of pain! That done, she covered the area with bandage and then ten feet of gauze wrapped around.

I left the clinic with antibiotic cream to put on it every 8 hours. You will not believe what this visit cost me! Doctor consult: 8,100 CRC (about $23 CAD) and 5,000 CRC (about $15.00 CAD) for the infirmary treatment.

Too bad we can’t sue cats for bodily harm.