Cats In the Closet

Well, our kitten population is down to three. I guess the snake got one of them before he met his demise at the hand of "killer" Bill. He found a little black one out in the woods near the barn and it was dead. Don't know if Mama Kitty took it out there or what.

Yesterday when we went down to feed the horses, Skipper came out of Blaze's stall with the other black one in his mouth. It was still alive, though, so we decided SOMETHING is getting in there at those kittens. There's no way that Skipper could have gotten one out of where they were and out the first stall door and back in through the third stall door in the time we were down there. He couldn't have reached them in the first place. So we really think something else had dragged the kitten into that third stall and he saved it from getting trampled on by the horses.

So, now they all have a new home in the closet of what was Mom's room. They seem to be pretty content, and it seems like Mama Kitty is really enjoying the "safe" feeling. She's just as happy as she can be back there. We let her outside, but she comes right back when we call so she can go back in by the babies. We'll keep them here until they at least are old enough to run and hide if something gets after them.

On another note - if anyone has a good treatment for sties on an eyelid, please let me know. I saw one starting when we went down to Texas last Sunday afternoon. It bothered me a bit, but not too bad. I figured it'd clear up in a few days.

By the time we got home on Monday, my whole eye was bloodshot and watering and itchy, and the eyelid was starting to swell. Well, I've been putting some drops in my eye, so it's looking pretty good, but my eyelid is just flame red and swelled up something awful and it hurts!! Even the area under my eye is starting to swell up. What an ugly mess!!!

So today I'm washing it with boric acid solution. I remember using that on a kitten we had when we were kids. We called him "Buggy" because, when I brought him up from the barn and started doctoring him, his eyes were stuck shut and just bugged out - big time. Ma made up some boric acid solution and I washed his eyes several times a day with it. Finally, they started opening up and I got all the infection cleared out. He was a cute little thing when we could finally see his eyes.

So, I know boric acid is a good thing to use. I'm going to give it till Monday and if this hasn't gotten any better, guess I'll be forced to go to the doctor. I HATE to go to the doctor unless I'm just forced to.

Well, enough of all that.

Guess you are ready for another installment of Mom's Story.

Well, here comes #4.

Hope you are enjoying reading it.

Till next time,
JB