Post by Jenni on Jan 17, 2005 19:01:59 GMT -5
Well maybe I didn't almost loose my eye but I came pretty close to having an eyeful of claws. My barn cats have one of those eye and upper respiratory colds going through. I stopped at the vet and they gave me some polyotic (tetracycline) powder that you can mix with water and give them. I put it on their food for a few days but one little orange guy (Marvin) was very sick so I spot treated him. Mixed it up in a little syringe and squirted it into his mouth. He wasn't happy but didn't put up to much of a fight and after 5 days is much improved. Well I noticed Miss Cleo was pretty bad last night so I decided to do the same thing with her tonight. She is a mostly black calico born last may, about the same size as Marvin. So tonight I started petting her and then picked her up to squirt the stuff in. I wasn't expecting her to put up any more of a fuss than Marvin so I just held her on my lap kind of haphazardly. She went ballistic, growling and squawking and twisted herself around and gashed my face, at which point I dropped her. She caught me with 3 claws...1 about an inch over from my nose and 2 right on the edge of my eye socket - just where the puffy skin ends. But I didn't give up, with blood running down my face into my neck scarf I petted her a little calm her and then got down on the ground over her and got a better hold on her. Then in the mouth the meds went. She took off across the haybarn and looked back at me like she'd been violated to the highest degree, little devil cat! Tomoorow night I think I'll wear my goggles, maybe a helmet too, LOL.
