The cats needed more flea goo, so I did some on line research about getting it on line rather than going to the vet’s office. Her prices on Revolution could cause a revolution! After spending some time the last few days looking for the best prices, places that don’t require me to get the vet to send the a prescription, and have good reputations, I finally ordered from VetShopOnline. It’s a sad, sad fact that I was able to get a six month supply of flea goo shipped (free) from Australia for a whopping $25 less than at the vet right here in town. I think I’ll have to tell my mom to get hers there too. Her vet has some whopping high prices on Revolution too, and he always wants her to bring the dog in for a checkup first, no matter if she’s scheduled for one a few months from when she runs out or not, and insists on running all manner of tests too … so the bill, just to get flea goo for a 5 pound dog ends up running into the hundreds of dollars. I have no idea if our cat vet would have wanted me to bring them in first or not, because I didn’t even bother calling. Why tempt fate? They’ll go in when it’s time for their next shots in a few months.

Lin thought maybe I should take them in for a checkup and to get the flea goo, and I can understand where he’s coming from. Fuzza didn’t get to the vet as often as we would have liked, because we just couldn’t afford it. It wouldn’t have mattered much in the end anyway, as he still would have gotten cancer and died. I know I have the feeling that I would like to take the kitties in just to “be sure” too, but it would really be a waste of money. I asked Lin if the kitties had given him any reason to believe there was something wrong with them, other than the fact they are totally insane, and he said they hadn’t. They really are quite fit and healthy (though totally mental). In the eight months they have been living with us, there’s been one incident of Oreo inspired diarrhea, which taught us to keep Oreos far, far away from Ronin, and a grand total of two vomiting episodes, both caused by eating their food too quickly and gulping a ton of water, which hasn’t been a problem since we switched foods. I’d say for your average cats, that’s a pretty good track record.

Tomorrow, I have got to go get the Wellness Core at the feed store! I had planned to go ahead and feed them the Purina this week, since we had it, but the level of gases emanating from both cats’ rear ends is almost unbearable, and they are constantly hungry, which means whining and over-feeding and the return of some pudge. They aren’t totally thrilled with the Purina anyway, which makes me happy. I’m glad they like the better stuff.

Since I made another mostly pointless post about cats, my punishment is, of course, to post another cat photo. It’s only fair to post one of Ronin, since I posted one of Myu earlier anyway.

That’s his new favorite thing. I have no idea where he found it, but he’s been carrying it around and sleeping with it for the past week. He doesn’t play with it. He just wants it near him all the time. I did tell you these cats are mental! And the towel? It’s the old bath towel I keep in the kitchen for when I need to quickly deal with a large spill (say, a large mug of water after Ronin attacks it). He keeps pulling it down, dragging it over by my stool, and curling up on it. I guess it’s now his towel.