Every once in a while things need to be done but they don't always go as planned. Such is the case when things involve my cats.
One thing that I perhaps don't do as well.... ok, there are two things....that I could do better about in regards to my cats are keeping their hair from getting matts and giving them pills.
Do I have a cat hair brush? Yes. But how often do I keep them brushed out to keep them from matting up and from keeping all the stray cathairs from going all over the place... not very often at all. So it seems like ever few months some of the cats get quite bad hair matts. And that calls the need to break out the scissors and drag a cat into the bathroom and cut the hair clumps off. Some of the cats are easier than others to deal with. Porkey? Not bad. Whiskers? Kinda difficult. Athena? Very difficult.
One of the last times that I had to cut the clumps of hair off Athena was one of the most difficult. Athena does ok when she's laying on one side or the other, but when it gets onto her bad side she doesn't want to lay down still. And its a tricky situation when I am using scissors to cut hair off and I need to get as close to the skin as can be to cut the clumps....but....heck, I have a pair of sharp scissors and this wild cat under my arms! At one point as I was cutting I realized that I felt something kinda sticky on one of my hands. What the hell..... looking at my hand I saw blood.
OH CRAP!!!
I searched all over Athena for any possible cuts hoping that I didn't cause her great injury. But I didn't see any. Where was the blood coming from?
Myself.
The scissors were sharp enough that some time they slipped across one of my fingers and sliced it open. And here I was bleeding around and even getting some on Athena's fur. And if you know her from my photos page then you will realize she is a mostly white-haired cat. Not a good combination: white hair, red blood.
So the other week after a vet visit I ended up with some pill medications for Athena. One pill I administer as a whole, but the second pill has to be given in halfs. It's a rather tiny pill, but its got a little crease in the center of it for "easy splitting". (haha.)
Beginning last Friday I was doing good at giving her the pills when she needed to get them - twice daily - but by like Saturday I wasn't doing good. I never do good in taking my own medication or giving it to one of my pets. I just don't remember most of the time. While she's gotten better by now obviously - actually since Friday night she was doing ok, but its one of those things ya know that you have to keep on giving them their meds anyway until its up - and tonight when I got home I was wondering when I'd be able to get a hold of her to give her the pills for tonight. About to start supper I looked over at the food dishes and saw her tail. There she was! Blimey, theer be da wild Feena cat. Crikey!!! So I casually reached over and grabbed the pills, by that point though she saw me and realized what was in the works. So she began to circle around the couch. While I stood in the doorway leading into the bedroom, her haven, she circled slowly around the couch and then attempted to make her getaway. But I managed to dodge downward and grabbed her. Gave her the full pill. Now I needed to cut one of the other pills in half. Without letting her go all I had right there were....those same scissors. Hmmmmm.... was trying to use them to cut the pill in half when Tabby cat came wandering by to see what was going on. As she did it lost my concentration and Athena ran off. I chased after Tabby for ruining it and soon both were running off for cover in the bedroom. Ok, forget Tabby, Athena needs her medication! However she was underneath the bed in such a position that made it difficult to reach under and get her. I went from side of the bed to the other side trying to poke and prod he to run out. Finally was able to, but by the time I got to the other side of the bed I had no idea where she went to. Out into the living room? In the bathroom? or did she just circle back around the bed? Hmmmm. Luckily I looked right down and saw a bulge by the underside of the blanket hanging down by the floor. Slowly reached under and pulled her out. Ah ha! I gotcha now kitty cat! Went back out to where I was in the doorway where the light was to cut the pill. As I did and went to feed her I felt a sticky feeling on my left hand. Did she drool on me? What was this? Looked down at my hand and saw blood again.
Damn it. I cut myself again with these scissors. The ONLY time I have cut myself on the
scissors at all have been when I have been using them in relation to Athena.
Which begs the question..... if I ever need to use scissors for something regarding my cat Athena, shoudl I use child-proof scissors? Or get an 'adult' to do it next time? Or......hell, as crazy as it sounds I might have better luck in not getting hurt using a machette or an ax or a chainsaw!
How can I keep cutting myself with these scissors? Unless......
Athena is somehow secretly using the scissors when I am not paying attentiong to try to gain her revenge.
Coming to a theater near you soon. She looked like an ordinary white cuddly cat. But behind that adorable exterior, on the inside lay a blood-thirsty demon. When you cross her path, the most sadistic evil that the world has ever seen will be unleashed. Coming soon to the movie theater its....
Nightmare on Cat Street IV: Athena's Revenge!
(Move on over Freddy, this cat's got scissors!)
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