We had a half day of class so I thought I would pick back up our mange treatment and dip him behind our apartment. I tied his lead to a pole next to a power line - Chip wasn't very pleased with being tied to a pole in the yard still sopping wet. He yelped and I didn't know what was wrong with him until a GIANT wasp fell into the bucket of paramite and met a fitting end. Poor little mange mite got stung!! I think he was more upset that we had to sit outside until he air dried and I would not pick him up than he was about being bit.
That evening at about 8pm - when it had FINALLY cooled we went for a walk on campus. We found a very well lit spot and walked about 1.6 miles. Walking this much is new to both of us.
When he got tired of walking and would see a car he would sit down and look hopeful at it until it passed. I also forgot to bring either of us some water... oops! He was so tired after that he was extremely grateful to be put in his crate.
This morning I was eager to repeat our routine that had proved so effective the night before. We got up and he jumped right in the car and we were off the the park. After I had us both out of the car and we were walking up the path I noticed two parked silver cars way off on the other side of the park... I hoped they had just been left there from some activity the night before. Then I saw one of the car doors open. I decided to just stick to my side of the park and walk along the road we just drove in on. We were doing okay until an old green pickup truck drove in and slowed down to watch us... of course we were as far as possible from my car... The guy drove to the two silver cars and parked. One of the silver cars immediately started driving towards us. He could have made a right and exited the park but instead he made a left - into the dead end where we were parked and walking avidly to the car at this point. He drove extremely slow past us and nodded then circled around and went back to the other two cars. I was mildly freaking at this point and as soon as we made it back to our car I shoved Chipper in and sped off. SO forget McKee park!! I don't know where to walk him in the mornings now! I can go to South Farm - it's a really beautifully kept business area with nice sidewalks (it's where we used to take Hobbes so he could chase pine cones). It's just such a long drive and the drive time would shorten the time we could walk because 5:45 is as early as I am willing to wake!
Chip is extremely itchy today. A small part of me is clinging on to the hope that the intensity of his pruritis is up because mange mites can release an antigen when they die - heightening the irritation they cause. He's just really hurting himself chewing so I started him back on prednisone. I am going to try and limit his water intake because pred makes him so thirsty and I don't want to take any backward steps on his potty training.
I have also resorted to trying to limit his access to his poor belly:
He wears it quite well actually! He leaves it (and his near to bleeding stomach) alone. I think he must feel quite fashionable in it! He can have it - what to I need a little froofy top for anyway?On a cat note: I cleaned John's little house and let him out for a while today. I rearranged a little, freshened his water and added cookies to his food. I get home and he has dumped the FULL bowl of water I just put in there all over his cage pad and his little round bed. He's in there yowling because I just got home and haven't cleaned it up yet... little brat. I hate it for him that he is confined but I must say it's almost nice to have one of the animals contained and taken care of (no escape attempts from the notorious open door bolter). He has all he needs in a small box. His little incision finally healed. It could have really used a stitch but the timing was all kinds of wrong for him. Poor Quality Cat!
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