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Jilly_in_VA

(11,890 posts)
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 04:53 PM Jan 2025

Well, that was fun...NOT

I had to give little miss Bridget, my foster kitty, a lime-sulfur bath because of her (suspected) ringworm on one toe, which I don't think she has (the hair has already pretty much grown back where they scraped it to take a sample). I've held off several days because it was so cold, but finally did it, and washed all her bedding, disinfected everything, etc, as instructed. She was actually pretty good about it after her initial struggle to get out of the sink, and just kept looking at me with her big eyes like "WHY are you doing this to me?" She was already cleaning her paws while I was drying her, and as soon as I dried her to my satisfaction and sat her down, she began cleaning the rest of herself in front of the heater. Surprisingly, she didn't seem angry with me at all. I'm going to be sorry to give he back. She's been such a sweet baby. She waits for me at the top of the stairs every morning and if I don't pick her up right away, she pats my leg, asking to be picked up and carried downstairs. It's not that she can't walk down the stairs, she just wants the cuddles.

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Well, that was fun...NOT (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Jan 2025 OP
Sounds like a foster fail? ms liberty Jan 2025 #1
Please keep her JMCKUSICK Jan 2025 #2
Foster fail? KT2000 Jan 2025 #3
She KNOWS you are her care giver. Sounds like a sweetie. Keep her, but only if you can. And Thanks. Evolve Dammit Jan 2025 #4
Not all kitties are that nice, keep her KS Toronado Jan 2025 #5
I wish I COULD keep her! Jilly_in_VA Jan 2025 #6

JMCKUSICK

(2,229 posts)
2. Please keep her
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 06:02 PM
Jan 2025

She sounds adorable and has bonded with you in away she can't offer anyone else.

KT2000

(21,422 posts)
3. Foster fail?
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 06:25 PM
Jan 2025

I think you should keep little Bridget. Giving her a bath and she is mostly OK with it? That is a keeper.

Evolve Dammit

(20,576 posts)
4. She KNOWS you are her care giver. Sounds like a sweetie. Keep her, but only if you can. And Thanks.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 07:36 PM
Jan 2025

Jilly_in_VA

(11,890 posts)
6. I wish I COULD keep her!
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 12:34 PM
Jan 2025

I love her very much, as I've loved all my foster (in different ways). But my husband is extremely allergic to cats and has set down a firm "NO INSIDE CATS" law. I have to respect it, and that's why I have barn cats and keep fosters in my studio. I adore Bridget and I'm busy readying her for a new home.

Before Bridget, there was Sarai (who has since been adopted by two JMU girls) and before Sarai was Em (who went to a rescue). After Bridget, there will be others, either aged or infirm. Bridget came to me with an upper respiratory infection, and now has the (suspected) ringworm. The URI is done with, but I keep her until the ringworm is either cured or dismissed as not being there. Then she goes back, and a new one comes. It's like foster kids.

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