Well Yes My Cat Does Smell Like An Easter Egg

You know those little tablets of easter egg coloring that you dissolve in vinegar, and you know how when your done your eggs, hands and house reek of that smell? Okay thats exactly how Mini-Mo smells today, and no I did not try to dissolve him in a cup of vinegar, I did however pour some apple cider vinegar on him. He has a skin condition that appears to be ringworm, which is a fungus that develops in the hair follicles and causes a ring shaped crusty scabby area on the skin.(no worms involved, weird huh?) I, being a do-it-yourself kind of Gal knew there was a home remedy for ringworm, I just had to search a little and after finding tons of homeopathic, really complicated recipes, found a site with a woman who lived on a farm and later worked for a vet, according to her apple cider vinegar was the farmers cure of choice.

Because my cat was getting more and more uncomfortable and it was spreading, I ran right out and got a bottle. About 7pm I decide its time, my son Markus is sitting on the couch watching me prepare the sink, my daughter Katrein is on my Mac playing Webkinz, all is peaceful. I pick up the cat and place him in the sink, I realize I need another hand to pour the vinegar on a cloth and dab it on him. He begins to struggle, I think fast, okay pour it on the cat then dry him a little afterward, I start to pour, he is now twisting and claws are visible, Markus starts to laugh, I have no towel, I yell for Katrein to grab me a towel and hurry, the cat is now back in both hands, wet, stinky and pissed off, his body twists, his claws slicing the air for purchase, anything to free himself. He gets me once, I yell and change my grip, Markus is really laughing now, Katrein arrives with the towel, I try to manuever it to the floor so I can put the cat on it and wrap him and his wicked claws.

Finally I get the cat wrapped up and dry, Markus stops laughing long enough to ask if I am okay, my sweet little Katrein is checking the cat over, and me only mildly wounded, I’ve had worse injuries. As far as the remedy, he seems a little better but it takes at least two more days of treatments. Next one…… Markus holds the cat. *smiles wickedly*