The Heathen Felines Fund

Day before yesterday, I took Local Breeding Champion “Mommacat” to the vet. Now, Mommacat is not *my* cat; she’s just a local semi-feral who’s quite friendly, has been here longer than I have, and is an expert at creating little cats to spread the joy. She’s also kinda up there in years. When I came back from travels, her left cheek was puffed up; I vowed that since she’s not mine and money is in short supply, I’d let nature take its course, most things heal on their own. But by the day before yesterday, she was in a pretty sorry state… the puffiness had moved upwards, and the lower eyelid was turning inside out and had locked shut the left eye. It was clear that she was in some fairly substantial agony, so I gave in and took her to the vet. Fortunately, the problem was quickly discovered and easily resolved… one of her molars was infected, and consequently removed, and the rather nasty cyst behind it cleaned out. As of today, the puffiness has gone way down noticably. Sadly, Mommacat also lost her licence to practice… she got spayed while she was there.

While the problem was easy to fix, the vets office – capitalist pigs that they are – wanted to get paid for their efforts, to the tune of a bit short of $90 (Where’s my bailout? Huh? Huh?). So if’n the photo below from two days ago tugs at yer heartstrings and makes you want to go digging in your wallet… feel free to go here and donate.

CAUTION: Slightly icky.