Thread: My new kitten

Well, technically he's the wife's cat, but he likes me more He's about 12-13 weeks old, and one of the most cantankerous animals I've ever met.

As much of a mess as he can be, I like this cat more and more daily. He was relatively calm when we gave him his first bath- no one got bit or scratched! Today, however, I think he proved just how good of a little guy he is.

Yesterday he started showing signs of a possible eye infection, and today I was sure. Like any country boy, I went to get some terramycin ointment for it. For those of you unfamiliar with terramycin, it's an ointment that you have to put on and around the eyeball. Most cats you'd have to wrap in a towel and wrestle to put this stuff in their eye(s). I sat him down, held is head so he couldn't wiggle, and applied the ointment. The only thing he did was to try to keep his eyes closed.

After I was done (when a cat would normally bolt), he sat in my lap and I pet him for a few minutes. Here's a picture I snapped a few days ago...it's not the greatest, but he won't pose for anything!