The PO'M: Tough Guy!

Paddy O'Malley has tangled with some other critter...again.  I found a puncture wound on his lower jaw yesterday.  Don't worry; these photos are not gruesome!

He's been acting a bit 'off', such as preferring to get cuddles and scritches this morning BEFORE eating his breakfast.  Gently rubbing a cotton swab soaked in Vetericyn first-aid spray on him yesterday afternoon, didn't appear to make him recoil in pain.  But his nerves are a bit on edge, and last night he was on patrol, watching the darkness in the yard, and avoiding me as I asked for night-night canoodles.

My bet, is that it's raccoons.  They wash their hands in The 'O' Cats's water bowl sometimes, leaving muddy water.  We pick up any food or used food bowls before calling it a night, just to keep any raccoon, groundhog, opossum, or marauding cat away.  But The PO'M is large and in charge, and doesn't take kindly to interlopers on his turf, and of course, he must protect Sweetie.

You all know I'll haul him into the vet's office, if his wound becomes icky.  Last year's abscess in his neck healed well, with the use of the Vetericyn spray, so I am sure we'll all be fine.

 

Wednesday Switch

After reviewing my handiwork yesterday on the office credenza, I realized that the frames were all wrong, and I switched them.  Better, I think!  Quint's artwork kind of got lost with the pale frame, but it looks great on the watercolor.

And, I rubbed some of this holistic cream on Patty O'Malley's back wound this morning; you can see that he doesn't care as long as he gets hugged!  No photos of his boo-boo, but he apparently was bitten and an abscess formed.  He licked all the fur off of the area, and now there is only a big sore left, which is healing nicely.  But I rubbed some cream on it anyhow, and told him to leave it alone and not lick it off!  Do you think he'll listen to me?  The Hubby advised that he broke up a fight between Patty and some other cat on our porch last night, before I got home from work.  No details on the other cat since it was dark, but if he (of course, it's a he!) keeps messing with Patty, I will set out my traps for a neutering.  I wonder if this fighter cat just wants to use a shelter to sleep in?  We will keep an eye out.