Frankencat

[6_bleen_7]

So I was brushing our cat Pandora the other day, and the brush bristles kept getting caught on something on her back: swish-SCRACCCK-swish, swish-SCRAPE-swish,.... I investigated, and after a few minutes of burrowing into her long, lush fur, I discovered a pea-sized, polka-dotted brown nodule attached to her skin. Thinking it was a tick, I got a

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[ex_ciannait]

Awww, poor kitty! I'm glad it's nothing serious.

[6_bleen_7]

Thanks! She seems to have taken this whole thing better than we have. We've been either freaked (before) or grossed (after) out, and she hasn't cared in the least. It's a wonder that she hasn't yanked all her sutures out; I suspect they're flavored with garlic or some other nasty-tasting substance.

[6_bleen_7]

Aw, poor cat. Yeah, Pandora got better so fast that I didn't even notice a recovery phase-just the ongoing "I have no clue how ugly I look with this thing on my back" phase.