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Old Aug 22, 2023, 03:35 PM
Anonymous43372
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Thanks @AzulOscuro!

The kittens are 4 months old, so they are going through what I think are "the terrible 2's" stage of wrecking everything that they can! Haha! Last night, the smaller Siamese male kitten "helped" me by getting himself stuck in the drawer space in my armoire (the bottom drawer).
So, I had to rip the entire drawer off of its tracks (I broke one of the tracks) because I had no one to help me. Then, he just went about his business playing with his brother after he was free. Meanwhile, I can either unscrew the other track on the interior of the armoire bottom drawer that allowed it to slide out/pull out/push in/slide in, or I can store blankets in the empty drawer space instead. And store the drawer for later when I have the money and the time to correctly repair/reattach the tracks on both sides of the bottom drawer on the armoire, so that I can use that bottom drawer for pants, shorts, etc.

They also broke 2 ceramic potted plants. So, looks like I will need to find ceiling hooks to hang my plants with. Haha!

I'm enjoying my Facebook "break" because no one ever initiated communication on there with me. And only a few people respond when I reached out to them.

So, I will be ok. I have saved voicemails of my mom's voice (7 months since she passed away) to listen to, and now these 2 Siamese kittens to care for. I feel like I have that emotional buffer now, with the two kittens to love and care for. I found several low income vet clinics so will schedule appointments for them. I gave each of the kittens an ivory soap bath and used a flea comb when I discovered fleas hopping on their poop inside their litter box. I will hold off on buying OTC flea, tick, worm treatments until they see a vet. If I catch ringworm, I can get a fungal cream at the local Walgreens and deal with that no problem. So far, no flea bites on me. I checked the boys again today and no fleas with the comb (I dip in warm water with ivory soap to kill the fleas and their eggs). My guess, the fleas etc. may be internal. They may have parasites too? Flea anemia? They sure are skinny. I think they were underfed for the first 4 months of their life as they beg for food all the time. I only feed them canned food twice a day and leave out dried food for them to graze on.

My calf now hurts from my twisted ankle. I read online, that means I had a high ankle sprain or a syndesmotic ankle sprain. So, I need to schedule a follow up with a doctor to get it properly diagnosed. Then find out what physical therapy I need.