What a week!

I haven't posted in almost a week, but I have a good reason... We've been having a cat crisis, and it has totally wiped me out. On Thursday, I was petting Jack and noticed something black and moving in his fur -- fleas!

I, of course, panicked as I didn't want my house to be infested with fleas, so Tony and I went to the pet store immediately after researching the best way to rid a cat of fleas. We gave him some medicine and then a bath in shampoo that was supposed to kill fleas. He hated the bath, but it had to be done. We figured he would be better in the morning.

Turns out that he hated the bath so much that he just hid all day on Friday while I was at school. So, when I got home, we were able to coax him out from under the bed only to realize that he was acting super weird...twitching and running around like something was chasing him. So, back to the internet we went for information only to find out that some cats can be poisoned by certain flea shampoos. The one we used had the specific ingredients, so I started freaking out. People on the internet suggested going to emergency vet care immediately to help your pet and other suggested giving a second type of bath with different soap. We opted for the second bath, which Jack was not happy with.

So, afterwards, he hid out again for all of Saturday and wouldn't eat. I had to take his food to him underneath the bed, but he didn't really eat too much at all. We left him until Sunday just to see what would happen. He stayed hidden. Finally Sunday night we were able to coax him out after Tony got back from youth group. We sat with him for awhile and got him to eat a little, but then he lost interest. As it was very late, I decided I needed to go to bed.

This morning, he was still out in the living room, staring out the window with an empty food bowl. That means that he ate it all over night. Today he seems better, although he is still cleaning himself like crazy. I can't figure out if he thinks he still has fleas or if his skin is still irritated by the first shampoo. Regardless, I'm hoping that my life can be consumed by something other than worrying about fleas and then worrying about whether I hurt my cat trying to get rid of the fleas!