What did I just do you ask? I just pulled a tape worm out of the kittens backend! Yes I did! I pulled a tapeworm out, not barehanded mind you, all gloved up, but still GROSS!!!
This is how it all started. We got a new kitty from a garden center, they had found the kittens under some trees that they were about to use for landscaping. They caught the kitties and the mom and placed them for adoption. So, of course, I just can't help myself, I had to run over and get one! I mean a FREE kitty, come on!!
We brought this beauty home, he had a very dark chocolate coat, beautiful and shiny, so we named him COCO. Right? Great name! He was beautiful, but kind of turned out to be a butt!
I took a good look at him, then took him to the Vet to be checked out and given all of his proper shots. Well to my dismay, he had ringworm, tapeworms, and a host of other issues going on. At the time I was pregnant with number 7 child, so I needed a kitten with a host of problems too! We started him on all of his meds and had to isolate him so none of the kids (or myself) would get ringworm. He was pretty feisty and would yell at me to come feed him or clean his litter or whatever else he wanted. Catnip, a toy! He was pretty bossy.
He finally was showing signs of healing, the ringworm had healed up so he could now come out and play, this did take several days, so he was totally excited to come play in this houseful of craziness. He ran and played, ate and drank, hid and jumped out at us just to see our reactions. He was so cute and so much fun. Then one day, he was eating right next to me as I was doing dishes and cleaning the kitchen. Low and behold, I look down at him and see something hanging from his backside (i.e. BUTT) so I picked him up to see what it was. GAH!!!!!! IT WAS THE TAPEWORM!!!!! So of course I yelled out and the kids and my hubby ran in to see what the excitement was all about. They all screamed and laughed and sort of got sick. As did I! But who gets to do the BUTT DUTY???? Me of course! I had my hubby hold him with his booty facing me, and I proceeded to pull a 3 FOOT LONG tapeworm out of his A$$.....It was all I could do to keep dinner in, but I was laughing so hard I could barely see I had tears in my eyes. The kids were screaming and making vomiting noises, and my husband, well just thank God for him, he kept ahold of that little Coco and let me pull, it came out completely, everyone survived, no one threw up! Thank goodness, I didn't need anything else to clean up, and Coco went on to live an amazing life with us and new dogs and new fish (which he dumped over a few times)....THE ONLY THING THAT DIDN'T SURVIVE WERE THE GLOVES....they had to go BLAH!!! LOL
I'm sure there will be more pet stories, but this one just came to mind....HAVE A GREAT DAY!
