Day 11 of my quarantine...BATH DAY!

Bath...bummer!

It had to happen sooner or later, and today happened to be bath day. Kathy took my litter box and sanitized it, then filled it with warm water and put it in the shower. She had a gallon of warm rinse water handy. So I got scooped up in a large bath towel and transported to the master bedroom bath where I was deposited into the litter box and scrubbed with flea shampoo. I was so surprised that I was fairly passive during the whole ordeal. (It is difficult to be aggressive when someone has a death grip on the scruff of your neck!) No piece of thumb between my teeth when it was over with. The good news is that there were no fleas in the bath water and I passed the flea comb test after I was dried. Please note that I am still wet in the above photo and have been collared and tagged. That is the bathroom in the background, and I am lying on the bedspread that all the cats have snagged with their claws or teeth. No good spread goes on that bed unless there is company.

I stayed under the bed only a few minutes after my bath before coming out to play paper and string with Kathy. I also used the litter box right away which made her very happy. Perhaps I should have made her wait most of the day, but the excitement of the bath made me have to pee.

Today is the first natural light I have seen in 11 days. I can get up on the window ledge and lie in the sun if I like and take in the smells of outdoors. Overall, this is a very positive improvement over the garage. I will continue my quarantine in this room for approximately 17 more days before I can join my brother. This is all worm-dependent.

In the meantime, Tacumwah and Marquette's litter box is near the front door along with their food, and they have also used their litter box. So all is well in our little Cat Kingdom at present.