I have a new cat here. I am calling him Maxwell. He belonged to a homeless man who fed this cat Cheetos, peanut butter and canned beans. To say this cat is a mess is an understatement. He looks at cat food fare as if to say to me “What the devil is that?” Then he turns to a saucer of chopped up hot dogs and scarfs it down. He is very loving- but he is also very thin and very sick. The litterpan is full of his sick and come Monday, we will go to the vet and start to unravel what all is wrong with him. His owner has passed away and his friends gave me this cat yesterday late in the afternoon.
I don’t want to deworm or deflea him as I don’t think adding chemicals to the mix is a good idea at this time. His old name was “TC” stands for “The Cat.” I think Maxwell is a better fit for this cat who is now presented with a new life. A life where he will finally find out that he is a cat. I understand that he also likes M&M’s hopefully not the dark chocolate kind as those are toxic to cats and dogs too.
Geez, even if you’re homeless, surely you could find something better to feed a cat than that crap. Cheetos and peanut butter were available; cat-food costs less per tin than a bag of potato chips…
My initials were once “TC” and people at work used to call me that and it stood for “Top Cat!” Don’t know if you remember (maybe you’re too young), but there used to be a cartoon series called “Top Cat.” The man’s friends may be wrong, perhaps the man remembered the cartoon series from when he was a kid….
No wonder this poor kitty is a mess, considering what he was being fed! It’ll be interesting to hear what the vet has to say about him.