I knew the Cat Lady hoped to swing by to drop off some cat food for us today. Just a drop and run, as it would be on the way to somewhere else. I expected a message from her ahead of time, and was going to open the gate for her, but instead I got a message saying the stuff was at the gate!

So I snagged a daughter, grabbed the wheelbarrow, and went to pick it up.

Wow!!

First up, I’m impressed with how far she was able to get some of those pushed under the gate! Especially that 40lb bag of pellets.

She had mentioned she might have litter pellets, too, but I was not expecting them! There’s the two big bag, like we usually get at Canadian Tire, plus a smaller bag of pellets made from recycled newspaper.

She mentioned leaving Marlee’s favourite cat treats, but I didn’t except to see two crinkle caves for the kittens as well.

I was also not at all expecting canned cat food! I am really appreciating it, because right now, I’m using a lot more than usual for the cats in my room. It allowed me to give the two older kittens more controlled doses of lysine. Their eyes are looking better, but are still quite sticky. This morning, I found Question’s eyes completely stuck shut again (that’s the name the girls have settled on for her, because of the question mark pattern on her back).

Speaking of sticky eyes, the next photo is kinda gross.

There are a lot of tuxedos among the kittens this year, and one of them has a really messed up eye. Not as bad as the kitten we got to the vet – at least not from what we can see so far – but still pretty bad. I did catch him once, but he really panicked and one of my hands got pretty scratched up as he made his escape. Today, I sort of caught him, but didn’t want to freak him out too much, so I gently held him in place and pet him, letting him go before he started to panic.

This is what he looks like.

That inner eyelid is so swollen, I can’t even really see the eyeball, but there’s quite a bit of swelling in there.

I told the cat lady about it, and she said that if we can catch him, to let her know, and she will see what she can do for us.

Like she doesn’t have enough on her plate already!!

She is just so amazing.

The Re-Farmer