Vat 'O Fat
Karen & I have recently been doing some very early stages filming at 2 big cat shows. Any hopes I may have secretly hosted that my own bundle of joy Ciggy Fag Ash (to use his full name) might ever make the show bench were cruelly dashed this week.
Early in the morning I heard Mr P&M go down to feed the cats then a gasp of horror as he spotted Ciggy dripping in an unidentified sticky substance - cue complete hysteria on my part as I imagine he has had something thrown over him by an evil neighbour - cue even more crazed hysteria as I hear the noise he makes as I try to hold him in the bath and wash off this substance which turns out to be cooking oil ... lots of it.
After two goes in the bath both lasting approximately 50 seconds before he escaped we faced up to a humiliating and expensive trip to the vets. To be honest I thought £70 was quite a bargain considering the task they faced. Poor soul is still rather sorry looking and greasy about the ears and legs despite their best efforts for an hour with the shampoo. The offending source of the problem is in next door's back yard. Apparently they have to keep the used cooking oil outside to be collected, I assume he jumped onto the lid, it gave way and judging by the state of him, he went right in.
I'm told by the Cat Fancy club that the 'dolly's hairdressing' required to get a long haired cat into show condition ends with 2 hours under the hairdryer. I guess that also means more than 50 seconds held under in the bath.
Early in the morning I heard Mr P&M go down to feed the cats then a gasp of horror as he spotted Ciggy dripping in an unidentified sticky substance - cue complete hysteria on my part as I imagine he has had something thrown over him by an evil neighbour - cue even more crazed hysteria as I hear the noise he makes as I try to hold him in the bath and wash off this substance which turns out to be cooking oil ... lots of it.
After two goes in the bath both lasting approximately 50 seconds before he escaped we faced up to a humiliating and expensive trip to the vets. To be honest I thought £70 was quite a bargain considering the task they faced. Poor soul is still rather sorry looking and greasy about the ears and legs despite their best efforts for an hour with the shampoo. The offending source of the problem is in next door's back yard. Apparently they have to keep the used cooking oil outside to be collected, I assume he jumped onto the lid, it gave way and judging by the state of him, he went right in.
I'm told by the Cat Fancy club that the 'dolly's hairdressing' required to get a long haired cat into show condition ends with 2 hours under the hairdryer. I guess that also means more than 50 seconds held under in the bath.
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