Comment on Discussion Thread š¦ Saturday 28 February 2026
melbaboutown@aussie.zone āØ4ā© āØweeksā© agoEverything is so fucked :(
Iāll just do what I can but thereās context for why I canāt just relax with him as an outside cat.
Comment on Discussion Thread š¦ Saturday 28 February 2026
melbaboutown@aussie.zone āØ4ā© āØweeksā© agoEverything is so fucked :(
Iāll just do what I can but thereās context for why I canāt just relax with him as an outside cat.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone āØ4ā© āØweeksā© ago
maybe keep the cat indoors
do the neighbours know about this cooked person?
melbaboutown@aussie.zone āØ4ā© āØweeksā© ago
All legal measures were used to contain the situation and itās now ācontainedā but they do remain slightly unpredictable and do concerning things. And even if I could prove wrongdoing, which I canāt, that doesnāt help little man if he got targeted.
I hoped to move away taking Melbcat with me but I wasnāt able to. Now Iām just freaking out about this one.
Keeping him inside would involve essentially kidnapping him and locking him in my bathroom for quarantine while constantly cleaning with chemicals and regularly bathing him if possible. Ringworm is very infectious and can stick around in carpet for like 18 months. The stress could make him sicker. And I have a brain that spirals around contamination.
But whatever. Iāll continue feeding him to try and bolster his health and discourage him from catching birds or eating anything dangerous. Declutter and clean the shit out of my house to try and get rid of an infection or stay on top of another. Iāll improvise a winter shelter.
And being as he easily let me pat his belly, Iāll start testing the limits by trying to pick him up for a second at a time. Gauging whether I can get him in a carrier.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone āØ4ā© āØweeksā© ago
you donāt know he has ringworm,
melbaboutown@aussie.zone āØ4ā© āØweeksā© ago
I canāt confirm, but he had a bit of patchy hair loss that looks similar and I developed the textbook ringworm lesion on my knee where he touched.
Itās responding to the appropriate treatments on me so thatās very likely what it is and heās the most likely source.