Comment on Discussion Thread 🛩️ Friday 10 April 2026

melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨4⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

First real wrangling of the beast… I got him to come over for food then scooped him into my crouching lap and dripped the ground water mixed pill into his mouth the same way I used to with Melbcat.

No hissing or scratching but his squirming and fighting was frantic. Feel bad that I restrained him until he’d had it all before I let him go. He ran away and looked back a couple of times while I was apologetically calling but disappeared into the night utterly disgusted with me. I hope it hasn’t damaged the trust I built up. I’m meant to do this every day 😔

But what am I supposed to do? Can’t let him be a scabby boy. No fosters want a ringworm cat because it would spread to their other healthy ones, and to have a separate ringworm section I’d have to surrender him to a no kill shelter. I can’t see him doing well there even if they accepted him.

I’m so shitty I returned Melbcat’s unused meds because one of them was a very effective anti-anxiety medication. It could really have helped me with this. I might have to try him on Zylkene to see if it helps him adjust to all this.

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I also called Griefline earlier because I’m missing my baby girl so much. This new crisis is overshadowing her but her loss is seeping through. In the quiet times I have I’m remembering her and holding her urn and really going through it. I wish I had the opportunity to slow down and deal with things.

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