Got a new house guest....

[poltr1]

On Sunday, The Ex asked if I could take car of her cat, Pippin, for a few weeks. Apparently, he's been getting out of the apartment a lot, and her apartment manager has put her on notice -- corral your cat or risk being evicted. So, kind-hearted soul that I am, said "yes", and brought him to my place on Sunday night.

Pippin is a tuxedo cat, with a stub for a tail. Right now, he's very skinny and lost some of his hair due to fleas. I know that he and Kefi (their dog) don't get along very well. If I could afford to do so, I'd take him to the vet for a check-up.

So far, Pippin has been perched on my kitchen counter. I try to pet him and he hisses at me. I've given him some dry food and water, which he'll eat and drink. And I just brought out a litterbox for him. It was in my bedroom, but he didn't know it was there, and thus left me "presents" in the hall.

He hasn't encountered Mercury yet, as Mercury has been camped out upstairs.

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[robin-june.livejournal.com]

Can you get the Ex to accept the financial responsibility for the vet visits?

Most of the tuxedo cats I've known were too laid-back to hiss at someone. So frequently, in fact, that I was starting to think that the tuxedo coat pattern and the easygoing personality were genetically linked.

[poltr1]

She would have taken him to the vet, but she didn't have the money to do so. And why is that? Because of my chronic unemployment and her not getting child support money from me.