Isn't this cat cute? She looks like someone took a Siamese cat body and stuck some spare parts on her - like a game of Cootie gone awry. Her head, legs and tail look like the ghost of my old Fred Cat - except for her beautiful blue Siamese eyes. She hangs around the neighborhood, and over time her circle has shrunken and shrunken and shrunken some more so that now her life is mostly lived on our property. Somewhat surprisingly - or at least completely without premeditation - we have come to really like her alot. She is, after all, really Happy (thus, the name). She's not a pushover like Atticus - no dog in a cat's fur. She will offer up a cautionary nibble when she is offended by a certain touch, for example. But, we would like to have her hang out with us in the house - especially when she positions herself outside the front door, stands up on her rear legs and plaintively cries, "meeew, meeeeew!"
But, I think Happy Cat has some pesky fleas. We dug out some Frontline for cats from the cabinet to give her a good dose, and then went online to see how long it would take until the pests would be an issue no more. Here is what the fine folks at Frontline say about how long it takes for the product to be effective:
Kills up to 100% of existing fleas in less than 24 hours
Well, let's look at that proclamation a bit - UP TO 100% in less than 24 hours. So, basically, this product might exterminate all unwanted critters in a flash. OR, IT MIGHT NOT WORK AT ALL. Who the hell wrote that? So, Happy Cat's banished for at least a few days - or until I see the telltale rear leg stop scratching away at her ear.
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