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Milly Madness

My mum was given a cat
Who had apparently lived wild
Told she had a few issues
Supposedly mild …

So this beautiful fluffy grey cat
With eyes of emerald green
Resided with my husband and l
New member of our family and routine

Milly was her name 
A “few” issues they said
That was putting it mildly
Milly was completely bonkers instead

If  Milly ever sat on anyones lap
She would continually suck on their clothes
Leaving large wet patches
Why …..who knows?

First few weeks of arriving in her new home
She slept on on our bed
That didn’t last long
As she insisted literally on sleeping on our heads

So at night we would shut our bedroom door
Milly would scratch on the door throughout the night
We were getting very little sleep
Off to work in the mornings not feeling too bright

Milly did so many crazy wild things
The list was varied and lengthy  
Unbeknown one day she got in my sisters car
Ate the fresh hot chicken that was for the family

Though the incident that really sticks in my mind
Milly stole fish defrosting for dinner that night
She jumped up, grabbed the cling wrapped fish 
Ran and was gone in moments….out of sight

The next morning was quite interesting
Milly had a huge piece of poo covered cling wrap hanging out her bum
Unable to gently remove it
The vet was contacted to see what needed to be done
 
Feed her olive oil they said
As her bowel may be wrapped in the plastic
It will then pass naturally
Which it did……Fantastic!!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023




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