Adventures With Linguine

Well, Linguine has had quite the adventure.  He is not allowed outside, he is an indoor cat through and through.  But he wants to go outside.  Wants it with every fiber of his being.  He sees birds and geckos out there and he just knows if he could get to them, he would be a mighty hunter indeed.

Well, a stray cat wandered through our yard this week.  He looked remarkably like Linguine.  In fact, I've seen this cat outside before and thought Linguine had escaped. 

 Fettuccine also has an identical twin out there but that's not relevant to this story.

Anyhow, Linguine did not think this new cat looked like his long lost brother.  He thought this stranger cat looked like the devil incarnate and was filled with the burning need to eliminate his evil twin from the planet.  He busted out of prison and took off after his doppelgänger.  

Kerry was in the yard and saw this portion of the proceedings. 

Unfortunately, devil cat took off through the back fence and Linguine went through the fence hot on his heels.  Kerry was hanging over the fence trying to get him to come back but it was no use, he was gone. 

 At that point, Kerry messaged me to let me know what was going on.  We both headed out looking for our orange feline but had no luck.  

Despite the fact that Linguine has never been out of our yard before,  he figured out how to get back.  About thirty minutes after he left, he showed up in the back yard.  He was missing his collar.....

...and had a couple of good puncture wounds in his foot.  

Apparently evil twin was a biter.

Linguine and Fettuccine love to pounce on each other, wrestle, and playfully "bite".  It makes them feel strong and powerful.

It must have come as quite a shock to realize that what he had been doing all this time with his brother was "play".  And what evil twin was trying to do was "murder".

He tried to thoroughly clean his foot.  But we needed to make a trip to a vet.

It took calls to five veterinarians to find one that could see him quickly. 

With Covid-19 on the rampage, visiting a vet is a different experience.  We had to call when we were on our way, then call when we got to the parking lot of the vet clinic.  They took all information from me over the phone then met me at the door to take Linguine inside.  

They sent me this picture of his shaved paw with gooey stuff oozing out.  

They called several times throughout his visit to keep me updated on his treatment.  Katie and I sat in the parking lot the whole time.  We were actually there less than an hour although I had expected to be there a lot longer.  

When finally he was done, they told me three times that they were giving me a controlled substance that I would have to sign for.  We have to give it to him every twelve hours. 

He's back home and recuperating but still can't put his foot down.

But he is a big fan of the drugs they've given him.