The New Additions To The Family

I have recently become the proud owner of a new kitten. My roommate from this past year is moving to Hawaii and they couldn't take the kittens or the mother with them. Being the animal lover that I am, I told her I would gladly take one of the kittens of her hands. So my girlfriend and I packed up and drove to Fayetteville, NC and picked out the little guy who we have named Badger. He is quite possibly the cutest little thing you have ever seen. It was an interesting trip though. The little guy was terribly frightened when we took him outside, presumably for the first time ever in his 6 weeks of life. We had more than a few scratches by the end of that day.

When we got home it was time to introduce him to my other cat, Casper. Casper is used to being the only child and receiving all the love from us. Unfortunately, it was apparent we had offended him by bringing Badger into the household. Badger is a loving kitten and only wants to play with Casper (who recently was fixed, but I'll talk about that later). There were times when Casper would try to show his dominance by attacking Badger and holding him down. There were times when I couldn't take the cries that the little kitten was making whenever Casper would do this. Thankfully the next day, Casper was past this and began treating him more as an annoyance than something to replace him.

I've come to the point in my story to say that pets are expensive things to have. Badger is too young to have anything more than kitten food and Dawn Soap baths to keep the fleas at bay but Casper is at the age where he needs to go to the vet. Fortunately I found a place that would give him all of his shots, flea medication and fix him for relatively inexpensive prices. This place is called Cape Fear Spay and Neuter. This clinic has some great deals for those of us who cant afford a regular vet. Fees range for cats and dogs but to get your animal fixed costs under $100. Their flea treatments are only $10 for a month and you can get all of your pets vaccinated on the day of the surgery.