So one of our young goats is being home schooled. There are times when it's good and times when it's not so good.
The "not so good" is happening more and more often and usually escalates into "really awful". One of the most common scenarios revolves around this young goat's legs becoming so itchy that sitting still is impossible. It is apparently triggered by coming in contact with either writing utensils or workbooks.
Mommy Goat has been dealing with this daily (make that hourly) and has been seeking suggestions from numerous sources. One source suggested that the young goat be informed that this sounded like a severe case of Homework-itis and that it is easily cured with a special remedy. A washcloth that has been soaked in a solution of warm water, epsom salts and flower petals will wash away the Homework-itis and relieve all feelings of itchiness.
If a wash cloth could do all that, just imagine what bathing in this remedy could cure. So that's what they did, filling the tub with enough water for the young goat to soak her legs, epsom salts and flower petals. Everything was fabulous. Because they didn't want to clog the drain with flower petals, they left the water in the tub until they could scoop the petals out later.
When I arrived home from work, young goat proudly told me that she was cured! Happy day!
We'll see.
Did you know that besides the therapeutic benefits from soaking in epsom salts, they can also be mixed with a glass of water and used as a laxative?
Anyway, I was home from work and stepped into the bathroom. The sound of someone splashing in the tub surprised me, especially since I couldn't see anyone in the tub. Then Kitty (aka Dumas) hauls his fat self over the side and splats as he hits the floor, waddles a few feet and then starts licking all of the water off of his fur. He had had all four legs in the water and it was deep enough that it just touched his belly. He's always been fond of flowers, the little weirdo.
Did you read the part about epsom salts being a laxative?
Yep.
That's what it's like at our house.
7 comments:
so does this bring a new meaning to the term "cat spray"?
wait, was "cat spray" ever a term or am i imagining that?
"cat spray"?? You're funny, OG!
I don't know if that's a term b/c I try real hard not to have ANYTHING to do with cats EVER. But maybe you were thinking of "spay" as in "spay and neuter". hu hu hu. See, now I'M funny!!
SG, thanks for turning a disgusting personal experience into a health lesson about the medicinal effects of water and epsom salts.
(And I like that it has the potential of being a practical joke as well.)
--schmo
good lord...cat spray is what cat's do to mark their territory!
It smells horrible.
You can never get rid of the smell.
If you have a cat that has not been fixed...then you and your stuff smells like it whether you know it or not!
I HATE it when people smell like cat and they don't know it!!
--schmo
i smell like cat, and i don't know it.
Ya, about that....
--schmo
cat is not the smell I would describe as YOUR problem.....and Jack got that from you too!
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