Pets.

[Dr. Medulla]

This is Jack. He's from a litter of four stray kittens that we're looking after. Jack developed a wicked eye infection before we were able to bring him indoors that led to a ruptured eyeball. Anyway, we got him to the vet & the bad eye removed. Now he's coned up & in a separate room until next Friday when the stitches come out. The other three kittens are healthy & we're working with our vet to find homes for them but we'll be keeping Jack. Our other threes cats (Pie, Katerina & Hopper) know something's up and maybe they're all right with it. We'll see. So will Jack. With one eye.

Poor little dude, but all told he's lucky that he found some people that want to take care of him.

(And you having four cats gives me partial ammunition for my mild suggestions that our boy Luke could use an apprentice and parity against the two old ladies.)

[Dr. Medulla]

[Sparky]

There's some truth to that hierarchy!

[Kimmelweck]

Lol, poor Grandma.

[revbob]

[Dr. Medulla]

I've got that shirt.

[JennyB]

JoseU - thank you for fostering an taking such good care of that kitten. People who foster animals are heroes.

[Kimmelweck]

I've got that shirt.

You have a shirt that says "You son of a bitch, I'm in"?

[Dr. Medulla]

I've got that shirt.

You have a shirt that says "You son of a bitch, I'm in"?

And you don't?

[Kimmelweck]

I've got that shirt.

You have a shirt that says "You son of a bitch, I'm in"?

And you don't?

Well...not yet.

[Dr. Medulla]

I've got that shirt.

You have a shirt that says "You son of a bitch, I'm in"?

And you don't?

Well...not yet.

See you in Coolsville when you get one.

[Kimmelweck]

I've got that shirt.

You have a shirt that says "You son of a bitch, I'm in"?

And you don't?

Well...not yet.

See you in Coolsville when you get one.

You son of a bitch. I'm in.

[Sparky]

You have a shirt that says "You son of a bitch, I'm in"?

And you don't?

Well...not yet.

See you in Coolsville when you get one.

You son of a bitch. I'm in.

Perfect!

[Sparky]

So I'm wearing the bad pet parent hat of shame right now.
Had our 3 fur balls outside earlier this morning while I was having coffee, Mrs. Sparky was inside getting ready to leave for our dental appointments, so I was the responsible adult, or so we thought.
Saw 1 go inside voluntarily, thought I saw another, then I rounded up the 3rd to go inside as well.
Got back from the dentist to see this through our patio door.
In my defense, their mantra is "divide & conquer", each one goes to a different place in the yard to explore, you've really got to keep an eye on them.
Fortunately, she's not one to try to jump over the walls, although we did catch her once, but I think it scared her so much she wouldn't try again.

[Dr. Medulla]

So I'm wearing the bad pet parent hat of shame right now.
Had our 3 fur balls outside earlier this morning while I was having coffee, Mrs. Sparky was inside getting ready to leave for our dental appointments, so I was the responsible adult, or so we thought.
Saw 1 go inside voluntarily, thought I saw another, then I rounded up the 3rd to go inside as well.
Got back from the dentist to see this through our patio door.
In my defense, their mantra is "divide & conquer", each one goes to a different place in the yard to explore, you've really got to keep an eye on them.
Fortunately, she's not one to try to jump over the walls, although we did catch her once, but I think it scared her so much she wouldn't try again.

I would be kicking myself for days over all the imagined scenarios that might have happened. There are days where I will hunt down all the cats before leaving just to make sure someone hasn't found an interdimensional portal.