Originally posted by Rachel
I have been missing quite a few threads and the Minion story was one of them. Needless to say I was delighted to start at the beginning and arrive at the happy ending. The allegy part was quite a scare. Please Leslie, do try bathing Minion. I don't want you to get sick and there is nothing wrong with a clean cat either. Heehee. You have probably heard all the horror stories about trying to give a cat a bath, but as easy going as Minion seems to be, if done with patience and maybe in stages it might work out just fine. Look at me, not having any cats and trying to make a suggestion, but I can tell already how attached you are to this sweet boy. I don't want anything to happen where you would have to give him up. He sounds so PURRfect. Just the type of cat I would love to have, would it be that SOMEONE would allow me to.

Congratulations, Leslie, Dan, Graham & Kersey on the new addtion to your family.
It was tough being a kitty today. I first went shopping for a bunch of new stuff for Minion. I bought him new food and water dishes and a nice little stand to put them in, a pack of furry mousies, a pack of spungy balls, a new collar with a little bell on it, a tub of catnip, kitty shampoo, and this moisturizer spray that is supposed to cut down on kitty dander.

I had to bathe the poor little guy but he behaved pretty well. He sure did HOWL, though! He does NOT like baths! But after the bath, he got cuddled for a long time in the towel and then brushed a little bit. Once he was almost all dry, I put that moisturizer spray on him. He didn't like that much either But after all of his terrible treatment, he was bombarded with new, fun things. He walked over to his new food & water dish and he seemed to like it, then he checked out his new furry mousies and spongie balls and he seemed to really like them, too. Then....I sprinkled a bit of catnip on my desk and OOOOHHHH....he LOOOOVED that!

Here are some pics from after his bath. I sure do hope you all are not getting sick of me posting pics of Minion.
His new dishes & placemat:


Catnip!!!


Really, really funny pic of Minion as he was licking his catnip up: