hunt you down eat you alive
Apr. 11th, 2022 10:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_siobhanAs per the Law of Unintended Consequences, when the kitchen got gutted the little black ants that nested in the rotten wood got pushed upstairs. Those little fuckers bite. I lay out ant traps and that has mostly been keeping them under control. I'm sure the fact that I'm doing dishes in the shower isn't helping, since the occasional scrap of food gets missed when I'm cleaning up.
(Not the carpenter ants. They are quite happy to continue living in the remaining walls.)
Anyway I've been getting the odd bite on my leg, and just assuming it's an ant bite. Only on Thursday Dr River Song tried to climb up on my shoulder while I was working and an hour later I discovered an insect bite on the front of my neck.
So I can only conclude that the cats have fleas.
You can imagine my delight.
So over the weekend I did all the laundry, washing all the pillows and duvets in the house in hot water. I could have sworn we have some flea treatment in the house but I can't find it and the vet requires an appointment before selling me more so we'll have to sort that once Axe gets home and we can figure out a time one of us can do it. I'll rope them into helping me vacuum all the mattresses and couches and their bed really should go into storage soon, since I'm expecting the city permit to be submitted this week.
Oh and the icing on the cake? One of the cats decided to register their objection to Axe being away all weekend by pissing all over the basement floor.
I am this far away from setting the house on fire, changing my name, and moving to Mongolia.
(Not the carpenter ants. They are quite happy to continue living in the remaining walls.)
Anyway I've been getting the odd bite on my leg, and just assuming it's an ant bite. Only on Thursday Dr River Song tried to climb up on my shoulder while I was working and an hour later I discovered an insect bite on the front of my neck.
So I can only conclude that the cats have fleas.
You can imagine my delight.
So over the weekend I did all the laundry, washing all the pillows and duvets in the house in hot water. I could have sworn we have some flea treatment in the house but I can't find it and the vet requires an appointment before selling me more so we'll have to sort that once Axe gets home and we can figure out a time one of us can do it. I'll rope them into helping me vacuum all the mattresses and couches and their bed really should go into storage soon, since I'm expecting the city permit to be submitted this week.
Oh and the icing on the cake? One of the cats decided to register their objection to Axe being away all weekend by pissing all over the basement floor.
I am this far away from setting the house on fire, changing my name, and moving to Mongolia.
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Date: 2022-04-12 12:57 am (UTC)