I know many of you are shocked that I am living with an animal. I am not quiet sure I ever thought this day would come.
Let me start with what happened to me last Thursday. I was cleaning up my house, trying to make it feel more like my home. I notice some dirt and other debris under my sink, I go to lift up this piece of ply wood and discover zillions of cockroaches, I ran screaming out of my house. This is completely not normal. My landlord helps me spray and clean up the mess. It turns out the previous tenants had let the sink drip and the wood under the sink had rotted, instead of cleaning it up they just put a piece of wood over it. I was very much disturbed by this discovery, I went all around town to try and find some sort of roach killer, it does not exist in PG. I come back and decide to clean some more since I feel so dirty. While I am doing this I see something moving, thinking it is a roach I go to spray it...it is NOT a roach it is a MOUSE. At this point I run out of my house and down the street to my host family. On the way I call my Mom crying. My host family thought it was somewhat funny that I was crying over these things. Needless to say I barely slept that night thinking about all the creatures occupying my house with me.
The next day Meagan a PCV in a village was bringing a kitten for Tracy to have. Tracy was staying the weekend with me so the kitten was also going to stay. I fell in love with the precious little thing. Marlene named her Piglet. The name suites her, she constantly wants to eat. Tracy said I could watch her for the next few weeks, but I think she knows that she probably will not be getting her back.
I had a very scary experience with Piglet on Monday night. She began to stumble around and could not quiet walk straight, she was acting disoriented and could not really control her movements. I started to freak out, I put her in a box and began walking down the street to the Vet. Luckily at the same moment Cali, a PCV here in PG was riding past and went with me. As many of you know I am not very good in these sort of situations. The Vet gave Piglet a shot of Atropine, we believe she was poisoned by eating a roach. I got her home and she was dead weight, her tongue hanging out of her mouth and eyes glazed over. I ended up holding her almost the entire night. I thought she was going to die. The next morning she was up and moving, still stumbling and a little disoriented, but not comatose. Through out the day she steadily improved. She is quiet the trooper and little miracle! She is now 100% better. It will be nice to have some company during this Holiday Season.
Let me start with what happened to me last Thursday. I was cleaning up my house, trying to make it feel more like my home. I notice some dirt and other debris under my sink, I go to lift up this piece of ply wood and discover zillions of cockroaches, I ran screaming out of my house. This is completely not normal. My landlord helps me spray and clean up the mess. It turns out the previous tenants had let the sink drip and the wood under the sink had rotted, instead of cleaning it up they just put a piece of wood over it. I was very much disturbed by this discovery, I went all around town to try and find some sort of roach killer, it does not exist in PG. I come back and decide to clean some more since I feel so dirty. While I am doing this I see something moving, thinking it is a roach I go to spray it...it is NOT a roach it is a MOUSE. At this point I run out of my house and down the street to my host family. On the way I call my Mom crying. My host family thought it was somewhat funny that I was crying over these things. Needless to say I barely slept that night thinking about all the creatures occupying my house with me.
The next day Meagan a PCV in a village was bringing a kitten for Tracy to have. Tracy was staying the weekend with me so the kitten was also going to stay. I fell in love with the precious little thing. Marlene named her Piglet. The name suites her, she constantly wants to eat. Tracy said I could watch her for the next few weeks, but I think she knows that she probably will not be getting her back.
I had a very scary experience with Piglet on Monday night. She began to stumble around and could not quiet walk straight, she was acting disoriented and could not really control her movements. I started to freak out, I put her in a box and began walking down the street to the Vet. Luckily at the same moment Cali, a PCV here in PG was riding past and went with me. As many of you know I am not very good in these sort of situations. The Vet gave Piglet a shot of Atropine, we believe she was poisoned by eating a roach. I got her home and she was dead weight, her tongue hanging out of her mouth and eyes glazed over. I ended up holding her almost the entire night. I thought she was going to die. The next morning she was up and moving, still stumbling and a little disoriented, but not comatose. Through out the day she steadily improved. She is quiet the trooper and little miracle! She is now 100% better. It will be nice to have some company during this Holiday Season.
Here are some adorable pictures of my new miracle kitten, Piglet!
I'm so glad Piglet is just fine!
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