You hear the meowing. There's a cat stuck under your home. You tell yourself, you'll just help get it out. No way do you need another pet. And you stick to your guns. Until you see it's just a kitten and it's so cute looking.
So, in comes another cat. At first, she uses your floor as a litter box. You get pissed, but just keep moving on. After all, she was an outdoor kitten. After a couple days she finally figures it out. From time to time you notice her squating against the wall. A quick move towards her and she runs for the litter box.
Over time, she's using the floor more and more. It's cold outside, so you hesitate to throw her out. Until finally, she makes the wrong move...
You've recently gone grocery shopping. It's late in the evening, and you don't have the energy to put them all away. So, you leave a few bags of non perishable food on the floor. No big deal, they won't go bad, and you'll probably use it all soon.
The babies need a new can of formula opened. Little buggers, they eat a lot. You reach down for the bags and immediately drop them. Something wet is all over it is wet. Upon further inspection, you notice it's urine. That stupid little fur ball you thought was so cute used your bags of groceries as a litter box. That's the last straw. You search the house until you find her. Pick her up and toss her out into the cold snow. Let her freeze out there. You don't care anymore.
Now you're left with the tough decision. Do you keep the cans of formula? Only a couple are wet. A few just have a faint smell, and the others are just fine. Do you risk feeding your baby formula laced with cat urine? How can you be sure any of it did or did not make it through the can?
Most people may find this an easy decision. The obvious solution would be to just toss it all. It's not that easy when you have twins both eating every 4 hours. For just one of those cans, it cost you $15. There were 8 cans in those bags. That's $125 worth of precious baby nutrients.
Do I really want to throw it all away? Maybe if I just throw out the cans that are for sure wet. Things will be fine. The cans are durable. They're meant to keep light moisture. But cat urine? Is it really worth it?
Signed,
Super Mom
Don't tell anyone I said this, but I'm sure the formula is still good in the sealed container.
ReplyDeleteI have 5 kids. Money is a joke and I know you can't just run to the store and replace it all.
I would get a $10 plastic storage container and put it in there as long as the powder isn't wet or doesn't smell bad.
Well, I can say this much, it didn't seem to hurt the twins! Man this post is old and I totally forgot about it.
ReplyDeleteWhat I did was open each container one at a time and slowly pour it into storage canister. A few cans did have to be replaced but most were fine. I tell you though, after that I put ALL groceries away as soon as I got home haha.
BTW, that cat never was allowed back in. Hubby kept trying to get me to let it in but I refused.