RIP Hellcat
Dec. 10th, 2025 02:46 pmGot home and spent a couple of hours cleaning up the cat room. Such a disaster, the cat had torn up two bags of cat litter and chewed up everything chewable it could find. I thought about what I could salvage and finally decided to just wash what could be washed, wipe down with Clorox anything that could be cleaned, and throw away the rest. I threw away the cat bed the cat had died in, and all the toys that had been strewn around, as well as all the cat litter and kibble in the floor. I could have washed some of the toys, but I decided to just get rid of them all and start fresh. Most of the ones in there he didn't play with anyway -- his favorites are all out in the rest of the house and he has plenty out here. I packed up a few things to be washed -- another cat bed I don't think the cat used, and the towels I'd brought in -- and they'll go in the laundry with the clothes I was wearing around the cat. Everything else got sprayed with Clorox and wiped down: the cat tree, the table and plastic chair, the carrier I used to bring the cat into the house, the stroller and the pile of carriers and stuff in the corner. I emptied the litter box and washed it out with bleach cleanser. Took about two hours and I'm exhausted. I remembered to buy and use gloves while I cleaned, but forgot to wear a mask, and stirred up enough dust to aggravate my allergies.
Last thing I'm going to do is steam clean the floor with my steam mop, after I rest a bit more. I already sprayed it with Clorox but I'm going to mop it as well. Then let the room air out for the rest of the day and put Davey's stuff back in it tomorrow. Meanwhile I'm keeping it closed so Davey can't get in. I suspect I'm being overly cautious (and Davey's had his rabies vax anyway, so he should be fine), but the room could use a good deep-clean anyway and I want to make sure all the kitty's germs are gone.

I only got one half-decent picture of the kitty in the short time before it became a rage demon. It was a cute little void cat with extra toes on its murder mittens. Poor kitty. I'm sorry it ended this way but at least it's not suffering any more.




