Primo: I took the cats to the vet – they have fleas. They
already had fleas a few months ago but my parents never gave them the
treatment. When I got here, I saw that they were scratching and scratching and
losing patches of hair. The vet said he had diagnosed them three months ago and
had given the medication to my parents, but when I asked them about it, they
said that they had not used it.
Me: But why?
Primo: They said it couldn’t be fleas because the cats don’t
go outside.
Me: But – they go in the porch. Your parents have the air
conditioning on all day but leave the porch door open.
Primo: Maybe they think because it’s screened that it
doesn’t count as outside?
Me: Oh right. Screens keep fleas out.
Primo: Not when I haven’t repaired the holes in the screen.
That must be how the fleas got in – from the tears in the screens. This is
clearly my fault for not being here to repair the screen when it gets torn.
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