The Vet

When we adopted the cats the SPCA suggested that we take them in to see the vet within a couple of weeks to make sure they were healthy.  The kids were excited to come with me and see what happens at the vet office.  Isla really wants to be a vet when she grows up so she thought it would be cool to see what it was all about.

So we got the carriers all ready and looked for the cats.  Adam brought me Leo and we tried to put him in to the carrier.  He did not want to go and had all of his claws out trying to push his way back out, you would get two feet in and then he would get a toe hold and push himself in.  Finally we got all limbs in and then we tried to close the door, poor guy he was not having any of it and pushed his head out and we would just about get it closed and out it would pop again.  And then, he was gone.

In the mean time Isla had brought me Lizzie and was waiting to get her loaded.  She was not happy to be in put in to her carrier either but it wasn’t as bad as Leo.  We got her stuffed in and the door closed, thank goodness.

Then we had to find Leo, the time was ticking away, and we searched the house.  He definitely does not come when he is called so we searched, and searched and searched.  We did find him finally and went through the stuffing of him in to his carrier again.  By this point I am completely stressed out, I hated having to put him in there and was just about in tears.  Finally we got him in and the door closed.  I picked up both carriers and we were heading out the door when the bottom of Leo’s carrier fell out and he was gone again.  Really……. seriously……………well I guess we will have to try it all again.  We found him again and had to shove, push, and stuff him back in to the carrier.

This time I carried each carrier separately and the cats complained the entire time.  What heart wrenching sounds they were making.

When we were checking in at the vet I noticed the Leo had blood on his nose, I thought that it could be mine as I was bleeding from a few spots on my hands but no.  He had taken a chunk out of his nose when we were wrestling him in to the cage.  I felt so bad!

When the vet came in that part was pretty easy.  They are both healthy and good cats, Lizzie is on the heavy side and needs to take off some weight.  The vet suggested some diet cat food and feeding twice a day. When Lizzie came in to the shelter she was malnourished and very skinny.  She was in the shelter from April until we adopted her in April and she managed to put on too much weight.  I am hoping that with the increase in area to run and more people to chase her around she will lose the weight more naturally, we will keep an eye on her.

Traumatized, all of us, the cats and me.  Poor Leo got himself so worked up he was sick to his stomach out of both ends when we got home and I was exhausted from our 1 hour ordeal (yes that is all the time it took).  Next time I will take Ed!