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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: franksolich on October 30, 2008, 07:12:34 PM
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This is going to take a couple of weeks, as cats are cats and thus not easy to herd, but beginning tomorrow, Friday, I have a standing appointment at the veterinary to bring in each cat as I nab it, for what has got to be the most thorough cat examination possible; genetics, chemical, physical, whatever else.
I really want the cats to flourish and prosper for a while, and need to know if there's some sort of invisible problem going on here. The veterinary has to send samples of the cats to another place in the big city south of the big city near where I live, to be analyzed, but at least he can extract the samples.
I have no idea which cat goes first; whichever one happens to be sleeping on my chest when I wake up in the morning.
Intuition tells me it'll be George, the 5-year-old orange-and-white cat that I stole from his primitive owner some years ago. But I could be wrong; it might be another one of them. It's probably going to be a couple of weeks before all of them have been taken in, however; one does what one can when one can--in this case, one does when one catches one.
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Hope the vet can figure out what is going on!
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Oy! I have 2 cats and it's always a fight getting them to the vet. Last time, I was able to get one in the carry-on. The other, I wrapped in a towel and held like a baby as I crossed the street to the vet.
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Good luck Frank. I hope the vet can figure out what's going on.
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I think cats have an internal radar that lets them know that there is a trip to the vet in their future.
I had one that I had to wrap in a towel to get her out of the house and if I didn't get her wrapped correctly and tight enough she would reach out her front legs and grab the door jamb and dig the back claws into my body. Amazing how long those claws could suddenly become! :o :o Ended up having to use a pillow case to put her in....then she would poop in it. She was terrified of the outside world.....actually she was an all black cat that was afraid of herself. :whatever:
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I think cats have an internal radar that lets them know that there is a trip to the vet in their future.
You got that right!!!! Interestingly, my cats loved our vet but the process of getting there was what they hated.
Also, once at the vet's office, Musica, in particular would all of a sudden love her carrier.
Have I mentioned in the last 10 minutes how much I miss her?
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y5/freedumb2003/Musica101603.jpg)
Musica -- Feb 1982 - Feb 2007
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(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b293/aggie8387/tobycat.jpg)
LOL! :rofl:
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I know how you feel Frank. As I type we have 2 kittens (approx 6 weeks old now) we are fostering for the animal shelter. One is healthy, the other has a serious issue. Anytime he eats "regular" cat food, he goes into convulsions within 1 minute or less. He dosen't vomit up the food, but a small mass of foam. While doing this he looks horrible. Once he's done wretching (takes about 10 min or so), he's alright. If we give him baby food all is ok.
The main problem is the shelter will not treat him. Instead they will put him down. My wife and I won't allow this to happen, but we don't have the funds for a vet visit either, so we're kinda stuck in the middle. We keep hoping as he gets older , he'll grow out of it.