"Stay away from me, doctor! I'll KILL you!"

[thistlechaser]

So my cat had to go to the vet today. With each visit, she acts worse and worse. (This is understandable, as usually Very Bad Things happen to her there. Ultrasounds and cutting her belly open and drawing blood and all that.) From the moment I took her out of the carrying case, even when it was just me and her in the room, she was growling loudly and hissing and trying to hide in the crook of my arm. If she hadn't been really distressed, it would have been sort of funny. Even with the doors to the room closed, all the techs and doctors could hear her, and kept poking their heads in to make sure she wasn't being killed or something.

So then the doctor came in. She's a really great person, and I'll use her as a vet as long as she practices and remains in this general area. (She did the operation that saved her from cancer, the worst sort of cancer cats can get and which is almost never successfully removed. Most cats die very quickly of it.) She took all the hissing and growling in stride, but had to take her elsewhere to draw blood. (They needed a couple techs to restrain her to do that. Imagine! Three people holding one little cat down so the doctor could get blood. Poor kitty, but I'm glad she didn't bite or scratch anyone.)

Alas (for her), she has to go on a diet. She gained a pound and a half in a year, which is apparently a lot for a kitty. She'll have to go in to get her teeth cleaned sometime in December, which will really upset her as I have to leave her there all day. (Heck, that'll upset me, too! My poor kitty.) Because she has heart problems (thus the ultrasounds every six months), things like teeth cleanings are harder for her -- anything where they have to put her under has to be done with gas instead of the usual kitty sedatives.

Now you're all up to date on the life of my cat! Aren't you glad you read this post?

Bonus photo: Distressed kitty, hiding from the world.

Comments

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yep! Mine talks a lot, too! Uusally just meows and mrrs and other little catty noises -- she only growls and hisses while at the vet.

At the vet, we put her near the heating system...

Huh, interesting! I like hearing about them, too. Have you heard of the notetocat community? It's interesting reading!

[sileas.livejournal.com]

Yep! Mine talks a lot, too! Uusally just meows and mrrs and other little catty noises --

Sweet little kitty. :-) Does she respond to her name? My bigger one (the one that talks) does, while the other one just ignores us. We often spent up to a half hour looking for her while she's just sleeping on a padded chair.

I think I've read that community a while ago, but forgot to save the link. But the link seems to be non-functioning now. Or is that just my computer again? Livejournal has a habit of not showing me communities.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oops, no! I typed the name wrong. Try this: note_to_cat.

Does she respond to her name?

Well, I mostly only use her name when she's done something wrong, so either she does or she's responding to my firm/angry tone... Otherwise I call her things like 'my little kitty girl' and 'pretty kitty' and 'little kitty girl' and silly things like that. ...but I think it's mostly my tone she listens to, not the words.

[sileas.livejournal.com]

Wee! Thanks for the link. :-) Some of those notes are hilarious.

Otherwise I call her things like 'my little kitty girl' and 'pretty kitty' and 'little kitty girl' and silly things like that.

*giggle* I have a few of those sentences too.

but I think it's mostly my tone she listens to, not the words.

*nods* That's probably what my cat does too. I have certain ways of saying certain words (like namnamnam = food) , that maybe she doesn't recognize what I'm saying but understands the inflection of my voice. I'd have to test it. :-)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

that maybe she doesn't recognize what I'm saying but understands the inflection of my voice.

Seems like a cat-y thing to listen to the tone instead of the words. Why should they be bothered to recognize words? It's up to us to use the right tones with them!