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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Interview with a Vet
As longtime clients of our vet’s office, we got to help “interview” a new vet at the office by bringing in our cat brood and having them vaccinated in a two day ordeal. Because we were there to judge the vet, our cats were vaccinated for free, which saved us close to a thousand bucks. We took the older cats in yesterday (and Kevin, the stray) and the youngsters in today. Well, except for Bing, who refused to allow herself to be caught. She hid under the bed, except for when she was bloodying Leigh-Ann. Dobby (the former feral, yet mostly still feral cat), who barely lets us pet her, and then only on the back and only when she’s upstairs, also stayed home. Everyone did well and there was little fallout from the vaccines from yesterday, except that Derek was extra sleepy last night and today.
The good news from today was that Kevin (the stray) is neutered and his feline leukemia tests came back negative. So, if anyone would like to adopt a very very sweet (and healthy) young cat, who also happens to be very good looking, Kevin is ready for a new home. He doesn’t want to be out on the streets. He would like to stay inside someone’s house and watch tv with them. He didn’t specifically say that he wanted to watch tv, but he does like to cozy up.
More good news from today - the vet couldn’t hear that Bunny had any sort of heart problem, much less that she had Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. She’s been doing really well since she was diagnosed a little over a year ago (when she was in heart failure) and except for requiring her heart meds (cheap, thankfully), she’s been fine. She’s very active, loves to play, and is great about taking her meds. I don’t know if she could outgrow HCM, but I know they can outgrow heart murmurs, so if she’s fine now, that would be great. She’s scheduled for an ECG in a couple of weeks, so we’ll know for sure what’s up soon.
The bad news is that Scampi has some weird gum disease that is common in Siamese cats. He’s going to have to learn to put up with us brushing his teeth, so he doesn’t end having to have them all pulled. There seems to be quite the run on gunky teeth in our gang - I guess street cats don’t have the best genes. Otherwise, they all seem happy & healthy…although none of them were thrilled with going to the vet, not even Tie, who loves strangers. Once we got there, they all handled it really well. Bunny & Carlo tried to hide their heads in the corner of the couch (we were in the big room that has a leather couch), so they could pretend they weren’t really there. Plus, they were shedding like it was going out of style. Fear makes them shed, and it looked like they shed pounds’ worth of fear. My shirt turned into a carpet.
As for the new vet - we really liked her. She was friendly, knowledgeable (she diagnosed Scampi with something we’d never heard of), and good with the pets. We would have no problem seeing her as a regular vet…and we’re kind of picky.
Here’s Kevin - take him home with you.
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It’s a good thing I’m not in Vegas because I would totally take home Kevin. But my youngest is allergic, so really one cat is already one too many. Sigh.
Laurie on 01/15 at 10:14 AM -
It’s really amazing how many people are allergic to cats. I have a brother who is allergic, too. It’s too bad that your youngest is allergic because I think Kevin would be a great addition to your family. He’s so sweet and you guys would really love him. Plus, I would love for him to find a home that would be as good for him as yours would be. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that we can find good home for both Skyler & Kevin. They’re such good guys.
Flippy on 01/16 at 04:27 AM
