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Oh no. It's Vet time again.
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Oh no. It's Vet time again.  A couple of months ago, it was time for the yearly check up, cat flu jab etc. I have to bring the cage in a few days before having to use it. I leave it on the lounge. My cat gets used to seeing it there, so ends up feeling safe that she is not inside of it. When it is nearly time for the appointment, I go in search of her, pick her up and as we approach the room where the cage is, I have to put my hand over her eyes. Then it's a very fast into the cage with one hand, and slamming the lid down in one movement without trapping her tail. Then the Howling, growling (yes my cat does growl)and nooooooos begin, and I haven't even picked the cage up. Onto the passenger seat, and belted up with a towel partly thrown over. We are ready to leave. Thank goodness it is only a 5min. drive. The windows stay up, or people walking along the street would think I had an uncontrollable screaming baby in my car. We arrive and the screams turn into a pitiful meow. Our turn. Ah a new Vet, hope she is good. Open the lid and lift cat out. Now she wants to stay in there. Can't make her mind up. Onto the stainless steel table, and it's like handling wet soap trying to keep her on the table. Vet unable to open cats mouth to check teeth, listens to her heart instead. Yep a heart beat. I already know that. If there wasn't one, I would not be standing there would I? You can give her any amount of jabs no problem, but try and get a pill down her throat, and you take your life into your own hands. She has to be wrapped as tight as a Mummy in a towel, with at least three people holding her down, while the Vet prises the jaws of steel apart, to shoot the pill on some plastic thingy down her throat, clamp the jaws shut and hold them till the pill has been swallowed. I had been hoping since we had been there last, a jab had been invented (instead of the pill) to give to cats that eat lizards, to stop them catching something terrible and dying. I asked the Vet. She said she hadn't heard of one, and did I know the name of it? Hello, who is the Vet here? She decides to get on the computer. Meanwhile, there I am left trying to hang on to my cat who is trying to drag me across the table, or at least trying to shake me off, so she can go find something to hide behind. Think Vet must be playing Solitaire or chatting to her friends on MSN. I am getting a bit of a sweat up trying to hold onto cat. Finally she comes back to the table, and says she can't find anything. Oh God, it means a PILL. I ask her again, just incase she had forgotten the question. 'So you have to give my cat a pill to stop her dying should she eat a lizard?' There was a pregnant pause, then the light came on........... 'Oh for that. Thought you asked me if there was something I could give her, to stop her wanting to eat lizards.'  Are you really a VET? Is there a magic pill you give to cats, that when they see a lizard, they shrug their shoulders and keep walking? She then went and got some stuff you put on their fur that protects them. But who is going to protect us from stupid VETS?
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Was the vet blonde by any chance?  The worst time I had with my cat & a vet was on the journey home from one. The other half thought it was a good idea to let the cat out of the carrier, so that she could look out the window.  Unfortunately, the cat made a bid for freedom, into the foot well & tried to sit on my feet, while I'm driving down the road. Not very easy to drive a car when you have a cat wrapped around your pedals, I can tell you!   Life isn't about how many breaths you take, but about the moments that take your breath away!    
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Aren't there any mice around your way? Sir Teezalot WAR IS ABSURD
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3/9/2010 4:49 pm |
Doctors and vets send shivers down my spine when you know they really arent so great....Im not even a cat! Hope kitty is ok now though.
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Prefer Kit Kats myself.  
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Love the pets,though mine are dogs ! 
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Was the vet blonde by any chance? The worst time I had with my cat & a vet was on the journey home from one. The other half thought it was a good idea to let the cat out of the carrier, so that she could look out the window. Unfortunately, the cat made a bid for freedom, into the foot well & tried to sit on my feet, while I'm driving down the road. Not very easy to drive a car when you have a cat wrapped around your pedals, I can tell you! Can't imagine driving with a cat wrapped around the pedals. Hard enough to concentrate with a howling Banshee on the seat next to you. 
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She was fine in no time. Me on the other hand.....................
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Aren't there any mice around your way? Was having a friends birthday dinner round here the other week. We had just finished eating, when one of them said that the cat had brought a mouse in. We all sat there looking at each other wondering who was going to remove mouse from cat. Luckily, one friend used to live on a farm and did the deed for us. She was used to removing all sorts of things. Usually snakes with a rifle. Thank goodness it was only a mouse in the house. 
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Thank goodness my cat is healthy, so we don't need too many visits to the Vet. Will ask for a different one next time we go.
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Doctors and vets send shivers down my spine when you know they really arent so great....Im not even a cat! Hope kitty is ok now though. Hope I don't need to go into one in the near future. Cat was fine within 5 mins. of being home. It was me that needed a stiff drink.
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Would love to join you for a drink. Did you see my question about the kayak? I need some enlightenment. 
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She sure was. Need I say more???
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You worry about your cat too much. Mine eat lizards all the time and nothings ever happened to them. Come to think of it, perhaps that could be the reason that they're so useless and annoying. I'm just waiting for mine to snuff it, so I can go and get one that works properly. Best way I've found to get cats to eat pills is to not feed them for two days then crush it up in their food. They woof it down so fast.
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You worry about your cat too much. Mine eat lizards all the time and nothings ever happened to them. Come to think of it, perhaps that could be the reason that they're so useless and annoying. I'm just waiting for mine to snuff it, so I can go and get one that works properly. Best way I've found to get cats to eat pills is to not feed them for two days then crush it up in their food. They woof it down so fast. She makes a terrible mess every time she eats a lizard as it is. Don't want her froffing at the mouth too.
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3/10/2010 2:20 am |
Seems like that vet may have been on some darn lizard pills too Recent post: [post 2369941]
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Seems like that vet may have been on some darn lizard pills too
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Glad I didn't ask her a 'life or death' question.
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Isn't it fun going to the vets I maintain that I have nothing to do with any of the animals ...... unfortunately they are all in my name at the local vets! Except for daughter's parrot down the end of the garden ... Don't think that's ever seen a vet. 
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Isn't it fun going to the vets I maintain that I have nothing to do with any of the animals ...... unfortunately they are all in my name at the local vets! Except for daughter's parrot down the end of the garden ... Don't think that's ever seen a vet. 
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