Scout's turn at the TED

Last wednesday we took Silver in and it cost $66 for an appointment,
some eye drops and an antibiotic. Today it was Scout's turn... I was
worried she'd try and run away when I took her out of the carrier, but
she was more interested in hiding as far back in it as she could. She
didn't want to come out for the vet at all... I said she's very shy
around people and the vet suggested that if she doesn't improve in the
next few months we could give her kitty tranquilisers to help make her
more calm and less anxious. I don't know about that... I don't really
approve of mood-altering chemicals even for people, let alone pets!
Better to reassure her that she's loved and safe and we're not going
to abandon her, and to let her come out of her shell by herself. When
we first brought her home she hid under the bed for two days, and now
she believes that she owns the apartment, so she's come a long way I
don't think she's scratching at her neck out of anxiety - I think it's
bothering her and we can fix it.

Back to the appointment. The vet didn't need to look at her very hard
- she's got a big pink sore spot on her neck where she's scratched all
the fur off, and he said it looks like a fungus infection (ick) so he
gave us a cream to rub on twice a day. And he gave her the same
antibiotic Silver had because she's a sneezy kitten and she's not
supposed to be. And lasty, he looked in her ears and said that she has
LOTS of earmites Poor baby! So we had to get a treatment to kill them,
and some drops to put in her ears twice a day... we have to give her
all this stuff and then call the vets office in a week and tell them
how she's doing... total cost - $133! Then we stopped off at the pet
supermarket and I spent another fifteen bucks grabbing a bag of kitten
food (because when I fed them this morning I noticed we were almost
out of the free stuff we got when we adopted them), two more cartons
of kitten milk (to hide the antibiotic in), and a packet of red white
and blue mice as a reward for being such a good girl.

So now we're back home and I let her out of the carrier and she was
like 'whew, thank you meowmie!' then I gave them the new mice and I
had a tub of yoghurt and let them lick the container, and things are
back to normal. We'll start the medications tonight when John gets
home - for now I want to let her relax and recover from her ordeal.
She was really very good. No scratching, biting or hissing, just
plaintive 'please let me out of here' mews while the car was moving.

She's been jumping up on the computer desk and batting at my cursor,
so I turned on the 'kitty tv' for her (aquarium screensaver) and let
her have a play until she got tired of it... she's earned some fun
time today! I hate to think what she'll do when I try to give her all
these meds tonight - I'm not going to try to do it by myself because
Silver made it a two person job and she's the quiet one! Can we have
some purrs for her please?

Karen AKA KajiKit wrote:

She's been jumping up on the computer desk and batting at my cursor,
so I turned on the 'kitty tv' for her (aquarium screensaver) and let
her have a play until she got tired of it... she's earned some fun
time today! I hate to think what she'll do when I try to give her all
these meds tonight - I'm not going to try to do it by myself because
Silver made it a two person job and she's the quiet one! Can we have
some purrs for her please?

Of course you can have purrs. Feel better purrs on the way for Scout as
well as itchy purrs from Selena who suffers allergies and knows what its
like to scratch yourself sore. Purrs for you and John that she takes
her medicine without issue.

Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey and Sam

Healing and calming purrs on their way for Scout.

Hugs,

CatNipped

"Karen AKA KajiKit" wrote in message
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Last wednesday we took Silver in and it cost $66 for an appointment,
some eye drops and an antibiotic. Today it was Scout's turn... I was
worried she'd try and run away when I took her out of the carrier, but
she was more interested in hiding as far back in it as she could. She
didn't want to come out for the vet at all... I said she's very shy
around people and the vet suggested that if she doesn't improve in the
next few months we could give her kitty tranquilisers to help make her
more calm and less anxious. I don't know about that... I don't really
approve of mood-altering chemicals even for people, let alone pets!
Better to reassure her that she's loved and safe and we're not going
to abandon her, and to let her come out of her shell by herself. When
we first brought her home she hid under the bed for two days, and now
she believes that she owns the apartment, so she's come a long way I
don't think she's scratching at her neck out of anxiety - I think it's
bothering her and we can fix it.

Back to the appointment. The vet didn't need to look at her very hard
- she's got a big pink sore spot on her neck where she's scratched all
the fur off, and he said it looks like a fungus infection (ick) so he
gave us a cream to rub on twice a day. And he gave her the same
antibiotic Silver had because she's a sneezy kitten and she's not
supposed to be. And lasty, he looked in her ears and said that she has
LOTS of earmites Poor baby! So we had to get a treatment to kill them,
and some drops to put in her ears twice a day... we have to give her
all this stuff and then call the vets office in a week and tell them
how she's doing... total cost - $133! Then we stopped off at the pet
supermarket and I spent another fifteen bucks grabbing a bag of kitten
food (because when I fed them this morning I noticed we were almost
out of the free stuff we got when we adopted them), two more cartons
of kitten milk (to hide the antibiotic in), and a packet of red white
and blue mice as a reward for being such a good girl.

So now we're back home and I let her out of the carrier and she was
like 'whew, thank you meowmie!' then I gave them the new mice and I
had a tub of yoghurt and let them lick the container, and things are
back to normal. We'll start the medications tonight when John gets
home - for now I want to let her relax and recover from her ordeal.
She was really very good. No scratching, biting or hissing, just
plaintive 'please let me out of here' mews while the car was moving.

She's been jumping up on the computer desk and batting at my cursor,
so I turned on the 'kitty tv' for her (aquarium screensaver) and let
her have a play until she got tired of it... she's earned some fun
time today! I hate to think what she'll do when I try to give her all
these meds tonight - I'm not going to try to do it by myself because
Silver made it a two person job and she's the quiet one! Can we have
some purrs for her please?

On 2004-12-08, Karen AKA KajiKit penned:
Last wednesday we took Silver in and it cost $66 for an appointment, some
eye drops and an antibiotic. Today it was Scout's turn... I was worried
she'd try and run away when I took her out of the carrier, but she was more
interested in hiding as far back in it as she could. She didn't want to come
out for the vet at all... I said she's very shy around people and the vet
suggested that if she doesn't improve in the next few months we could give
her kitty tranquilisers to help make her more calm and less anxious. I don't
know about that... I don't really approve of mood-altering chemicals even
for people, let alone pets! Better to reassure her that she's loved and
safe and we're not going to abandon her, and to let her come out of her
shell by herself. When we first brought her home she hid under the bed for
two days, and now she believes that she owns the apartment, so she's come a
long way I don't think she's scratching at her neck out of anxiety - I
think it's bothering her and we can fix it.

Pets really seem to turn into different animals at the vet's. Oscar hates her
carrier, but when I open the carrier up at the vet's, she hunkers down and I
have to physically lift her out of it. At the end of a vet visit, she doesn't
seem to mind being put into the carrier again. It's not just the unfamiliar
surroundings, either; if I take Oscar anywhere else in her carrier, she'll
jump right out and avoid it like the plague. The one time I know she peed
outside her litterbox, it was because I'd foolishly set the carrier next to
the litterbox, and she wouldn't go near it, even to pee.

She's also different when the vet is examining her. Under ordinary
circumstances, she's not shy about using the claws and squirming away if she
doesn't like the situation. The vet seems to turn her muscles to jelly; she
won't move. She just crouches down on the table, and she doesn't move; you
can actually slide her in any direction you need. Even when she's being given
shots, she'll hiss or growl, but she won't make a move.

I understand your concern about mood-altering drugs, but I think that, if her
reaction is extreme enough, they might be a good idea. If she's trembling and
terrified, not only will it give her awful memories, but it will make the
vet's job harder.

I hate to think what she'll do when I try to give her all these meds
tonight - I'm not going to try to do it by myself because Silver made
it a two person job and she's the quiet one! Can we have some purrs
for her please?

Good luck with giving her the meds. Of course you can have some purrs!

--
monique, who is sometimes allowed to pet Oscar, a grey DLH with an attitude!

Karen AKA KajiKit wrote:

snip kitty trials

She's been jumping up on the computer desk and batting at my cursor,
so I turned on the 'kitty tv' for her (aquarium screensaver) and let
her have a play until she got tired of it... she's earned some fun
time today! I hate to think what she'll do when I try to give her all
these meds tonight - I'm not going to try to do it by myself because
Silver made it a two person job and she's the quiet one! Can we have
some purrs for her please?

Many purrs for little Silver (and for you, for the medication process).
Frank is like that at TED's, too. At home, he hates to be put in the
carrier, but at TED's, he refuses to come out, and gladly goes back in
when the examination is over.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Lots of purrs,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Karen AKA KajiKit" wrote in message
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snipI hate to think what she'll do when I try to give her all
these meds tonight - I'm not going to try to do it by myself because
Silver made it a two person job and she's the quiet one! Can we have
some purrs for her please?

Karen AKA KajiKit wrote:
Last wednesday we took Silver in and it cost $66 for an appointment,
some eye drops and an antibiotic. Today it was Scout's turn... I was
worried she'd try and run away when I took her out of the carrier, but
she was more interested in hiding as far back in it as she could. She
didn't want to come out for the vet at all... I said she's very shy
around people and the vet suggested that if she doesn't improve in the
next few months we could give her kitty tranquilisers to help make her
more calm and less anxious. I don't know about that... I don't really
approve of mood-altering chemicals even for people, let alone pets!
Better to reassure her that she's loved and safe and we're not going
to abandon her, and to let her come out of her shell by herself. When
we first brought her home she hid under the bed for two days, and now
she believes that she owns the apartment, so she's come a long way I
don't think she's scratching at her neck out of anxiety - I think it's
bothering her and we can fix it.

Back to the appointment. The vet didn't need to look at her very hard
- she's got a big pink sore spot on her neck where she's scratched all
the fur off, and he said it looks like a fungus infection (ick) so he
gave us a cream to rub on twice a day. And he gave her the same
antibiotic Silver had because she's a sneezy kitten and she's not
supposed to be. And lasty, he looked in her ears and said that she has
LOTS of earmites Poor baby! So we had to get a treatment to kill them,
and some drops to put in her ears twice a day... we have to give her
all this stuff and then call the vets office in a week and tell them
how she's doing... total cost - $133! Then we stopped off at the pet
supermarket and I spent another fifteen bucks grabbing a bag of kitten
food (because when I fed them this morning I noticed we were almost
out of the free stuff we got when we adopted them), two more cartons
of kitten milk (to hide the antibiotic in), and a packet of red white
and blue mice as a reward for being such a good girl.

So now we're back home and I let her out of the carrier and she was
like 'whew, thank you meowmie!' then I gave them the new mice and I
had a tub of yoghurt and let them lick the container, and things are
back to normal. We'll start the medications tonight when John gets
home - for now I want to let her relax and recover from her ordeal.
She was really very good. No scratching, biting or hissing, just
plaintive 'please let me out of here' mews while the car was moving.

She's been jumping up on the computer desk and batting at my cursor,
so I turned on the 'kitty tv' for her (aquarium screensaver) and let
her have a play until she got tired of it... she's earned some fun
time today! I hate to think what she'll do when I try to give her all
these meds tonight - I'm not going to try to do it by myself because
Silver made it a two person job and she's the quiet one! Can we have
some purrs for her please?

Purrs all round.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.