Double Trouble at the Vet

As you can imagine, vet visits with cats can be tricky. They know as soon as the carrier comes out - someone's going somewhere and not to a fun place. Fortunately our vets office is amazing and makes the entire visit easy. They know the personality of each of my cats and how best to handle them. Dobby is mostly good at the vets office. If you thought only humans got car sick, you're wrong. Dobby is a pro at getting car sick. Literally 2 minutes in and she's emptied her stomach, made a mess of the carrier and stepped in her mess. Fortunately she usually does that only on the way to the vet. What fun....apologies to the Dr. & vet techs. Much like at home she has to explore everything as if it's her domain. Dobby is nicer about letting them know what she doesn't like. She will try to walk away, back away or duck her head, to avoid whatever you might be trying to do to her. Now we add in Roughy who is full of attitude and not afraid to let you know what he thinks whether by speaking cat or dolling out the swats and bites as he sees fit. He treats all humans the same, doesn't matter if you're the Dr., his favorite human, or just someone giving him some love. I'll touch more on this later, but these two are the best of buds and the worst of buds on any given day. Roughy has what I call a red flag (they call it a note) on his chart. It says "Minutes" and it literally means they have a few mere minutes to do his exam, bloodwork, shots, etc. We go in armed to the vet by giving him some gabapentin which is a staple in my cat basket! (this time he ALMOST got anti-diarrhea instead). We give him the meds mixed in with some wet food - usually works great. This time - not so much so he only got a lick of the meds - not gonna be super helpful! So I was only slightly surprised when they both decided to sit nicely and wait for the Dr., I could only hope that this would be the start of a very good vet visit. It was a good visit mostly - so what more could I do but laugh when low and behold....Roughy had enough and actually swatted the Dr.. enter face palm here... like seriously...she was practically done with the exam and shots. 30 seconds more and we would have gotten a gold star! The upside to seeing the same vet for 10+ years, she's used to his bad behavior, and was prepared for when he takes aim. Dobby followed up and was the perfect angel for her exam. She just had to walk all over the computer, stick her head in the trash container and prance around - making sure all was up to par! She was also glutenous and ate all of the squeeze up treat that was for both of them! At home she's not allowed to have a whole squeeze up - it gets shared among them all. As far as vet visits go this was business as usual. Right on down to the bill over $200 for 2 cats to be up to date on shots. One of my goals for this year - take one cat a month to the vet. 12 cats, 12 months - easy peasy!

Till Our Tails Cross Again,

Mel