Vet Merry-Go Round

As you can imagine, with 11 pets, we could spend a lot of time and money at the vet's office just keeping them up to date on shots and annual wellness visits. Now, imagine a crew of pets that gets jealous when one of them goes in for an "extra" visit. Read on to see what happens when we get on the Vet Merry-Go-Round.

Clara waits for Dr. Alex to check her out

Let's just say we didn't even make it a full 7 days before I needed to schedule another visit. This is very normal in our house. One emergency visit usually is followed up by one or two more emergency visits. I know, with so many cats you might think, well duh, you are gonna spend a lot of time at the vet's office. Honestly, with as healthy as my cats are, we spend an awful lot of time and money on these impromptu visits. Sure, most times there truly is something going on and it needs attention. But there have been a handful of times when something is going on at home and it warrants a vet visit—only for us to get there and whatever was going on miraculously stops, or they are all better (this is Clara's MO).

We think Roughy has a UTI - he's urinating on the couch,

Roughy trying to keep cool, knowing he peed on the couch several times.

and when he's in the litter box, nothing is happening. Whisk him away to the vet, but first dose him up on some gabapentin and cross our fingers he plays nice with them today. He did a great job - mostly. They tried to pull urine to test - only to find a completely empty bladder. At this point, I say - makes total sense - he emptied his entire bladder on my couch a little bit ago. They do his exam in the back and want to give him some fluids. He decided no way was that happening and was ready to throw some paws around. By this point, they have stuck him in his most sensitive area, poked and prodded his body, examined his teeth - he was done. We left with him dosed up on some meds - get Roughy home and he's doing better from his suspect UTI issue (it only cost about $350 this time!)

Moving through the rest of the week, all's good—or so I think. Gene tells me that Clara's left ear is bothering her. Alright—just clean it for her. He has tried several times with no success—she won't let him really clean it, which is par for the course with her. She is slightly handicapped and doesn't groom herself very well, getting agitated if we try to help with the grooming. In all likelihood, she has an ear infection. We have her scheduled to go to the vet in less than 10 days from Roughy's vet visit. I'm putting money on a double ear infection.

Life's better when you travel in 3's!

I have this wacky theory in my house full of cats. Whenever one cat needs to go to the vet,

no matter the reason, it sets off a domino effect of vet visits. FOMO for cats sums it up best. They have no idea where their sibling is being whisked off to, why, and for how long. All they know is the "fancy bed" comes out and one of them disappears—returning a short time later. The return is a mix of things—frustration from being poked and prodded, feeling high on life from meds (if any were given), smelling like other people, and they get a little extra attention from us.

Till our tails cross again,

Mel

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