Harry really doesn't like the vet. Really.

[llcoolvad]

What's that? you exclaim, A cat that hates the vet?! Unbelievable!!

Harry, who is generally the better of my two beasts, had to be muzzled at the vet today. I guess he's finally reached his limit of what he'll put up with.

Naturally he was displeased before we got there. I got him a new carrier, you'd think he'd be grateful. But no.



After they stole his blood, pee, and dignity it was back into the carrier. He had a lot to say about the whole process.

Comments

[kicking-k.livejournal.com]

Poor old thing... and poor vet! Did he/she get badly bitten?

My parents have two young kittens, and they LOVE going to the vet (they've only been twice). A whole new interesting room to run riot in!

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

They didn't tell me if anyone got bitten, but my guess is yes. My other cat Sam has always been terrible at the vet. He gets in this incandescent rage that is just awesome to behold. They have a notation in his file that he's "difficult" and they always bring an extra tech to his visits. Sigh. Thankfully he's reasonably healthy, so he doesn't have to go too often. GreyKitty was always very good at the vet, and my old cat Xing loved the vet (god knows why, she was there almost as often as Harry).

My advice to your parents is to take the cats to random places with the carrier as often as possible so they don't fear the whole process. And Kittens?! Where are the pictures?! Want pictures!!!

Pictures

[kicking-k.livejournal.com]

There were a few (when the kits were very new) on my other blog, and there are absolutely dozens at <a href="http://www.in-this.blogspot.com>my mum's blog</a>.

Re: Pictures

[kicking-k.livejournal.com]

OK, so I forgot to close the quotation marks, but you can see what the address is.

Re: Pictures

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Oh! So cute!! I haven't had a kitten in, hmm, 22 years or so! I was living in an apartment with my then-boyfriend, and someone came to the door with a hugely pregnant cat and asked him if he wanted a kitty. (I was NOT HOME! It was NOT MY FAULT!) He said yes, and two weeks later we had six cats instead of one. We found homes for three of the kittens, but ended up with two of them left and the mother cat. When S moved to Ireland for a year abroad three months later, George, Gracie, and MamaKitty ended up moving home with me and my Mom, where they ended up staying for the next 19 years or so. They all died within two months of each other in early 2004, so that's a pretty good run. May your mother's kitties live long healthy lives!

[ozymandiasism.livejournal.com]

hmmmm sounds like your cats don't like that particular vet? have you thought about bring them to a different vet?

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

She's the nicest, sweetest person ever. I can't imagine bringing them anywhere else. I think part of today's problem was that the exam room we were in obviously had a cat in there right before us (the tech apologized that it smelled a bit of kitty pee -- they'd cleaned it up, of course, but that lingers for a while) and I think it must have been a boy kitty and Harry took it as a challenge.

Or he hates her. I dunno!

[ozymandiasism.livejournal.com]

boys will be boys

[ozymandiasism.livejournal.com]

yeah well.... imagine your owner keeps snapping pictures of you when you are in the cage. You'll get pissed too :)

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Ha! Well, I tried to take them as fast as possible so he wouldn't be too miserable. It's why they aren't sharp enough. Maybe when he's feeling better I'll pose him in there..The blue carrier and his pretty orange fur is just so dramatic together!

[ozymandiasism.livejournal.com]

and you think he will pose for you IN the cage when he is better? heheh