Catlady711
10-05-2006, 07:32 PM
I've noticed alot of you post updates on your furbabies lives, so I thought maybe it was time I did the same. As well as a few have asked for some different pix of my kitties. I downsized the pix as much as I could figure out how, and I'm hoping this post doesn't take me forever as I'm on dial up.
So here goes nothin'.......
Today 3 of my furbabies (and my mom's furbaby) had a dr's appt with the vet today. Here's the run-down on how the day went.
Took about 1/2 hour to gather up the 3 carriers, get Dusty, Cami, and Jack in them and left them in the livingroom. Drive over to mom's house just across town with an empty carrier for her cat Torry. We got lucky Torry was napping and never knew what happened (last time it took both of us to get her inside the thing). Then we load Torry up in mom's car (which has waaay more room than mine for multiple carriers), and drive back over to my house to pick up my cats. Then it was off to the vets.
Dusty was first whining and growling the whole time. She's not a mean kitty at all, just a very vocal scardy cat, she kept climbing up to my shoulders and clinging on, all while growling. Dusty has had this lump on her leg for about two weeks, just a small one and it hadn't grown any since I found it, but it still worried me. I figured since the others had to go in anyways I'd take Dusty as well just to be sure, I mean she is 16 and anything is possible at her age. Vet looks at the bump and is somewhat concerned. We take her in the back (this is where it's nice to be a vet assistant, I get to follow my pets 'in the back' lol). Vet numbs the area and lances the bump in hopes of it being a cyst. Turns out is was a cyst. Whew, big sigh of relief! He squeezed alot of pus out and put vetodine on it. I am to keep it clean and watch to make sure it doesn't fill up again. Bear had a similar cyst last year and his didn't come back, I sure hope Dusty's doesn't either. We weighed Dusty, she's still holding her weight at 10.5 lbs. A little less than I'd like given her history, but at least she's not losing anymore. Vet said she was doing good overall for her age.
Next was Cami who was my good little wild child. She was the only cat that did not hiss at any point and only growled a tiny growl after her vaccinations. Her weight is finally coming down and now weighs 8.9 lbs. At one time she got up to a whopping 9.5 lbs and I put her on a diet. She's only supposed to be like 7-8 lbs!! Cami is a little kitty, but she is an adult at 2 yrs old. She is a food monger probably from all that time she lived outdoors before she found my house. She'll eat anything and everything, you even have to watch letting crumbs fall on the floor. Once she even ran around trying to eat the toenail clippings from one of my 'group manicure' sessions (aka nail trimming). lol Vet pronounced her healthy!
Next came mom's cat Torry who is 8 yrs old. Now this is a torti, so you can imagine how she reacted, plus the fact she used to live at our hospital for almost 2 years when she showed up as a stray there. I talked mom into giving her a permanent home 2 years ago this December. Anyways, Torry had her ears FLAT, her eyes were HUGE, and hissing and spitting the whole time!! I had to up-end the carrier several times before we finally got her dumped out on the table!! She growled through the entire examination and had a few hisses for the vaccinations. Vet said she has some tartar starting on her teeth, but for now she was ok. Other than Torry is very overweight at 14.3 lbs she is healthy. I keep telling mom to cut her food back more, but she claims that Torry doesn't eat much as it is. I keep telling her it's her lack of excersize, she can cut the food back some more and Torry won't waste away to bones or anything. *sigh* What can ya' do when it's your mom's cat?! Anyway vet said Torry was healthy otherwise and recommended more excersize.
Last was Jack who is almost 7 yrs old. Jack has a 'muzzle' label on his chart if that gives you any idea what working with him can be like!! Made Torry look good by comparision! He's fairly sweet at home kinda a lap baby except when it comes to nail trims and blowdrying after a bath (he's fine for the bath though). Anyways I did manage to drag him outta the cage without having to go get the leather gloves. All while hissing and spitting and thrashing around the vet did manage to give Jack his vaccinations as well as examine him somewhat Jack has been having problem with constipation, a few weeks ago we had to give poor Jack an enema! This time no enema, but I now have to add pumpkin to his food daily as well as continue with the Felaxin. Hopefully this combination will be sufficient to help him. *paws crossed*
Pooky and Bear were glad it wasn't their turn to go this time! Everyone was grouchy when we got home, but now they've forgiven me, but mom's cat Torry will probably hold a grudge for weeks against me lol.
So that was the kitties stressful day at the vet. Now for the pix...
BEAR
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/siggy/kitty1.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/siggy/kitty2.jpg
DUSTY
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/siggy/kitty3.jpg
POOKY
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/siggy/kitty4.jpg
JACK
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/siggy/kitty5.jpg
MOM'S CAT TORRY
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/siggy/kitty7.jpg
So here goes nothin'.......
Today 3 of my furbabies (and my mom's furbaby) had a dr's appt with the vet today. Here's the run-down on how the day went.
Took about 1/2 hour to gather up the 3 carriers, get Dusty, Cami, and Jack in them and left them in the livingroom. Drive over to mom's house just across town with an empty carrier for her cat Torry. We got lucky Torry was napping and never knew what happened (last time it took both of us to get her inside the thing). Then we load Torry up in mom's car (which has waaay more room than mine for multiple carriers), and drive back over to my house to pick up my cats. Then it was off to the vets.
Dusty was first whining and growling the whole time. She's not a mean kitty at all, just a very vocal scardy cat, she kept climbing up to my shoulders and clinging on, all while growling. Dusty has had this lump on her leg for about two weeks, just a small one and it hadn't grown any since I found it, but it still worried me. I figured since the others had to go in anyways I'd take Dusty as well just to be sure, I mean she is 16 and anything is possible at her age. Vet looks at the bump and is somewhat concerned. We take her in the back (this is where it's nice to be a vet assistant, I get to follow my pets 'in the back' lol). Vet numbs the area and lances the bump in hopes of it being a cyst. Turns out is was a cyst. Whew, big sigh of relief! He squeezed alot of pus out and put vetodine on it. I am to keep it clean and watch to make sure it doesn't fill up again. Bear had a similar cyst last year and his didn't come back, I sure hope Dusty's doesn't either. We weighed Dusty, she's still holding her weight at 10.5 lbs. A little less than I'd like given her history, but at least she's not losing anymore. Vet said she was doing good overall for her age.
Next was Cami who was my good little wild child. She was the only cat that did not hiss at any point and only growled a tiny growl after her vaccinations. Her weight is finally coming down and now weighs 8.9 lbs. At one time she got up to a whopping 9.5 lbs and I put her on a diet. She's only supposed to be like 7-8 lbs!! Cami is a little kitty, but she is an adult at 2 yrs old. She is a food monger probably from all that time she lived outdoors before she found my house. She'll eat anything and everything, you even have to watch letting crumbs fall on the floor. Once she even ran around trying to eat the toenail clippings from one of my 'group manicure' sessions (aka nail trimming). lol Vet pronounced her healthy!
Next came mom's cat Torry who is 8 yrs old. Now this is a torti, so you can imagine how she reacted, plus the fact she used to live at our hospital for almost 2 years when she showed up as a stray there. I talked mom into giving her a permanent home 2 years ago this December. Anyways, Torry had her ears FLAT, her eyes were HUGE, and hissing and spitting the whole time!! I had to up-end the carrier several times before we finally got her dumped out on the table!! She growled through the entire examination and had a few hisses for the vaccinations. Vet said she has some tartar starting on her teeth, but for now she was ok. Other than Torry is very overweight at 14.3 lbs she is healthy. I keep telling mom to cut her food back more, but she claims that Torry doesn't eat much as it is. I keep telling her it's her lack of excersize, she can cut the food back some more and Torry won't waste away to bones or anything. *sigh* What can ya' do when it's your mom's cat?! Anyway vet said Torry was healthy otherwise and recommended more excersize.
Last was Jack who is almost 7 yrs old. Jack has a 'muzzle' label on his chart if that gives you any idea what working with him can be like!! Made Torry look good by comparision! He's fairly sweet at home kinda a lap baby except when it comes to nail trims and blowdrying after a bath (he's fine for the bath though). Anyways I did manage to drag him outta the cage without having to go get the leather gloves. All while hissing and spitting and thrashing around the vet did manage to give Jack his vaccinations as well as examine him somewhat Jack has been having problem with constipation, a few weeks ago we had to give poor Jack an enema! This time no enema, but I now have to add pumpkin to his food daily as well as continue with the Felaxin. Hopefully this combination will be sufficient to help him. *paws crossed*
Pooky and Bear were glad it wasn't their turn to go this time! Everyone was grouchy when we got home, but now they've forgiven me, but mom's cat Torry will probably hold a grudge for weeks against me lol.
So that was the kitties stressful day at the vet. Now for the pix...
BEAR
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/siggy/kitty1.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/siggy/kitty2.jpg
DUSTY
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/siggy/kitty3.jpg
POOKY
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/siggy/kitty4.jpg
JACK
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/siggy/kitty5.jpg
MOM'S CAT TORRY
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/siggy/kitty7.jpg