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07-15-2003, 10:36 PM
I'm so embarrassed! I had my 2 foster cats and Skylar at the vet today (we spent 4 hours there.. grrrrr). Turns out my 2 beautiful gray and white girls are actually................. BOYS! :o I realized that I had never even checked them. I just took the woman's word that they were girls. OPPS!
I cannot believe how those two sweet boys turned into WILD ANIMALS at the vet. The had no problem with the needle, it was being restrained that made them go nutty. They had Nadia (well I gotta rename them now :o ) out first and as soon as they scruffed him, he went insane! He screamed bloody murder and kicked his legs so hard, all sorts of things went flying to the floor. There were a few drops of blood scattered on the table after he did a couple fits like that. I'm not sure if it was his or the vet techs' :( It took 2 people to hold him down and one to draw the blood. I had to step out in the hall for a minute because I started crying :eek: I was just really stressed today and I felt really bad that he was stressed out. People on the other side of the building could hear his screams!!!!!! The shots were a lot easier than the blood drawing because they didn't have to restrain them tightly like the do when taking blood. The other brother (with the mostly gray face) was not nearly as big of a handful.
Skylar had his next set of booster shots and he was an angel as usual. He's really sore now though and just wants to sleep under the bed. I check on him every 20 minutes to make sure he's not having an allergic reaction. The 2 boys ended up getting sick on the ride home, but I think that was car sickness, not an allergic reation. They seem fine now and are resting in their beds. THEY TESTED NEGATIVE FOR FIV/FELV YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!! They ended up having ear mites, tapeworm, and all that other fun stuff that comes with stray cats. So they sure do know how to break the bank :eek:
All 3 boys will be neutered this Sunday. On Saturday, I'm taking up my 2 foster boys to Petsmart for adoption day. They will be adopted through a rescue group I'm now volunteering for (yeah, like I needed one more group to stretch myself across, hehe).
Let me know if anyone has any name suggestions for these silly boys with girl names :D
Skylar is up to 3 pounds now and he just turned 3 months old today :) The other boys are 4 and 5 pounds. I've put a lot of weight on the poor starving things this week. I was right in guessing they are around 5 months old. No clue why there's such a weight variation between the two. They seem to be closer in size.
Here's Skylar resting under the bed:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/pdbdc9d806cd418b4c6cf2cb31069f19a/fba900b2.jpg
Shiloh making fun of everyone since she's the only cat in the house who didn't have to go to the vet today:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/pa239d70dd8d4e3222e41835fa1bdcdbf/fba900b4.jpg
See the next post for pics of the boys :D
I cannot believe how those two sweet boys turned into WILD ANIMALS at the vet. The had no problem with the needle, it was being restrained that made them go nutty. They had Nadia (well I gotta rename them now :o ) out first and as soon as they scruffed him, he went insane! He screamed bloody murder and kicked his legs so hard, all sorts of things went flying to the floor. There were a few drops of blood scattered on the table after he did a couple fits like that. I'm not sure if it was his or the vet techs' :( It took 2 people to hold him down and one to draw the blood. I had to step out in the hall for a minute because I started crying :eek: I was just really stressed today and I felt really bad that he was stressed out. People on the other side of the building could hear his screams!!!!!! The shots were a lot easier than the blood drawing because they didn't have to restrain them tightly like the do when taking blood. The other brother (with the mostly gray face) was not nearly as big of a handful.
Skylar had his next set of booster shots and he was an angel as usual. He's really sore now though and just wants to sleep under the bed. I check on him every 20 minutes to make sure he's not having an allergic reaction. The 2 boys ended up getting sick on the ride home, but I think that was car sickness, not an allergic reation. They seem fine now and are resting in their beds. THEY TESTED NEGATIVE FOR FIV/FELV YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!! They ended up having ear mites, tapeworm, and all that other fun stuff that comes with stray cats. So they sure do know how to break the bank :eek:
All 3 boys will be neutered this Sunday. On Saturday, I'm taking up my 2 foster boys to Petsmart for adoption day. They will be adopted through a rescue group I'm now volunteering for (yeah, like I needed one more group to stretch myself across, hehe).
Let me know if anyone has any name suggestions for these silly boys with girl names :D
Skylar is up to 3 pounds now and he just turned 3 months old today :) The other boys are 4 and 5 pounds. I've put a lot of weight on the poor starving things this week. I was right in guessing they are around 5 months old. No clue why there's such a weight variation between the two. They seem to be closer in size.
Here's Skylar resting under the bed:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/pdbdc9d806cd418b4c6cf2cb31069f19a/fba900b2.jpg
Shiloh making fun of everyone since she's the only cat in the house who didn't have to go to the vet today:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/pa239d70dd8d4e3222e41835fa1bdcdbf/fba900b4.jpg
See the next post for pics of the boys :D