Kylie's going to the vet!

[Gio]

Good luck Kylie, it's not going to be too bad and I'm sure your mom will give you extra treats when you get home!!

I love the word portaprison, I'm sure that that's how Prema sees it. All mine hate to travel in it but Prema is particularly scared. She hates all closed spaces as a matter of fact, I suppose that comes from living all bandaged up for 4 months in a tiny cage at the shelter. She looks like a demon butting her head against the door, scratching like mad I'm also so scared that she might hurt herself. Then, as soon as I step outsite she freezes and starts shaking and won't move a muscle until we're back. Even at the vets she sits on the table shaking with her face tighly pressed against my elbow.

Her fear of travelling means that I can't go anywhere with her. Since it gets so hot in August over here I used to send my cats on "holiday" in the mountains where my parents used to live. I missed them of course but I could go every weekend and spend some time in cooler weather. They loved it up there anyway, but I was never able to take Prema there, nor go there myself since I don't like leaving her all alone overnight. So I think I will have to invest in some air con

[C.C.'s Mom]

I might have a little idea for Kylie. I can't get Rudie into his 'taxi' either, so the vet recommended one time to get him into small room with no hiding places and throw a dark towel over his head. Than you can pick him up easily. It worked great, we got him into the taxi and to the vet. There he escaped the minute we opened the taxi after he had already gave me some lovely deep scratches on my hand through the bars of the door. It took us 30 minutes and special vet gloves to get him under a towel again and give him the vac. he needed.

Good luck, and Kylie: it'll be over before you know it and life will be just the same afterwards. Your mommy only does what's best for you.

My other cat sleeps in her taxi, as you can see.

[tatsxxx11]

How you doin Kylie girl?????

[Edwina's Secretary]

CC's Mom - Maybe if Edwina had such a pretty wicker carrier she would like it better! Seriously, how do you keep her in it while in motion? It doesn't appear to have a door?

[AmberLee]

Could you answer Edwina's Secretary's question here? I wondered that, too. (GREAT looking carrier, by the way.)

[AmberLee]

How did the visit to the vet go?

Is Kylie thrilled to be home again?

Have you been forgiven, and how many treats did it cost you to get back in her good graces?

[shais_mom]

Kylie did great! She meowed the whole way there. She had the feline Leukemia test which I am not sure if she had had, and it was negative. Thank God. My cousin had to put her cat to sleep the week Shaianne died due to complications due to FLV (?) He made it to about 6-8 years tho.
Anyway, they thought she was beautiful of course.
And they said she was a nice Kitty! She calmed down for the trip home, and she was just fine. It didn't take but a few treats to become the good mommy again.
She is doing great!
But he did say to watch her weight she is 11.14 pounds which is ok b/c I bought reduced calorie food for her when she is done with her hairball
formula.

[C.C.'s Mom]

The cat carrier has a door which can be taken off. I love it too, because it's not one of those ugly plastic boxes Rudie needs for transportation. That one is definately not in the livingroom! The only negative thing I can think of with this taxi, is that if your cat is not happy about leaving it's pretty little house, there's no way to get him out because of the material where he can easily attach his claws in. But my cat walks out when I ask her, also when we visit the vet.

I'm happy that Kylie did well.

[AmberLee]

So glad that Kylie did okay, and that the vet was perceptive enough to note that she's a good kitty.

The stores here have recently started carrying a low-calerie version of hair-ball formula. For now my two even prefer it! Maybe Kylie would like it, too.