Quote Originally Posted by kimlovescats
Hi Groucho, Dex here! I don't like the oowie shot, but even worse is when the vet forces my mouth open. How would she like me to force her to open her mouth when it was all red and puffy and had big sores in it? Meowmmy keeps saying they are only trying to help, but I'm not convinced.
Dex
Hi again Dex! I hear what you're saying about whitecoats forcing things on us that hurt a lot. When I was about 5 months old Meowmie took me to the vet about that getting fixed thing even though I wasn't broken. My vet took blood for a test that showed I was positive for FIP. My vet said because I was under 6 months old maybe I tested positive for my mommycat's antibodies so she did the test two more times. Fortunately I don't have FIP but the only way to be sure was to do those tests. I agree it isn't very polite to force your mouth open like that, but your vet needs to see all those red, puffy, big sores in your mouth so she can know what to do. I can understand why you're not convinced that they're trying to help, how can they be helping when they do things that hurt? Keep in touch, my friend, I'll do whatever I can to help you through all this nastiness... kitty man to kitty man.
Your friend,
Groucho