Oh Kelly, I can picture it. Years ago when we had to take Fister to the vet, we were nerveous wrecks hours before getting him in the box. We talked to the vet about it and decided to give him a tranquilizer an hour before. That really helped a lot. The first few times we crushed a pill called Plegicil and put it inside shrimps, but that put him out more or less for 11 hours! We didn't like that, so we tried Diazepam 5 mg.(which is the same as Valium) and that was just perfect! He could still walk around and it didn't last as long.

Now, we can actually put him in the box without bloodshed and without giving him anything - big improvement!!

We're lifting him now and again for just 10-20 sec. and putting him down again, so he can get used to it, and see nothing bad is happening.

I'm glad it's over and done for now. In my opinion, you don't have to have him vaccinated every year, unlesss he's going somewhere or being with other cats who aren't.

Noserubs and kisses!