cats and kidney stones . . .

Between Thursday and Friday, I hauled all three beasties to the vet for their annual check ups. Bear and Ninja traveled together in separate carriers . . . not happily I might add. Although Ninja appears brave on the surface and, is indeed, brave in the safety of her own house, she melted into a pathetic mess of stressed out panting fur with enormous wide eyes. Not a pretty site. Bear, always the chicken heart, was not much better. Pronounced healthy, they were happy to be back on home ground and immediately checked out the house to make sure nothing had changed and fell asleep in one mass of fur.

Snoopy is a tad trickier to get to the vet. God bless Pill Pockets and Acepromazine. After a few hairy moments, a very subdued Snoop was in his carrier and on his way. Unlike his cousins, he is not vocal during the trip. Instead he is paralyzed with fear. Wide eyed. Frozen. And since he will not allow normal chores to be done at home, he gets more attention at the vets . . . nails clipped . . . Advantage applied . . . an extra shot because he goes out onto the screened in pool deck. And yesterday to compound his misery, he got an X-ray. He has a kidney stone. Poor baby. At least he and the 9TS have something in common. The 9TS was getting a C-scan at the very same time to see if his kidney stones had changed or migrated. Cosmic influence I say!!!!

All three are rescue kitties. How could you throw out a face like this? Don't get me started! Sigh.


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