The cat god (or goddess as boy informed me) wasn't pleased with me at all last monday. Vaccination day was not a smooth affair. No amount of planning can be done with someone as unpredictable as a cat is my final thought.
K came over as planned. We picked up Jerry and Girlie in round one as Pinks ran onto the cupboard. Had to wait a bit at the vet as he had a very cute lab puppy "Sunshine" which he was examining. So cats were kept on chairs & away from the doggy nose.
Both howled in protest in the cab (as was expected) & jerry gave K a few scratches on his wrist and a few holes in his shirt. Round one went fairly okay. Returned home & saw that pinks had decided the cupboard was place of refuge for her. K climbed up & picked her up. Madam protested away to no avail. And usually docile Tangy became a tiger. I easily picked him up & placed in the basket to have him go wild on me. He became very nervous and agitated, frothing at the mouth and clawing his way out of the basket. Pushed his nose against the lid to lift it so many times that it became bloody.
K had pinks all safely in the basket and I was struggling with Tangy. Finally i got scared that he'd do some major damage to himself. His nose was bleeding a bit from all that pushing against the basket top. I let him out & let him relax a bit.
After about 10 mins he was ok. Still a bit frazzled, but not agitated. Then picked him up & put in another basket. Poor K got a few more scratches from Tangy at the vets. So it was betadine on his wrists, and this years vaccination is all done.........phew!!!
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