Your daily cat and kitten news
- Thread starter Mation
- Start date
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Last edited:
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
#notallcats
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
i think he's plotting his revenge...
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I've been trying to put a brave face on it, but we took Sonic to the vet Tuesday afternoon for a routine pedicure.
The nurse gives him a once over and checks his weight at the same time - he has lost a lot of weight since his last vet visit in December and she was so concerned that she had the vet have a look at him. The vet couldn't see anything obviously wrong but wants me to bring Sonic back in a month for another checkup (sooner if anything goes obviously wrong with him) and if he has lost any more weight to book some blood tests and then maybe further tests to see what (if anything) is wrong.
Not ashamed to admit that I broke down sobbing in the waiting room, it feels like what happened with Radar all over again
The nurse gives him a once over and checks his weight at the same time - he has lost a lot of weight since his last vet visit in December and she was so concerned that she had the vet have a look at him. The vet couldn't see anything obviously wrong but wants me to bring Sonic back in a month for another checkup (sooner if anything goes obviously wrong with him) and if he has lost any more weight to book some blood tests and then maybe further tests to see what (if anything) is wrong.
Not ashamed to admit that I broke down sobbing in the waiting room, it feels like what happened with Radar all over again
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
Is she awfly, awfly proud ?
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Also I know it is a minor consideration compared to the Coronavirus crisis - but does anyone else feel that they have lost agency in the veterinary care and treatment of their animals as a result of social distancing and COVID restrictions on interacting meaning we can't go in to see the vet with our animals any more?
I feel as though I am getting crucial health advice and consultations for my cats relayed to me via telephone calls or via a receptionist, I am unable to point any particular issues out to the vet in person.
Don't get me wrong, I know they are doing the best they can under difficult circumstances that are out of their control (like the rest of us) - but I feel as though my involvement in the health care of my animals is pretty much sidelined at this point. I drop them off, the vet sees the animal but not me, I can't therefore ask or answer any questions, the animal is then delivered back to me. (And basically when you are taking a pet to the vet, it is IMO important to talk to the vet to let them know that the pet is eating less/peeing more/soft stools/odd behaviour etc which comes about in the course of conversation with the vet) Nowadays a consultation may involve the vet phoning me while I am waiting outside, but I am hearing impaired and used to lip read (hahahaha). I wouldn't want to get bad news over the phone for sure.
This is NOT a criticism of my vet surgery, I think they do a good job and I am happy with them, but I am seriously fed up that I haven't been able to discuss any of my pets' healthcare concerns face to face with my vet for over a year now. I am wondering whether there is a better way to do this (if I can't be physically present) - zoom conference for the consultation or something?
I feel as though I am getting crucial health advice and consultations for my cats relayed to me via telephone calls or via a receptionist, I am unable to point any particular issues out to the vet in person.
Don't get me wrong, I know they are doing the best they can under difficult circumstances that are out of their control (like the rest of us) - but I feel as though my involvement in the health care of my animals is pretty much sidelined at this point. I drop them off, the vet sees the animal but not me, I can't therefore ask or answer any questions, the animal is then delivered back to me. (And basically when you are taking a pet to the vet, it is IMO important to talk to the vet to let them know that the pet is eating less/peeing more/soft stools/odd behaviour etc which comes about in the course of conversation with the vet) Nowadays a consultation may involve the vet phoning me while I am waiting outside, but I am hearing impaired and used to lip read (hahahaha). I wouldn't want to get bad news over the phone for sure.
This is NOT a criticism of my vet surgery, I think they do a good job and I am happy with them, but I am seriously fed up that I haven't been able to discuss any of my pets' healthcare concerns face to face with my vet for over a year now. I am wondering whether there is a better way to do this (if I can't be physically present) - zoom conference for the consultation or something?
Last edited:
LeytonCatLady
Well-Known Member
Next door's cat Cookie.
High Voltage
In the top 97% of Urban's most interesting posters
Well, there's good news and news regarding Casper
Firstly, he's "lost" his tick - it was never going to be properly removed with tick tweezers it was always going to be scratched off . . . not ideal, I know, but it's gone
And . . . um!! . . . yesterday I got a text from Mrs Voltz informing me that Casper had come into the house ABSOLUTELY SOAKING . . . from his neck down, so his head was dry but every where else was dripping wet, almost like he'd gone swimming
Now we are less than 50 yards from a stream / pond. The pond mostly silted up with the odd patch of muddy water, but the stream is perfectly clean and "drinkable"
One of our neighbours has a massive Koi pond and this used to be part of his territory before . . . yunno . . . the other cat arrived, but the other cat has moved out and both Casper and his brother are starting to reclaim their field of influence, so there' a chance he fell into there
He must have fallen in clean water as his pretty much spotless, no matted fur, no weed, nothing
Firstly, he's "lost" his tick - it was never going to be properly removed with tick tweezers it was always going to be scratched off . . . not ideal, I know, but it's gone
And . . . um!! . . . yesterday I got a text from Mrs Voltz informing me that Casper had come into the house ABSOLUTELY SOAKING . . . from his neck down, so his head was dry but every where else was dripping wet, almost like he'd gone swimming
Now we are less than 50 yards from a stream / pond. The pond mostly silted up with the odd patch of muddy water, but the stream is perfectly clean and "drinkable"
One of our neighbours has a massive Koi pond and this used to be part of his territory before . . . yunno . . . the other cat arrived, but the other cat has moved out and both Casper and his brother are starting to reclaim their field of influence, so there' a chance he fell into there
He must have fallen in clean water as his pretty much spotless, no matted fur, no weed, nothing
LeytonCatLady
Well-Known Member
I hope he'll be OK.
LeytonCatLady
Well-Known Member
I'm so sorry for your loss.
strung out
💩 🤣 🍆 💦 🧐 👻 🐝 🐈⬛
Your story reminds me of when I came downstairs one morning to find Milo looking like this...
For reference, this is his normal complexion...
I'm assuming he dipped his head in a bucket of dirt, but who knows?
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Ziggy is the spit (#seewhatIdidthere) of Puisin!
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
So he is.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
They should be pals
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
I’m frustrated by this as well. I feel it’s my duty to be there and calm them down when they’re being poked and prodded as it’s traumatic enough for them as it is. I even skipped their boosters last year - largely down to lack of cash but also that I (rather cowardly) felt too distressed to leave them to face things without me. Touch wood they’re fine but also hoping regulations slacken off sufficiently so that I can be in the room. Hope things are OK.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
So sorry for your loss. What a beautiful cat Pops was xx
Sorry for your loss.
Pops looks like they were a proper little charmer. And had amazing eyes.
((((oomfoofoo ))))
