After the vet visit.The assistant was very taken with fatBoy and thought he was very pretty. So she asked Cousin R if it was possible to open the cage so she could pet him. FatBoy was very amiable and allowed her to do so :)
The auntie did not manage to catch Fatboy this morning. She said she just managed to put half of his body in the carrier but he got wise and ran off. So I came down and tried to entice him into it. He was hiding under a car but came out when he heard me call him. I pretended to give him some food (he had already eaten) then asked Cousin R to quickly bring over the carrier. I pushed him into it quickly. DONE!We had to bring him to the vet as he has been losing weight these past 2 months. Many people have been asking the auntie why he had lost a lot of his weight. I was afraid he was sick but he eats his food and does not drool. His temper is also as calm as ever.
But he yelled so loudly in the cab. I have never heard such an unhappy cat. He yelled in the cab, yelled on the way to the vet, yelled at the vet and grumbled when he saw the vet.
But once he was on the table, he suddenly transformed into the very friendly kitty that everyone loves.
FatBoy: How can you say those things about me? I am very friendly and I love everyone!
He weighed at 5.53 kg and had a mouthful of very bad teeth. The vet , Dr BL said he would have to pull some blackened ones out and do some major scaling! So he has another appointment on Tuesday. I really don't know where to keep him before that as the auntie is not strong enough and she is afraid he would yell her house down. So Cousin R said we could catch him on Monday night and put him in a cage outside of my house. This seems the only way out. I would have to put a blanket on the cage and write a note to everyone not to let him out. Then on Tuesday morning, Cousin R would bring him to the vet as he needs to be there about 9 am and I would be at work by then.I hope this plan works.
Poor fatboy. So wonderful to have kind souls like you and cousin R to take care of him.
ReplyDeleteDon't mean to be rude but you do mean cage "cage" right? Not carrier "cage"?
ReplyDeleteIf he has to stay in the carrier for the night maybe you could just grab him on Monday evening then let him stay at the vet for the night?
Its a bigger cage. I wouldn't put a cat in a carrier of course. The practice doesn't have that facility.
ReplyDeleteVet clinic does not have place to keep a cat overnight-what if a patient needs hospitalisation? Better to keep cat in bigger cage at the vet clinic than outside your house. Your h/hold will not be able to sleep with cat's protest meowing all night long.
ReplyDeleteAnswering Anon @ 2.49pm, actually there are vet clinics that would allow pet to be kept overnight, especially if the animal needs to be done on the next day. Of course it does come with a fee.
ReplyDeleteI know this because this is what we did for some of the stray cats we bought in for neutering.
But again it depends on the clinic's policy itself, and the relationship between the client and clinic.