Scout went to the vet this week. Neither of us were especially thrilled but it was necessary.
He’s mostly fine but we came home with drops for his ears, pills to crush up in his food and a probiotic to squirt in his mouth. To put it mildly, it’s going to be a long twelve days for us both.
Sigh.
It’s hard when our pets are sick because they can’t tell us what’s wrong. In fact, we don’t always know there’s a problem until their symptoms worsen. He did find ways to communicate his dissatisfaction at being stuffed in a carrier, forced to ride in a car and then carted into a strange place to be prodded by strangers.
Guys, he sang the song of his people the entire way and lost a whisker through this ordeal.
On the way home, I stopped by a neighborhood drive-thru for a milkshake. He had calmed down by then but you should have seen the look he gave me when I ordered that shake. People think animals don’t understand what’s going on but he gave me a look of disgust as though to say “you stopped for ice cream? Take me home!”
So we went home to the tuna I promised him. It was laced with medicine and I managed to get the other stuff in him too.
It wasn’t good but I guess it could have been worse. We are currently in an uncomfortable place where he sniffs his food carefully in case I tried to poison him with that nasty medicine. He also keeps a wide berth when we are near each other.
Oh, and in case you ever need to know, cats can indeed close their ears. Wish me luck with those ear drops.
Pets are wonderful …until they are sick. Good luck!
He’s handling it like a champ…. So far!
Sure doesn’t sound like any fun for either of you!
It’s way worse for him but he’s taking it as well as can be expected.
Oh no!!! How’s it going??? I got the same look from Marilyn when I stopped at Taco Bell before taking her home! At least she just has one antibiotic via syringe in the mouth and that is going QUITE WELL after the stupid eyedropper that came with the medicine stopped working. I did NOT know kitties could close their ears! Marilyn sends get well greetings from her convalescencey (if that’s a word).
He seems much better now. Although he is distracted by the chaos brought on by a power outage so that helps!
I know what you mean. Cats are especially good at hiding their pain, so it’s hard to know when something is wrong until it’s really bad. Hopefully Scout will recover quickly. Good luck with those ear drops!
He’s doing better and, as it turns out, the ear drops are going pretty well. I just have to slip the dropper in and then massage his ear and temple a bit. Then repeat on the other side. He is doing great since I got the hang of it. Now the oral medicines are more of a fight.