Like regular clock-work during the year, and because I do have FIVE cats..... I regularly receive in the mail reminder cards about my pets from the vet. Different cats due for routine examinations, feline leukemia shots, rabies vaccinations, and whatever else they are in the need for. Recently three of my cats were scheduled for their annual vet visit. Porkey, Tabby and Athena. However, due partially to financial constrictions I decided to see if any cats could be re-scheduled for a later date when I'd be sure to have the money to pay for all their fees. As it turned out... Tabby had another appointment needed in November for a shot or something, so I simply re-scheduled her visit for November. So on Friday of this week it was just Porkey and Athena going to the vet with me.
The night before I tried to tell the two cats about how they were going to the vet with me on Friday, but I don't think they caught on. Not until bedtime, at least. Maybe its just coincidence that they are the two that do this, but.... the night before I was laying in bed playing a video game and they both were up on the bed with me hanging around. Wanting attention. Like they always do at bed time when ... I'm trying to go to sleep. Haha. This time they were hanging around knowing that I was still up purposely. Almost as though they were trying to talk me outta it. Haha. Lucky try, but it ain't gonna work kitties.
In the morning, I went around to get their respective cat carriers together. See, because I have the cats that I do and at any time may need to move them all at once... I over time purchased a cat carrier for each cat. Not expensive ones, but some cheap one found at Walmart, but still pretty sturdy. Anyway, they do come apart for easy storage and such. So..... I knew I had carriers all over the apartment so I had to find specifically Porkey's and specifically Athena's. This because I had all five written with their names on the top of it. I know, ain't I cute? Well.... as it turns out the two that I needed were the two I had to deal with. One was underneath Mr G's (my gerbil) cage collecting falling wood shavings. So I had to move him somewhere else and clean out that carrier. The other one was in the bathroom on the floor that I've used overturned as a cat bed for Sylvester with a towel in it. So I had to clean out that as well. And in both cases,.... I had to find the metal door that goes on the front.
Finally got into the vet. Noticing a few cars in the parking lot I figured there'd be some people in the waiting area. Not a problem. Just hopefully not too many dogs. Well....
Entering there were a half dozen people. One man I ended up sitting next to had one small dog. Not a problem as it wasn't overly aggressive. Didn't really see any other pets in there right then as the other people's pets were probabl out back or something.
But then this lady came in with her small Jack Russel Terrier. Just a tiny little dog, but quite active and barking a bit. Happy cute little dog. :) Howver, after he noticed my cats in carriers he had to walk over to get a looksie. While the dog was interested in Porkey, Porkey was not in the dog. When the dog got too close...... HISS!!! SPIT!!! Porkey launched into attack mode while inside the carrier and noticably and audibly....acted as though he were defending himself. The dog backed up, but that only made him more interested in this cat that was in a carrier. The dog then began almost non-stop barking for like a good 5 minutes straight. Meanwhile I can only imagine what poor P-kitty was thinking of this critter. The dog was about the size of Porkey himself - which was funny.
Now in terms of their health evaluations...
Athena was ok. Looked good and everything was ok... except for a small spot of swelling near one corner of her mouth on the right side. Looking inside Athena's mouth the vet noticed a small sore near the back of her mouth which was probably causing this inflammation on the outside of her gums. To take care of it the vet recommended some steroid shot that would take care of it (?) and I had to bring her back in about 2 weeks for a re-checkup. So... now I can say that my cat Athena is on steroids! hahahaha. I did get worried about her, however, as that night I didn't see much of her and she wasn't up on the bed at night like she usually is. Didn't see her this morning when I got up and out the door, so when I returned from work I had to peek around under the bed to see if she was there and if she was ok. She was. Just hiding. Probably mad at me for taking her to the vet for all I know.
Porkey also got a clean bill of health. He did have some plaque/tartar on his teeth in a few spots, but otherwise was ok. The notable point of his exam came when he came back out afterward after having been given his shots and weighed.
15.2 pounds.
Last time I knew last year when he went in he was about 16 pounds. That mean he lost about 0.8 pounds?!?!?!?! WOW!!!! This is Porkey we're talking about! The biggest of my five cats. He..... lost weight!!!!! He actually lost close to a FULL POUND!!! OH MY!!!!
While this is good news as its better that he can lose weight as being overweight is never good for one's health, it did make me realize soemthing after I left....
This puts him close to, if not.....under????....the weight of Whiskers. I'd have to go back and look at their records or even try to weigh the cats here at home myself, but....
There's a slim chance Porkey may not be the biggest cat that I have. And to me this is big news as I've had him since one of the original two (him and Tabby) and since then he's been THE biggest cat of mine. So for now Porkey to be second biggest and the potential of Whiskers being the biggest..... Porkey no longer can be the brunt of fat jokes. This means Whiskers will get all the comments and jokes and teasing we do here.
All of my cats are in good health, which I do expect. At the new residence here they do NOT go outside under any circumstances, so they don't have any thing outside to affect them. I feed them decent food, and try to encourage them to run around some when I can - even if it means teasingly chasing them around the apartment. Haha.
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Hey, who ate all the pizza? Porkey!!
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