Belladonna

[plonq]

"Scruff her!"
"I am scruffing her."
"Well, scruff her more.
"OK, one leg is in - oops, it's out again."
"Get her off!  She's digging into my back!"

That's just some of what you'd have heard if you had been listening in while we tried to stuff our (frantically struggling) cat into the carrier for her first trip to the vet.  Once we got her into the carrier, she growled and hissed and glared.  She was really really mad.  As it turned out, that was the hardest part of the whole trip.  When it was time to bring her home, she hopped into the carrier on her own.  We took her there, fully expecting to end up with a letter on her file saying, "Vicious, psychotic cat.  Sedate before next visit."

While she was waiting for her examination and shots, she amused herself by calmly exploring every cranny of the examination room.  Every other cat I've taken to the vet has either hunkered down where they were, or slunk off to hide in/under whatever they could find.  She vocalized a bit when they took her temperature, but otherwise she was, in their words, a model patient.  Now that we're home again she's acting as if nothing has happened.

Comments

HAH! That's what YOU think!

[ionotter.livejournal.com]

Cats may look like they're acting all non-chalant, but they're secretly planning revenge. Be sure to check your slippers a bit more carefully in the morning, as there may be "surprise gifts" in them.

"Why is it that cats always choose to hack up a hairball at 3AM? You can be up all night; you can even let the cat out for a while before you go to bed! But as soon as your head hits that pillow, sure 'nuff:

*HYEEEEH!*
*HYEEEEH!*
*HHYEEAAGH!*

Hon? Remind me t'put mah slippers on in th' mornin'?"
-Jeff Foxworthy

[gedrean.livejournal.com]

Cats can do that. Maybe this one doesn't mind vets. Maybe it didn't know where you were taking it and refused to go without first engaging in negotiation, such as you scritch her head to get her calm, she swats you in the face with a paw fulla claw.