Tessa

[vilakins]

Tessa goes to the vet tomorrow to have her teeth scaled and possibly a couple removed. I'm scared. And if you think I'm neurotic, I lost a dear cat, Sigi, in those circumstances; no one knew she had a weak heart. Tessa doesn't, but as the vet said, there's always a danger with any anaesthetic.

I'm off to bed early with her because she's already looking for the water she can't have till afterwards, poor little thing.

Comments

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear she's okay, and no worries about the delay in relying.

Gina

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't have been quite as worried had I read your comment yesterday though. I've just checked my 'recent comments' page and found a few more. Sigh.

I got liquid antibiotics and painkiller this time and it's working a lot better than pills which she holds then spits out so I have to try again, upsetting her. A squirt in the mouth is so much easier. :-)

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Not all antibiotics work in liquid form unfortunately. There *are* tricks to making sure cats swallow pills first time though.

Gina

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've seen the vet do it. I try to do the same, but the girls get better at faking it then spitting the pills out each time. The liquid one I have for Tessa is clavulox which I was told to put in the fridge; she took it and the painkiller really well today. Vic's the only one who'll eat clavulox (sp?) pills in food, but you think we can get a worm pill down him any way at all? We have to go with the paste. Sigh. I used to pill them fine when they were kittens.

Cats. Argh.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Heh. Just got that notify, only 9 days late.