It’s my cat in a box…..

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The cat saga continues further.  As our cat had another “urinary incident”, although we have no idea when it happened as our CSI unit is off duty, we decided that as responsible cat parents-we needed to rule out any medical causes.  We had been putting this off, as we are pretty sure its behavioral; but alas, we had to know.

I put the cat in her kennel, that she hasn’t been inside of for years, and she was very put out by this (a bad day to wear black, as I was quickly wearing my own fur coat).  She serenaded me the whole way to the vet with the most sad and pathetic meows (“what are you doing to me?”  ”what did I ever do to you?” “If you thought I was pooping on your floor before, just you wait!!”).

At the vet, she was being so unruly, they brought in an extra set of hands to hold her down.  She was hissing and salivating like the Exorcist as they checked her out (boy, she did not like that thermometer).  Then, they brought in a plexi-glass box that looks like something Houdini might try to escape from and popped her in it.  As they were closing the lid, she thrashed around like something out of Jurassic Park–thankfully, they secured the latches just in time.  Apparently, they use this box to pump in a bit of “knock out” gas; b/c cats aren’t the best patients and wouldn’t sit still for a little cat-sized mask.  They had to calm her down in order to draw blood and get a urine sample.

I have to wait until tomorrow for the blood results, but they were able to give me the urine-analysis today; she is totally healthy in regard to her urine, so its not a urinary tract infection.  When they brought my kooky kitty back in the room she was looking very dazed and I think she could probably smell the color purple and hear the trees talking to her.  In fact, she kept singing “smoke on the water…” the whole way home, and remarked that my driving was very “far out” and “real groovy.”

I hate to get all Miss Cleo on you, but I am pretty sure the blood results are going to be totally normal too.  So, I have just paid $200 to get my cat high; all I can say is, I hope it was the “good stuff.”

Permalink | June 30th, 2009

5 Responses to “It’s my cat in a box…..”

  1. MarathonMom Says:
    June 30th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    So sorry you had to fork out the cash. I hope they at least gave you some coping tips – noticed how pregnant you are and realized this is truly an emergency!!!!!

  2. admin Says:
    June 30th, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    They did give us some tips–we’ll see if any work. Also, just got the blood test results and she is completely healthy and fine. So it is behavioral. So its good news, but with less answers.

  3. Amy Pinner Says:
    June 30th, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    I think you should get to take some of the “good stuff” home for her- it may come in handy with Audrey’s imminent arrival!

  4. Jenny Says:
    June 30th, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    1. Hahahahah!! You are hillarious!!
    2. That box idea is GENIUS! (Works like a tent does for some people.)
    3. I am SO sorry for the good/bad news. Did they give you any advice or strategies for how to correct this behavior??

  5. Megito Says:
    July 1st, 2009 at 11:08 am

    Ha! Your cat and my cat should hang out. Sophia has a bright orange “caution” sticker on her file. I had no idea that they “boxed” cats in order to “calm” them. I would have loved to see that! Gotta love Kat Komplications!

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