Everyone's given great advice already, I just wanted to add that our two cats (who are normally very affectionate, especially our male) pretty much ignored us for a full three months after we moved.
Also, our male was just at the vet with a blockage from having crystals in his urine, and we...
Thanks, the subq is a good idea to get him cleaned out. He doesn't really drink much as a rule, which is why we are watering the heck out of his food. Frustratingly, our cats have been on dry their whole lives (about two years) and just this month I started researching raw and decided to switch...
Carrying by hand is fine, if you know how your cat will act. I had to carry one of my past cats to the vet once, and she hated the car trip and peed all over me.
The cardboard box is fine, but when we moved (with two cats) recently we only had one carrier and so one went in a box--he freaked...
So my poor cat, Mac, ended up in the vet a couple days ago, and it turns out he had struvite crystals and he was completely blocked. I guess with two kitties in one litterbox I didn't notice the change in pee levels like I should have. I feel terrible that we didn't notice before it got this...