Hey all. Tomorrow I take my poor Pandora to the vet, bright and early, for her 7th UTI in 8 months. This will be the third time I've had to physically take her in, and its nothing pretty when we go.
She's a sensitive creature and despises being touched by strangers under the best circumstances...so at the vet, I can hear her screaming and wailing in protest for the simplest of procedures. She often urinates out of fury and will work herself up into a tizzy. I'm always sobbing in the room by myself listening to it; I abhor having to hear it but would never walk out. If she's going through it, so am I.
The vet and techs are always extraordinary attentive and will check in on me frequently, letting me know that she's ok and just singing her grievances.
Tomorrow, she's going to have to have some complicated tests done - and I wonder if it might be more humane to request that she be sedated beforehand. I'm not entirely sure why they never offered to do it before, but then again, they've never tried radio-graphing my little fractious sweetie-pie before.
Do you think I should request her to be sedated, or would she be better off doing this stuff sober?
She's a sensitive creature and despises being touched by strangers under the best circumstances...so at the vet, I can hear her screaming and wailing in protest for the simplest of procedures. She often urinates out of fury and will work herself up into a tizzy. I'm always sobbing in the room by myself listening to it; I abhor having to hear it but would never walk out. If she's going through it, so am I.
The vet and techs are always extraordinary attentive and will check in on me frequently, letting me know that she's ok and just singing her grievances.
Tomorrow, she's going to have to have some complicated tests done - and I wonder if it might be more humane to request that she be sedated beforehand. I'm not entirely sure why they never offered to do it before, but then again, they've never tried radio-graphing my little fractious sweetie-pie before.
Do you think I should request her to be sedated, or would she be better off doing this stuff sober?
my dog, Wilbur, who has neurological body tremors just had to have a full body X-ray. He was given a tranq for the procedure to help keep him steady for the test and help him relax. I think if Zandora is so stressed (and I don't blame her after all she has been through) then I would definitely ask for something to give her to calm her nerves. Good luck and let us know how it goes 
Me too, thinking about you and wondering how the appt. went. I, too, am waiting for urinalysis results today on Pip. Can't imagine what you and your cat have been going through. Lots of good vibes your way today 
. What a day at the vet she had. That is good she passed that stone, the poor little sweetie. My vet did assure me (in case Pip needs a prescription diet, that all of my cats could eat the Prescription diet if I ever had to leave a dry food down). But I do feed three scheduled feedings a day, and they all scarf down their wet food now. I think if I were you, I would try to get them on scheduled wet feedings. You could feed Pandora her prescription diet at that time and take up. And just leave some of the prescription dry out for both to snack on since they are used to having that at all times. It won't hurt Z at all to eat that. 
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