This morning, i had a follow-up visit with a specialist (eye doctor) for Marsh.
The visit started out unusually, because it was in the AM, and i've never taken him this early to the vet, always at night (teh doctor is a 9-5 type, and this early visit was the only one they had).
So he saw the carrier and bolted
, and i only happened to grab him by the back leg before he was *gone*. I stuffed him in the carrier, and he cried all the way there (very unusual for him)
as we came in, i saw they had a lot of big dogs inside. marsh's not used to big dogs, he's my only cat and we do not have other 4-legged animals in the house. So, i usually open the carrier to have him look out the top door, but as i soon as i opened it a little, he started to bolt again (extremely unusual), so i had to leave him inside.
Then, to make matters worse, i found out i came in one day early (my app was tomorrow!
) so i got agitated and marsh definitely picked up on it
they said they're overbooked for my timeslot (3 other apps), and asked to wait. I thought it would take a good hour, but they took me right away (possibly seeing my distress?)
the visit was good, marsh's eye is 90% healed. But marsh was not happy and hissed at the vet twice!
again, unusual.
so i put him in the carrier, and we go back out to the cashier. I put him down and see a huge rottie and blood all around him (he bit his tongue), and of course, the stupid!!! owner just let's him approach marsh's carrier and start dripping blood all over it!!!!
MY GOD! .. so i start yelling at the owner, who promptly pulled the monster away.. but now i had to wipe teh carrier with anti-viral wipes.. and it smelled terribly and marsh was getting visibly upset, meowing and clawing at the lid, trying to get out (he never, ever tried that before
)
so we get out, i'm a nerveous wreck
we get into teh car, and again, i open the hinge, thinking he'll calm down and be OK for the ride home, but again, he's got this second personality thing, almost bolting into the back of the car (it's a 2-door, i've had a big problem trying to get him out of the car when we got home.) so i closed the lid and drove him to him yelping in the carrier
BUT, as soon as we got home and i let him out, he snapped back to being *Marsh* again
head-butting me and purring up a storm - i'm telling you, this little prankster will be 'the end of me', as another poster said
*vent over*
<breathe Marina!>
The visit started out unusually, because it was in the AM, and i've never taken him this early to the vet, always at night (teh doctor is a 9-5 type, and this early visit was the only one they had).
So he saw the carrier and bolted
as we came in, i saw they had a lot of big dogs inside. marsh's not used to big dogs, he's my only cat and we do not have other 4-legged animals in the house. So, i usually open the carrier to have him look out the top door, but as i soon as i opened it a little, he started to bolt again (extremely unusual), so i had to leave him inside.
Then, to make matters worse, i found out i came in one day early (my app was tomorrow!
they said they're overbooked for my timeslot (3 other apps), and asked to wait. I thought it would take a good hour, but they took me right away (possibly seeing my distress?)
the visit was good, marsh's eye is 90% healed. But marsh was not happy and hissed at the vet twice!
so i put him in the carrier, and we go back out to the cashier. I put him down and see a huge rottie and blood all around him (he bit his tongue), and of course, the stupid!!! owner just let's him approach marsh's carrier and start dripping blood all over it!!!!
so we get out, i'm a nerveous wreck
BUT, as soon as we got home and i let him out, he snapped back to being *Marsh* again
*vent over*
<breathe Marina!>
