Well, I don't think this is going to go well.
My little Scaredy Cat 17 week old kitten has come down with an eye infection. After taking it to the vets last week for shots, I had used up any good-will I had made with the cat. Taking it today was a complete ordeal... it took me two hours to catch the kitty. This is a former feral kitty that still, after a month, has never let my wife touch it. I had gotten to the point it would let me pet it, but only on its timeframe. That's all gone after today. It sees me and runs.
I'm supposed to put ointment in its eye three times a day. It took the vet five tries. I just gave it my first shot at home and the cat went absolutely beserk as soon as I picked it up. Needless to say, I never got anywhere near the cat's eye with the ointment.
It's a really frustrating situtation to know that I have to destroy all the progress I've made with this kitty and the odds of me ever getting ointment in its eye once, let alone three times a day for a week, are essentially zero. It's a real catch-22 because the more I try, the worse it gets.
My little Scaredy Cat 17 week old kitten has come down with an eye infection. After taking it to the vets last week for shots, I had used up any good-will I had made with the cat. Taking it today was a complete ordeal... it took me two hours to catch the kitty. This is a former feral kitty that still, after a month, has never let my wife touch it. I had gotten to the point it would let me pet it, but only on its timeframe. That's all gone after today. It sees me and runs.
I'm supposed to put ointment in its eye three times a day. It took the vet five tries. I just gave it my first shot at home and the cat went absolutely beserk as soon as I picked it up. Needless to say, I never got anywhere near the cat's eye with the ointment.
It's a really frustrating situtation to know that I have to destroy all the progress I've made with this kitty and the odds of me ever getting ointment in its eye once, let alone three times a day for a week, are essentially zero. It's a real catch-22 because the more I try, the worse it gets.