Can a cat swallow a canary?

If you ever get the chance, you should be me.
At least you should be me this past weekend....it was all good in the hood. I didn't even have to leave my house after Friday afternoon!

Thankfully, I was able to get the correct orange cat into the carrier and to the vet on Friday. This Harley is a crazy *ss cat. Well, they are all crazy, but he is on the weird side of crazy.

First of all, if you have a cat, you know the worst part of taking the cat to the vet is the traveling part.  ...THE CRYING in the car is loud and endless...wahhh wahhh wahhh....mroow mroow mrooooow.... so annoying.
Finally, I stopped crying and I tried to act like a grown up.
Hard. very very hard.

I warned them at the reception desk:  "I'm not gonna lie, he looks cute and sweet, but he DOES bite."

They all looked scared, but they deal with crazy pets all the time.

And when we got into the exam room...they let him out of his cage, myself and the two vet techs stepped back,  prepared for a rustle,  a tussle, a crazy cat tango resulting in a few bloody nubs.

And what did my crazy *ss cat do?

He posed on the countertop for 40 minutes.  40 freakin' minutes!!!!
10 minutes of prep with the tech's, followed by quiet time waiting for the Dr. and time while the Dr. was there.

perfect.

Bastid. Made me look like an overreactive drama queen.

When the Dr. looked at his boo boo paw, she said: "Weird"

Um, really, did you learn that term at veterinarian school? Was it during your first year, or your 6th?

{Who knew? I could be a VET TOO!!}

We determined that he most likely stepped in pool chemicals.....a burn of sorts.

She asked if I would like to give him an antibiotic pill daily for 14 days {when she was saying this, I was dying inside picturing me trying to get him to swallow a pill without murdering me} OR she could give him an injection.

Guess what he got?
I ain't no dummy.

I am also putting a bit of hydrogen peroxide on it a few times daily too.

The Dr. said taking a relaxant prior to the hydrogen peroxide swab would help.
And BOY does it.
Of course, I've been taking numerous naps because of that relaxant.

I've got more to share...but I've errands to run.
And by errands, I mean napping.


Happy monday!!!

Ok, I'm really not going to nap. I DO have errands to run. Hopefully I will get some blog reading in later today too...I am SO behind.

xoxo