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Siwsan

(27,345 posts)
Thu Dec 8, 2022, 09:46 AM Dec 2022

This should be an interesting day. Madoc broke into the cat treats. The catnip infused cat treats

I walked into the den to see him with Carys, snuggled down by my purse on the floor. I thought, how sweet. They are cuddling up to something that has my scent on it. Then I saw the jar. And then I saw the lid not ON the jar, and the few remaining treats they hadn't yet gobbled up. Fortunately the jar wasn't full.

How he got the lid off of the jar is a mystery.

On the bright side, Carys doesn't seem to be holding a grudge over the vet visit, this morning.

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This should be an interesting day. Madoc broke into the cat treats. The catnip infused cat treats (Original Post) Siwsan Dec 2022 OP
Candy for being good at the doctor, of course the sibling get some too Walleye Dec 2022 #1
Nope, no grudges!!! Hope22 Dec 2022 #2
He has secretly grown thumbs. Now you're in trouble. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #3
I was once the servant of a Savannah Cat. ChazInAz Dec 2022 #4
Carys told Madoc about the vet visit wnylib Dec 2022 #5
That wouldn't surprise me in the least Siwsan Dec 2022 #6
Did she get shots? That can be upsetting for a cat who wnylib Dec 2022 #7
She did Siwsan Dec 2022 #8
I am envious. wnylib Dec 2022 #9

ChazInAz

(2,804 posts)
4. I was once the servant of a Savannah Cat.
Thu Dec 8, 2022, 10:43 AM
Dec 2022

He reveled in the name "Hastur The Unspeakable".
The big bugger was disturbingly intelligent and dexterous, and could get into anything!

wnylib

(24,729 posts)
5. Carys told Madoc about the vet visit
Thu Dec 8, 2022, 11:58 AM
Dec 2022

and he broke out the treats for her.

"Madoc, I saw strange people who poked and prodded all over my body. They were nice enough, but really, it was so undignified."

"Oh, Carys, I've been there, too. They're ok folks, aside from all the poking around. How did you handle them?"

"I played it cool, Madoc. Didn't let on that I felt invaded. And how much harm could they do? Siwsan was there."

"Way to go, sis! You did good. Here, have a treat and you'll forget all about it."



Siwsan

(27,345 posts)
6. That wouldn't surprise me in the least
Thu Dec 8, 2022, 12:41 PM
Dec 2022

They are all just kind of mellow, right now. I even got a slow blink from Carys.

I really am so relieved that she handled the vet visit like a little pro.

wnylib

(24,729 posts)
7. Did she get shots? That can be upsetting for a cat who
Thu Dec 8, 2022, 07:26 PM
Dec 2022

has issues about socializing.

Ember was super well behaved on her first visit until she got the shot. She whimpered but it was quick so she settled down. Next visit for shots, she was calm but wary. Got quite indignant over another shot, but the real deal breaker for her was getting her claws clipped. She went into a total feline rage and needed two assistants to hold her through it.

Next visit, she growled and hissed the minute the vet walked into the exam room. It was for her last kitten shot.

When she was spayed, the vet staff said that she was "quite difficult." A few weeks later, I took her in for an eye infection. (Don't know how it developed since she's indoors, but she was playing with a neighbor's puppy in the hall of our apt building.) When I looked inside her carrier at the vet's, she was trembling with fear from head to toe. It was a different vet (same practice) from before and I showed him how terrified she was. He talked to her a bit and calmed her down first. But she still growled and tried to bite his hand, so he put a muzzle on her.

She really hates vet visits now. In her mind, they are bad people who violate her sense of space and dignity and cause her pain with shots and surgery. Consequently, the vets and staff are now less than fond of her, although her last visit went well. I smothered a towel in her carrier with Felliway, took her out of the carrier before the vet entered the room, and started feeding her treats from their office stash. She was so occupied with the treats that she barely noticed the shot.



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