Unexpected vet appointment

Poor boy but he looks very comfy laid out there - hope he soon feels better. I had to get mine to the vets for their annual injections on Wed - separate appointments as I can't get them both in the car. It's a military operation catching them so I took the easy option of booking the boy in first - managed to catch him through food (he lives outside in the summerhouse as he's scared of Madame!) so shut him in the conservatory. Moved on to the diva - she's impossible to handle and would be off if she saw gardening gloves (tried it). Tried the first tactical move of enticing her upstairs and into the bathroom with a bowl of food - too wily for that, tried getting her to go in the pantry so I can shut all the other doors - no way was she having that and by now had realised something was afoot so played the hiding behind the sofa game. I gave up and put her bowl on the side in the kitchen where she promptly jumped up and started to eat it so without hesitation or fear for life and limb I grabbed her and dumped her in her box! As her appointment wasn't for another 2 hours I swapped them round and took her first having rescued the boy from the red hot conservatory and shut him in the kitchen. Her records at the vets have a crocodile on them so they know she bites so we got her injection done in the box but by then she was too stressed out to be taken out and weighed so was spared that ordeal. Back home she paraded about in front of boy who by now had hidden himself in the toilet where the poor little guy had to wait until it was his turn. Too traumatised by the whole event he never left the summerhouse for the next two days and wouldn't eat. Thankfully he's ok now but next step is the dreaded spot on treatment for both! I love them dearly but they are hard work!!
Sue hope you find your next fur baby soon - I know how hard it is to lose them but there are so many out there looking for new forever homes yours will be waiting somewhere for you.

Thank you, Katek. We haven't made a cast iron decision to have another cat, but if the right one comes along, we won't say no.

katek that picture makes me want to rub that lovely tummy! Both mine adore tummy rubs and cat massages, however George the workshop cat, despite being quite a handsome cat is an evil vicious little git feisty young chap and you never quite know what sort of mood he is in.

He came up to me the other day and was rubbing round my legs, prior to attaching himself to them with all 4 paws and teeth!

Think I'll try the easy option first and hide it in a food treat. Will have to stalk him though to make sure he doesn't hide it under the radiator or behind the toilet. If that doesn't work, I can move onto the syringe thing although wrapping him in a towel could be problematic. He's currently almost a stone in weight so he's pretty heavy to handle when he's all squirmy. He's totally relaxed this evening and draped elegantly over the end of the bed in a Supercat pose.

I'm so glad you're now able to go and look for another cat SueDonim-he/she will never replace your last cat but they will find their own place in your heart.

We have a syringe type thingy that we use but we have to wrap him up in a towel first.

I wish I could do links. There was a hilarious post on Gransnet in 2012/13, called How to give a cat a pill, it was really funny, yet rang so true!

If he's a cheese lover wrapping the pills in some soft cheese works well!

Big Cat doesn't look too bothered! Hope he's better soon. Ikwym about medicating cats. Thankfully, our little poppet with a heart condition was easy to dose. You just touched her mouth, she would open it and in went the pill.

She passed away in April and today, for the first time, we went to look at the cats at the local SSPCA centre. None were suitable as we want an indoor cat but there were some beauties there.

We had to take our young cat to the vets the other week as he had a burst abscess. The vet asked how we were with giving tablets to cats, took one look at our faces and promptly gave Harry a long lasting antibiotic injection which worked a treat. Not sure if you can get long acting steroid injections though, he could get a bit hyper! Hope big cat is better soon.

When we had to give our cat anti-biotics it was a nightmare. In the end we used to wait until she was asleep on our bed and my husband would pin her down, put it in her mouth and hold her down until he thought she had swallowed it. Cruel but necessary.

The invalid ..... and DH's foot

Hope all goes well for him.