Unhappy kitty…

Several people seem to be having a rough day with the pets. 🙁

Today was Cerridwen’s follow-up appointment to her check-up last month. She needed her teeth worked on, which involves anesthesia. That meant no food after 7:00pm last night and no water after midnight, so she had to spend the night shut into the front room by herself. She was very unhappy about this, cried and scratched at the door. I sleep with earplugs, but I didn’t get much sleep anyway–and I had to get up at 7:55am to stuff Cerridwen into the carrier and take her to the clinic to be checked in. I think that sort of put everything into perspective for her…

The procedure went fine, but she had to have three teeth extracted, and she had quite a bad infection and has to take an antibiotic as well as a pain medication. I picked her up on my way home from running my Monday errands, and I have all this medicine for her–the pain med comes packaged in little one-dose squirty syringes, which is certainly convenient. I mentioned to Dr. Smith that it seems like these little street kitties from Fitchburg all have chronic teeth trouble, even when you rescue them really young. (annef can testify to this as her Mina is Vincent’s litter-mate and I rescued the whole batch of them from the streets of Fitchburg.) Dr. Smith said that it’s a genetic thing, and he wasn’t sure what causes it–maybe something with their immune systems attacking their own gums.

Anyway, Cerridwen can’t have any food until later tonight, and she’s sulking on top of the DVD player right now. I am sulking somewhat less as the final bill came out to be lower than I was bracing myself for. Small mercies, I guess!

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