Cat

[telophase]

Isn't it always the way that cats drive you nuts? She's had a sore or something on her elbow since before Thanksgiving that she's been licking at. I've been keeping an eye on it, intending to take her to the vet if it got worse, and it had been about the same until last night when it definitely looked swollen. So I took her in to the vet today.

Verdict: silly cat scraped herself on something, has been licking at it, probably because it stings a bit, and is making it worse herself. No infection, luckily. So I now have a spray to spray on it 3 times a day for the next 4 or 5 days.

She was very good at the vet's, though. Normally they have to zip her up in the bag to do anything to her, but she submitted to having her fur shaved with nary a peep, the vet reported to me. Of course he did it while leaving her in her carrier, where she feels slightly safer when she's not at home.

Comments

[lady-noremon.livejournal.com]

I'm glad she is okay, but my reaction was "what the hell cat?"

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Yup. The vet said that normally he'd assume it was a scratch or something from fighting with another cat, but since she's an only cat and doesn't go outside, she must have done it to herself.

[lady-noremon.livejournal.com]

D: "What the hell cat!?"

Hopefully the spray will taste bad too.

[assume-a-virtue.livejournal.com]

I just want to know how they shaved her while she was in her carrier. o.o

[telophase.livejournal.com]

The top unzips so you can reach in. :)

[assume-a-virtue.livejournal.com]

See, that was much less interesting than I thought it would be. XD

[ninja-tech.livejournal.com]

Murphy is hard to get out of his carrier when we go to the vets too. But we haven't had a bag experience....yet. XD

Glad to hear there is no infection. Hopefully she is on her way to full recovery! :D