Keeping a pet lessens stress . . . of course it does – proven fact . . . everyone knows it . . .

So
why am I standing here cleaning up a cat poo with enough electric
stress to level even a Buddhist monk. Yup cat poo on the floor – which
of course I trod in - is not something to relax and calm you. Not just
any old cat poo though – poo that has to be checked for fur balls to
make sure the medication is working! Hoh yes gloves on dive in and
investigate in minute detail . . . .eeeeuuuuuuwwwwww. Stress level
meter on the up!

So of course the simple thing of taking the cat
to the vet for excess dribbling . . . the cat, not the vet . . .
although maybe the vet is a closet dribbler . . . turned into the cat –
Bootsie (Boo) – needing his teeth 'done'. Grind own teeth lightly. Plus
Boo was walking a bit hunched so he needed a blood test to check
kidneys . . . and if they were ok, he could have Metacam for arthritis. .
. . mmmm – grind teeth harder and furrow brow.


So Bootsie
was duly taken in – knocked out- and his teeth were de-scaled. End of
story – of course berludy not. Poor old Boo had a lot of inflammation on
the right hand side of his mouth . . . could be just with the contact
with the plaque (light at end of tunnel) – could be a tumour . . . gulp –
(oncoming train.) Grind teeth to powder and add in chewed cheeks.

'Here's
the bill bring him back in a week . . .oh and give him these antibiotic
pills – they taste foul, but keeping them in the fridge helps . . . !

'Er thanks . . . have you read my post on pills and cats . . . thought not.'

'And his kidneys are fine – here is your Metacam . . . '

'Nooooo . . . . '

'It's drops in food . . .'

'Yesssss.'

Bootsie
stopped dribbling . . .hooray – and breathe . . . and then he started
being sick . . .noooooooo . . . . . tense up and work on sick feeling in
pit of stomach. Boo also started to yell for food more and to burp
loads . . . sigh . . . heart in dry mouth. I took him off the Metacam . .
. my guess it was irritating his stomach a lot – given the amount of
burping and yowling. . . .him and me. Tense feeling in solar Plexus.

I
also thought Boo was horribly constipated until I discovered that our
Collie - Sassy was hoovering the cat poo out of the litter tray . . .
eeeeeek. Note to self keep an eye on dog for sickness . . . and . . .
tense a little bit/a lot more.

The burping stopped . . .sigh . . .
but Boo continued to be sick and his appetite dropped through the floor
– so did his weight . . . so did mine . . .


Another visit to
the vets . . . hah they were unable to get a look in poor Boo's mouth
so he had to be knocked out . . . mutters about cats and pills. . .
whilst brewing a headache. . .

The inflammation was less
apparently. Boo was given a long acting antibiotic injection . . . TWO
WEEKS it lasts TWO WEEKS . . . and where was this injection last week. .
. and something to help bind the fur in his stomach – paste in a tube -
palatable . . . twice a day for a week . . .then he can expel the
hair balls up . . . or down. . . erk . . fight nausea!

Berlimey
HOW MUCH . . .hand over credit card . . . massage tense neck, take pills
for headache and rescue mangled tongue from between teeth. Own tongue
of course – important note - never kiss someone at the vets when handing
over credit card. Especially not the vet!!!!! Never the vet . . . he
dribbles you know!

And Boo appeared to get better. He stopped being sick and started eating again . . . and breathe . . .

Then he was sick again . . . twice – raise shoulders to ears . . .higher . . .and hold.

But
he has been better the last couple of days and then . . . dawn the day
of the hairy poo . . . very hairy, very smelly . . . very treadable poo
. . .hooray . . .he has passed the hair – it is the little things that
make you happy . . . but don't relax . . .oooooo nooooo not just yet . .
. there are two dogs and fish and sheep and a million things to go
wrong with them, to them, to me . . . no time to relax . . . any minute
now . . .and . . and . . and . . . wait for it . . YES . . .we are
off . . Sassy has weed in HS's study . . .WHY . . .and WHY . . . and
WHY – high blood pressure, spots in front of eyes . . . Pee In HS study .
. . carpet, anger, instant grief. Pee in my office, wooden floor,
forgiveness, no rows . . . no chest pain . . .

Owning pets is
relaxing? Show me the petless idiot that said that and I'll show them
the hell that is pet owning and the depleted bank balance and the
sleepless nights . . . and the endless, endless, endless STRESS . . . . .
and . . . . oh listen Boo is purring . . .aw bless . . . Such big
loving eyes . . .Yes I love oooo tooo Bootsie Boo – who a cutsie wutsie
liddle boy then . . . sheer contentment . . . . . dreamy sigh . . I
wouldn't be without a pet you know – they are just sooooo relaxing . . .
All is well . . .pet lover's blindness.