With our previous cat, Cookie, it was a Battle Royale to get him into the carrier. First of all, he was too big for a typical cat carrier, so we would put him in a laundry basket with a comfy pillow in it and clamp a lid over him. Sounds like a simple thing, right? Not!
Then fat Kat, although she would (barely) fit into a carrier, was also reluctant. Maybe her obesity kept her from putting up too much fight, though.
But trusty Napolion is just pretty okay with the whole thing. He's the first cat we've had that wasn't a stray, so maybe that has something to do with it? Even though he still likes to go outside and fight and kill things?
So anyways, he was good for the vet, whom I had bumped into at the orthodontist's a couple of weeks ago. Meego had to go get an adjustment or oil change or whatever it is they do back there. As we were leaving, our vet was entering. We exchanged friendly greetings and then she got on with her own oil change or whatever.
She's my age, maybe a couple of years older, but she's got orthodontic braces. A late fix I guess. I don't recall anything particularly crooked or out of sorts with her teeth before, but it's not like I was really studying them.
She mentioned it yesterday while palpating away at Napolion.
"I didn't know you went to my orthodontist". Then went on to say how she was looking forward to being done with her braces and asking how much time Meego had left on his sentence.
I personally never had to do the tinsel teeth. And of our three kids, Meego is the first to introduce us to the wonderful world of orthodontia. I'm glad I'm not typically in two different care facilities in a span of two weeks.
As for Napolion, he did fine. I was beginning to think that he actually liked being at the vet's, with all that attention. But after the third shot, he was more than ready to get outta there.
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| Damn, I thought she meant the OTHER kind of shots |
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15 comments:
We had one dog that absolutely loved going to the Vet, isn't it funny how one pet will love it while the other freaks out.
Same with us on the braces, none of us had them except for the daughter, and she got them after she moved out and was on her own, her teeth look the same to me, they were straight then but what do I know I'm just the Dad ha ha
Ha! No wonder he was so excited to get in his crate and go. Thought you were hittin' the bars, huh?
We've been lucky enough to not have a relationship with an orthodontist. And all 4 kids have received Hubby's big jaw trait, so they all have their wisdom teeth too. (Mario's disappointed that hers are coming in fine. She was hoping to make a "loopy" video. :)
I have many memories of both the orthodontists and the vets, and I'm glad to be done with both of them. We had 2 cats that hated the carriers, and to show their displeasure, would poop in them half way through the journey and then walk in it, so by the time they arrived anywhere they were covered in it too. Such fun.
Meego says his mouth is trying to evolve, but the braces are halting his evolution.
Yeah, he's a weird cat.
No braces NOR wisdom teeth!? With four kids! You somehow managed some good dental karma. I suppose Mario could get her wisdom teeth pulled voluntarily. Small price to pay for a loopy video.
Sorry Joey, but that's actually pretty funny...
Custard, our labrador, loves the vets - when he gets to a certain point on the route he knows where he is going and just drags us there!
All of my kids had fairly major brace work, but that is all over now and their teeth are beautiful.
My teeth aren't bad, naturally OK I guess - but when I was growing up you had to be either totally freakish or very vain and rich to have braces! Funny how things change over the years...
I have a dog carrier for Bosco because he's on the larger size. Works pretty well. He freaks out on the way to the vet but seems fine once he gets there. Getting cats in a carrier should be a sporting event.
It makes me wonder what the freakish did before braces?
With our wild cat, Cookie, I wanted to don full-body Kevlar to get him into the laundry basket. Otherwise, he was the sweetest thing!
I've never known any cat to willing travel, or be at the vet's office. Every cat we've ever encountered in the waiting room was howling as if being tortured, our own included!
You're lucky in the orthodontia department. I had them as an adult, about 20 years ago. And all three kids have had them. Each kid's particular case was worse than the last. I think the orthodontist lives a good life, thanks in large part to our kids' teeth.
We've only done the tinsel teeth with one kid. I didn't need them and my husband shoulda-had-em but didn't. I think people are just, in general, way more fixated on making their appearance as veneered as possible. When I watch old movies I really notice how not perfect actors' teeth were!
Oh, and pretty kitty! He looks like my sister's cat, Mooch. He's also pretty mellow and affable.
He definitely looks like he's going to poop in your shoes.
I never had to have any kind of orthodontia. My dad, on the other hand, decided to get braces in his 60s...go figure.
Braces times 4 at my house. Me and the 3 girls. Mine was a maintenance job because I didn't wear the retainer, so make those guys wear them. The teeth will attempt to go back to where they were. I have an Invisilign tray retainer that, on a good night, I will sleep with it on.
Vet trips are always eventful!
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