this is your cat on drugs
The Small One is a wee bit out of it right now.
After an evening of very un-Small-One-like behaviour, yesterday morning we got to partake in a Very Special Easter Egg hunt.
“Very Special” in that it wasn’t Easter.
And the eggs were replaced by small droplets of pee.
Very smelly pee.
So we took him to the vet.
The verdict? He has crystals, which — insert parental warning here — the vet says makes him feel like he is “peeing razor blades”.
[Collective wince.]
So he’s on some pain meds and we just bought a few flats of special wet food that cost as much as our groceries for a week.
(He’s totally worth it.)
He’s already feeling better, but his medication is definitely making him even dopier than normal.
Last night, he spent an hour sitting on the living room floor staring at the leg of the coffee table.
And it wasn’t even doing anything.
I checked.
Periodically.
(You never can tell with that coffee table.)
December 21st, 2007 at 11:11 am
Hope he feels better soon.
*I’d watch that table leg you never know what nonsense they are going to get up too!*
MERRY CHRIMBO!
December 21st, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Aw, poor kitty! I hope he feels better.
December 21st, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Poor putty-tat -what a crappy Xmas. Is this an acute problem, or will he tend to have this problem (and delicious expensive wet cat food) through infelinity?
December 21st, 2007 at 9:35 pm
why are you giving your cat crystal meth? that just ain’t right.
but really, that’s the new saddest picture in the world. hope he’s feeling better soon!
December 21st, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Awwww poor kitty looks so out of it. Hope he feels better soon!
December 23rd, 2007 at 12:29 am
I am BACK! I know. Been far far too long. Also I am catching up with you and I decided to move to a new location: http://sassyk1.blogspot.com/ much better than blogdrive so stop by! Will try to keep it rivetting.
Happy holidays!
Sassyk
December 23rd, 2007 at 11:35 am
So sorry to hear about the Small One’s urinary difficulties. We had a dog with that problem. Its nasty.
Hope he’s better soon.
December 24th, 2007 at 10:24 am
Ugh. Here’s wishing kitty the best possible outcome. Nasty.
Merry Christmas!
December 30th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Hmm, I think I am a bit late on this. I sort of gave up on you ever posting again.
Hoping Small One is better very very soon. One of my cats (the black one) recently went through the same thing, although I wish my vet would have told me about the peeing razor blades thing. I would have asked for pain meds to drown out the sounds of his woeful meowing every time he went in the litter box.
Oh, for him. Meds for him. Right.