We all went to the vet, including little bear though it was touch and go after he punched me. Only the hope that an exhausted little bear would sleep in the car allowed us to relent after an abject apology. One good thing is that he doesn't like people knowing he is bad - and I am telling everyone! It is a tiny deterrent.
Evil cat did not want to go to the vet and sang protest songs all the way there, I am sure we had the feline version of 'we shall overcome' several times over. Then into the surgery. Ronnie, the cat attached to the vet's practice, was there, trying to walk all over the receptionist's keyboard. He is still enormously chunky - he is the one who instead of a name tag had a badge that said 'I am fat, do not feed me.'
The vet examined evil cat, and with the aid of a vetinary nurse managed to get a urine sample, some of which will be sent off for analysis. She was very tactful. Evil cat is nearly 17 and that is old for a cat. Many owners will not want to spend a lot on an older cat. Our view is that she is still her, and we will do what is right. So she had antibiotic injections and vitamin B12 injections and some medicine. It came to @ £150, and we are still up on the cheapest pet insurance I could get a quote on.
Her kidneys are bad. The vet did not seem to think that there was a happy prognosis, though she offered blood tests. We have some homopathic stuff (which evil cat may believe in, but neither me nor OH are convinced) and some stuff for her food.
I think the vet saw how evil cat spat, hissed, growled, struggled and nailed everyone within reach and agreed with us. Prolonged treatment would not be in evil cat's interest. And it is impossible to give her tablets. I am struggling to be optimistic about it.
Having said that, after the injections and perhaps getting the blood going (not quite literally) with a good scrap with the vet, evil cat seemed quite perky afterwards. She ran over the kitchen table in her old way - knowing it strictly forbidden - and was perched next to the microwave until I chased her off. Of course, the high grade, almost illegal catnip she had to cheer her up afterwards may have also helped.
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Sybs i'm so sorry that Evil Cat seems to be declining but she has had a very long and malevolent life and maybe it is time to consider bringing another furry bundle into the household so that should the worst happen which I'm sure it wont for some time but if it should happen then at least the house wont seem quite so empty.Who knows Evil Cat might even enjoy the company xxx
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