Comments on: Now it’s Tig’s turn http://www.yourish.com/2007/12/20/4141 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Bert http://www.yourish.com/2007/12/20/4141/comment-page-1#comment-30220 Bert Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:01:08 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/12/20/4141#comment-30220 Well, that sucks. I'm not a cat lover, but I know you are. Hang in there, Meryl. Keep us posted. Well, that sucks. I’m not a cat lover, but I know you are. Hang in there, Meryl. Keep us posted.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2007/12/20/4141/comment-page-1#comment-30218 Meryl Yourish Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:37:12 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/12/20/4141#comment-30218 His kidneys are shutting down. I just took him back to the vet's for a urine sample. He's there for the afternoon. I was really depressed, but the vet's assistant says that he can come back from it, depending on what it is. They also ordered more bloodwork. Lair, you better bring Frisky to the vet. His kidneys are shutting down. I just took him back to the vet’s for a urine sample. He’s there for the afternoon.

I was really depressed, but the vet’s assistant says that he can come back from it, depending on what it is. They also ordered more bloodwork.

Lair, you better bring Frisky to the vet.

]]> By: Laurence Simon http://www.yourish.com/2007/12/20/4141/comment-page-1#comment-30215 Laurence Simon Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:16:30 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/12/20/4141#comment-30215 Same thing with Frisky. The fluffiness isn't concealing the weight loss anymore. Same thing with Frisky. The fluffiness isn’t concealing the weight loss anymore.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2007/12/20/4141/comment-page-1#comment-30213 Meryl Yourish Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:28:40 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/12/20/4141#comment-30213 Mark, I'd never seen a vet's assistant hold a cat like that before. But no, they just drew blood. One vial from each leg. That's probably why he was upside down. And maybe to help control him better. Upside down cats, with their heads hanging off the table while being scruffed by a vet tech, can't do a lot of damage, thankfully. He really is a horrible animal at the vet's. He's fine at home. Hell, if the vet and all his assistants visited us at home, he'd be fine with them (as long as they didn't smell like the vet's). But he's gotten nastier and nastier as he's gotten older. I'm told Maine Coon cats have a mean streak in them. I can affirm that. Mark, I’d never seen a vet’s assistant hold a cat like that before. But no, they just drew blood. One vial from each leg. That’s probably why he was upside down. And maybe to help control him better. Upside down cats, with their heads hanging off the table while being scruffed by a vet tech, can’t do a lot of damage, thankfully.

He really is a horrible animal at the vet’s. He’s fine at home. Hell, if the vet and all his assistants visited us at home, he’d be fine with them (as long as they didn’t smell like the vet’s). But he’s gotten nastier and nastier as he’s gotten older. I’m told Maine Coon cats have a mean streak in them. I can affirm that.

]]> By: Rahel http://www.yourish.com/2007/12/20/4141/comment-page-1#comment-30212 Rahel Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:38:25 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/12/20/4141#comment-30212 The Independent Republic of Tiggerstan is one of my favorite places on earth, though I've never been there. Hearty wishes of refuah shlemah to the body politic. The Independent Republic of Tiggerstan is one of my favorite places on earth, though I’ve never been there.

Hearty wishes of refuah shlemah to the body politic.

]]> By: Mark James http://www.yourish.com/2007/12/20/4141/comment-page-1#comment-30210 Mark James Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:30:17 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/12/20/4141#comment-30210 I emailed a vet assistant your blog entry, and she said about the vet asst's hold on your cat: Totally normal! And if he was upside down, they were probably taking urine. That’s part of the usual blood testing for cats that are losing weight for no apparent reason. I emailed a vet assistant your blog entry, and she said about the vet asst’s hold on your cat:

Totally normal! And if he was upside down, they were probably taking urine. That’s part of the usual blood testing for cats that are losing weight for no apparent reason.

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