OK, two bits of news and gubbins and stuff. News. Gubbins. Stuff. That makes three. Hmm. Sod it.
Coursework report complete and in an envelope to be posted tomorrow. There are bits I should do more work on and I know it, but seeing as I don’t have a database to test the triggers and procedures on, that just isn’t going to happen. Still, 5900+ words for a report that’s meant to be 5000 – 7000 words is nicely middle-ground. There is the small matter that I think it’s too biased towards one section, but frankly, I don’t give a **** any more.
Thank you all for the best wishes and the “you can do it” stuff. I await my mark sometime next year so I can say “told you I’d **** it up” and prove you all wrong.
More important things, now. KitKat has been for her trip to the vet. She was great, really well behaved. Thanks to Sharon who managed to borrow me a cat-carrying box thingy from a person at work. I put it down last night and she nosed around and wandered in. I struggled to get her back out of it again!
This morning involved a bit more of a struggle as she wasn’t interested, so some neck cruffage was used. She was quiet in the car, and no scared “**** and piss everywhere” event occured. I kept her on the passenger seat with the grille towards me in case she got nervous. I should have known better – she kept trying to scratch my arm every time I went to change gear.
She only got nervous when we reached the vets and I put this more down to the noises and smells. She was OK with the injection and being put into the cage thing they kept her in. There’s now a chip in her neck that’ll get her back to me if she goes walkies anywhere and she’s due back in 2 weeks for the next round of boosters.
The location of her girly-equipment, though, is a mystery. There was a small scar when they shaved her, and when they had a dig around, it seems they’d already been removed. As neither Housemate Kim nor myself ever remember seeing her with a shaved side, we can only assume she’s older than we thought and that ratboy and ex-mrs-ratboy got her from a shelter that neuter the cats as they come in. Still, better safe than sorry and £30 I’d rather have spent to be sure.
She’s still a little tender and isn’t wolfing her food like she usually does. However, she did make it into the bathroom sink so she could play with the light switch so she can’t be that bad.
Glad to see that Kitkat is OK. It always amazes me how quickly animals recover from such things. Having had my ‘girly bits’ attended to ( not too much information, I hope) I can assure you that there is no way I would have been swinging from a light switch, or anything else, within hours of the procedure!
Ha Ha!
It’s always wise to remember that a 5 of a cat’s 6 ends are pointy….
Don’t know why the ‘scruff’ method failed for you JJ, I can only presume that you weren’t quite rough enough.
People are always too scared that they’ll hurt poor pussykins when they pick up by the scruff.
You really have to get a good grip of the flappy skin at the back of the neck, and don’t be scared!
Then hey presto – raggy-doll time!
hurrah for KitKat and her remarkable feline recouperative abilities!
and for Mosh’s completed report.
nice to hear that the scruff of the neck thing works for some cats – I read it in a book when I got my first & dutifully tried but instead of “the cat hanging limp as it did when a kitten and was being carried by their scruff in their mothers mouth”, she turned into a hissing razor clawed pointy toothed demon with glowing red eyes and an unearthly knowledge of all my softest most vulnerable bits…
we had to switch to anni’s approach of double teaming, plus wearing full bike leathers & gloves as protection!
I am amazed at her going into the box on her own. Now she knows what getting into it means, she won’t be getting into it again. Getting my cat into her box is a two person job, involving neck scruff, and shoving very stiff legs inside and avoiding getting scratched.
Oh, and can I come for a ride in your car? Just to listen to your cd player of course.
LOL, still think you should get some pics of her in the box… a bit worried that she’s done already as thought it might calm the nutter down!
And we’ll be saying congrats next year… you will have done ok babe 🙂
Sharon: we shall see!
Anni – KK is fine if you get her neck scruff. She just goes limp and lets you do anything. As for the car: any time! Is it just the MH CDs? Off to see them at the end of the month so I’m “revising”.
MLA – well, technically her hirly bits weren’t touched because they weren’t there to start with. But, point taken! She’s definitely not bounding and twisting as normal – she’s bunny-hopping down the stairs rather than taking them 4 at a time – but yes… she’s a *hell* of a lot perkier than hse has any right to be!