Catatonic
We took Abby to the vet on Friday. We can’t put her in a carrier anymore due to her horrible, horrible anxiety, so we’ve been putting a collar and leash on her instead. It calms her down considerably, but still results in her huddling in the rear window of the car, meowing repeatedly and miserably at top volume to other cars while shedding the equivalent of Robin Williams’ back hair.
This time though, after getting her into the car, she immediately clambered onto my lap where she sat quietly, without meowing, the entire drive to the vet.
It was spooky. Especially when this behavior was repeated on the way home, after she had received two vaccinations, got her claws trimmed, and had TWO blood draws. I think she was plotting.
The vet wanted to schedule a visit to clean Abby’s teeth, but I am resistant to that idea because 1) she only has two teeth that have plaque, and 2) she is getting old, and I am worried about the effects of anesthesia on her because 3) one time I gave her a vet-prescribed pill to calm her down when traveling from Fargo to Minneapolis and after letting her out in the new apartment, she immediately jumped to the top of the refrigerator, where I caught her staggering drunkenly, about to totter off the edge.
So… has anyone ever gotten their cats’ teeth cleaned? Yay or nay?
