long ago adventure in cat ownership

Way back when, around the middle of feb, I noticed that Buddy had not had a movement for a couple of days, nor the day after, nor after that.

I got him and his sister about ten years ago from anti cruelty when they were about five years old they had a mandatory visit to the vet and then I took them the next year as suggested, and each time it cost me a fortune (dental work) and I was thinking house cats who never go outside except onto a self-contained balcony, prolly the healthiest animals in the universe.  I've never had a one that didn't live to around twenty.

So they haven't been to the vet in awhile, but constipation, nothing to sneeze at, and the guy is a bit obese

and that worries me a bit.  So I made the appointment and the two of us cabbed there, which displeased the fellow very much.  He wouldn't be coaxed out of his carrier and he has a very mean left and right pawful of claws.  The doc suggested we take the top off the carrier, but it was an old one and it was rusted shut.  They gave me a new one and suggested I bring him back in that one which I did and the doc got access to his ampleness, and poked a little and did one of those blood tests and he was just fine.

For constipation they suggested an over the counter laxative and he was pooping like a champ. Probably if I had just waited and added more metamucil to his food I could have avoided the $450 bill, but now I know that he is fine and I guess that was worth it.  It's like when you bring something up to the human doc and that costs some bucks and it turns out that nothing was really wrong and you're thinking damn, that was money wasted.  But on the other hand would you have been happier to find out that you had cancer?

They also prescribed some medicine for his joints and that ran out in the Current Era and to get more I had to pay online then go to the office and call them outside it and somebody came out and handed it to me and there was no chit chat.

Ah they are a great comfort to me in these times and they appreciate it.  Your cats may ignore you sometimes but they are always glad to have you around in case you need something.

Sixth Monday.  Outside of clerks at Walgreens, Target, and Jewel, I don't think I've talked to another soul face to face.