Pets

Today has been a rough day for the babies. Puppers went for a teeth cleaning, and for those of you unaware, dogs and cats must be put under when they get their teeth cleaned. He has had this done before and had no issues, well this time they used a different kind of sedation and he isn't reacting well to it.

First the vet dentist told me he got snappy after he woke up, he went from wagging his tail to growling to jumping to cuddle on his (the doc's) neck, to trying to do his vampire imitation, trying to take a chunk out of the doc's neck, but got a mouthful of stethoscope instead. This is totally unlike my boy, he either likes you or he doesn't, no waffling here. Besides, he only attempts to bite at all when very scared and very rarely has that happened! He is a lover, not a fighter. So then they go to bring him out to me and he bites the vet tech so badly they were sending her to the hospital!! Usually, they say they are required by law to keep the animal for 10 days for observation in these cases, rabies being the issue in question. But luckily he had his latest rabies vaccination there, so they know he was up to date, and they know this was because of the meds. So they let me bring baby home. I told dad this means he is a real dog! Trying to find some silver lining here.

Charlene, my beautiful 17 year old kitty, who has always exhibited wonderful health, may have liver or kidney disease, we are still waiting on the test results. So now Pups is at home trying to sleep off the drugs. He can barely move, wobbles and whines when he does, and in general is a mess. Charlene seems ok, but has a new diet (which will be SOOO fun to administer with 2 other cats and a dog in the house) and may or may not have other things to contend with. My poor babies, and my poor wallet. Ugh.