She showed up at our door about a year ago, when she was just a kitten,
visited us regularly, and soon decided she'd like to move in with us. I
ended up canceling many planned vacations on a short notice, just to be
home to take care of her. She doesn't like to be picked up by anyone,
but in every other way I was her favorite and she followed me room to
room. She asked me to open the door to go outside, slept in a chair
near my desk, and slept near my feet in the night and woke me up at 4AM
for a snack, impatiently circling my legs as I prepared it. She'd hide
under the table and play the game of ambu****ng my legs as I walked by.
All this time, I knew that one day I'll have to take her to the vet for
her shots. With no experience, I postponed it as long as possible, the
excuse being that I am researching pet carriers and haven't found the
right one.
Finally the day came. That morning she didn't even wake me up at 4AM,
but continued to snuggle against me. When I put her in the carrier, she
thought it was a game. But when the game didn't end, she cried all the
way to the wet. In the exam room, she circled my legs, expecting me to
protect her, but I talked and cooperated with others. Her health
checked out fine but she got several shots, and the vet told me to keep
her indoors for 24 hours.
So, it is about 18 hours later now and she has boycotted me completely.
She looks fine, but has been sitting on a chair hidden under the dining
table. She hasn't wanted to eat or interact with me. Whenever I looked,
she seems awake but gives me no-reaction treatment.
I know this is not the greatest crisis compared to what some of you
have gone through, but I still feel miserable. Even if I know that her
health needed it, there is no way to communicate that to her. How do I
grovel in front of her to make her feel better? :) (And, we are
supposed to go back for booster shots in a few weeks.)
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