"AKT" <akt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:010820080614426215%akt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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.)
18 hours is way too soon.....Wait another day or two, and she'll be her
old
former self. Cats have very short memories, especially when they are
unharmed.....We have 5, and 4 of them hate the vet. (one is so mellow,
he'll
follow anyone....When the vet shows up in her mobile unit, he says, "Take
me! Take me!"
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