My cat Icarus hates going to the vet, and when he's there he almost turns
feral. When he gets home he's usually a bit upset but after a while he
comes
up to me and relaxes. I'd give your cat some treats and be patient with
her.
She'll come around and forgive you eventually. I do that with both my cats
and as long as I appease them, they're fine.
"AKT" <akt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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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