Too badass for the vet
So, apparently my cat is too badass for the vet.
He's been on a three-week course of antibiotics for a urinary tract infection. So, you know that humor piece making its way around the internet about giving a cat a pill? It's kind of like that, but worse. They make these cat treats with a hole in the center to hide a pill, to make it easier to get a cat to take its medication. The last time Merlin had an infection, he figured out these treats, and just ate around them, leaving the pill. We tried a variety of people-food, with the same lack of result. Eventually we had to just start bringing the cat to the vet every day to have them force the pill into him (for free, fortunately). So when he got the current infection, we did the same thing, bringing him to the vet every day. Until today.
We took him in this morning, as usual. It seemed to take them a bit longer than usual, and we were standing in the waiting area, talking with other pet owners. Finally the vet himself brings Merlin back out to us, and tells us that he can't do this anymore. Merlin is just too strong, and kept fighting him and escaping and hiding under cabinets and generally being a nightmare. I'm pretty sure I saw blood on one of the vet's fingers. There were only three days left to this course of antibiotics, so the vet said that he should be fine stopping it today. If he gets another UTI, the vet said they have injectable antibiotics that last for two weeks, so they'll probably have to use that on him. But wow.
Vet: 17, Merlin: 1. Congratulations, Rat.
He's been on a three-week course of antibiotics for a urinary tract infection. So, you know that humor piece making its way around the internet about giving a cat a pill? It's kind of like that, but worse. They make these cat treats with a hole in the center to hide a pill, to make it easier to get a cat to take its medication. The last time Merlin had an infection, he figured out these treats, and just ate around them, leaving the pill. We tried a variety of people-food, with the same lack of result. Eventually we had to just start bringing the cat to the vet every day to have them force the pill into him (for free, fortunately). So when he got the current infection, we did the same thing, bringing him to the vet every day. Until today.
We took him in this morning, as usual. It seemed to take them a bit longer than usual, and we were standing in the waiting area, talking with other pet owners. Finally the vet himself brings Merlin back out to us, and tells us that he can't do this anymore. Merlin is just too strong, and kept fighting him and escaping and hiding under cabinets and generally being a nightmare. I'm pretty sure I saw blood on one of the vet's fingers. There were only three days left to this course of antibiotics, so the vet said that he should be fine stopping it today. If he gets another UTI, the vet said they have injectable antibiotics that last for two weeks, so they'll probably have to use that on him. But wow.
Vet: 17, Merlin: 1. Congratulations, Rat.