eldering cat

[jazzfish]

Took Mr Tuppert in to the vet today for his annual vaccines. Apparently when you get a rabies shot they give you a cute lil tag. I may put that on his collar, Just In Case. The odds of him getting out are basically nil but why take chances.

He's got a heart murmur, but it looks like that came up last time, and it's not gotten any worse, so that's just a Thing That Exists. Between that, the one tooth that the vet's been warning me about since he arrived, and what might be early-stage arthritis, this is a cat that is made of Problems (But Not Yet). I'm okay with that. Chaos started showing wear at about this point (thirteen-ish) as well, and he got another four years after that.

I did have a moment of "oh no" when the vet-tech took him to the back for shots and blood-drawing. Nothing real or serious, just the sudden realisation that I'm not nearly ready for him to go away, to be taken into a room by a kind and gentle tech and not come back out again. Of course I'll be there when it happens, this time, but still.

When we got home I gave him a little bit of tunafish, and filled up his treat-puzzle with treats. I don't think he's gotten -all- of them yet but he certainly spent some good time snuffling and crunching. Currently he is sacked out on the bed Recovering. Seems fair.

Comments

[sartorias]

Good boi. Deserves his treats.

[jazzfish]

That he does. Though he'll be annoyed when I run through all the lox for my breakfast and he's no longer getting tidbits of that in his own.

[reedrover]

Sympathies about suddenly older pets.

[jazzfish]

Thanks. It just hits you sometimes, you know?

[greenstorm]

Whiskerbear had a tiny heart murmur they found before his tooth extraction. No issue, they said, so pretty much the same.

Also I know that feeling. When they took him back for the extractions I just... yeah.

Lucky to have them.

[jazzfish]

Heart murmur is a thing I always remember as the first indication that Chaos was getting old. Never came to anything; I think it developed from 'stage 1' to 'stage 2' and then stopped, But it was a Sign.

Very lucky to have them indeed.