Just got home from dropping off Autumn at the Vetty Bean....she broke my heart on the 20 minute drive, my sweet little girl that didn't make a peep when we drove her home an hour and a half on her first day with us, cried the whole trip to the vet's today. She is just so confused on why momma wouldn't feed her and took her away from everything she knows and loves.
On the upside, my vet assigns a tech to any special needs animal while they are there, and today Autumn's is my all time favorite tech Bonnie, not only does Bonnie have 8 special needs animals of her own including 2 sugarcats, but is also a retired vet that came back to work part-time because she missed the animals. When I left Bonnie had Autumn over her shoulder, cuddling her and singing to her as they went in the back to get Autumn all prepped and ready to go get her teeth fixed up. Bonnie is just fantastic she reminds me of the eternal grandmother type.
They did watch Autumn walk while I was there with her, and think that possibly why she walks funny is that her anal glands need cleaning so they will check those too while she is under, as well as xraying her to see if it is something else wrong with her back, because of course when I wanted them to see how she walks like a raccoon she wouldn't do it there, she stretched her back out and walked like a normal cat. :roll: But that is also why they are now thinking it might just be her anal glands rather than something with her spine itself.
Just want her home as quickly as it is safe for her to come home...it always amazes me how quiet a the house is when one of the babies is missing, even if that baby doesn't normally make a lot of noise and sleeps most of the time. It just seems wrong that she isn't here chatting away while I clean, following me from room to room or sitting on my desk watching me type.
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
