The Litter Box Diaries

Well yesterday my human got the brainy idea that I needed a “checkup” from the veterinarian. I only had a foggy memory of what that’s all about because the last time I went to a vet was when I was only a kitten and slept through most of it. All I know from that experience is that you should never fall asleep there ’cause when you wake up you’ll be missing parts that you came in with. Yesterday I overheard the phrase “take the cat to the vet” from my spot under the breakfast table, and decided it was time to make myself scarce.

So while I’m unceremoniously being dragged out from underneath the bed, I’m wondering to myself “Why do I need a checkup? There’s nothing wrong with me! It’s those idiot dogs that need a checkup! In fact I think they should all have a taste testing trip to the Menu Foods company.

Veterinarians are sadists. They get you in a little room on a slippery table, and the first thing he does to you is stick a thermometer up your butt. No flowers or candy first either. Then I hear the vet and my human talking about “taking a blood sample”. That can’t be good. But be sure that I intended to take a few blood samples from them too. After which the vet said maybe I needed my nails trimmed. My nails are just fine thankyou.

So the vet leaves and it’s just me and my human in the room. Mom starts that disgusting cooing sound…saying “it’s ok baby…you’re being a good kitty…nobody’s going to hurt you…” Clearly she hasn’t been paying attention. Maybe she needs to have her temperature taken.

Next a perky blonde comes in with a clipboard. She looks at me and says “Oh hi kitty! Aren’t you cute!” CUTE? Come over here…I’ll show you cute. Then I hear her and mom talking about “payment…cash or credit”. You mean to tell me she pays money to let someone torture me? I think there must be laws against this.

On the drive home mom almost had a trip to the people hospital cause just as she was trying to make a left turn in an intersection I let out howl that jolted her right out of her seat. She turned around and looked at me said “you almost made me have an accident!” Well yea that was the idea.

A woman in Chicago is suing Menu Foods, maker of the cat food which has recently been recalled and linked to kidney failure and death in several pets. In most states, pets are only considered “property” and therefore damages in lawsuits are usually minimal, in spite of the fact that the pet may have been considered part of the family.

Worried about the cat food recall by Menu Foods? Here is a link to the pet food site listing all the products that have been recalled.
Menu Foods dog food / cat food recall list

15-year-old Heidi the cat is doing well after she was fitted with a pacemaker. Surgeons at the University of Melbourne performed the rare operation, thought to be the first of its kind for cats in Australia.

The tiny pacemaker was lodged in the stomach muscles, and wires fed to the heart. Heidi was suffering from fainting spells due to arrhythmia, where beating momentarily ceases.

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