jasmine and me
WELL... let me tell you folks, the notion i had that cats are no trouble at all just flew out the window, down the street and across the ocean.
enter jasmine the cat
so as previously mentioned i've been house sitting. usually i don't see jasmine at all until she is hungry. then she comes looking for me and pretends i'm her new bestfriend until i feed her and then she promptly turns around, shows me her ass and saunters off to more interesting things.
the other night it was getting rather late and jasmine hadn't come looking for me. i went to check on her and sure enough she was on the bed sleeping in "her" room. it was then that it dawned on me that she has been in that exact spot ALL day, has been sleeping for the majority of it and that is rather unusual. when i got closer i noticed she had a gash on her leg, there was quite a bit of dried blood and she was obviously in pain when i tried to move her leg to get a closer look. i checked her breakfast bowl and she hadn't touched it and she refused dinner. now i was really worried.
the next morning i spoke to A (a close friend of jasmine's owners) and she agreed that if she is off her food something is wrong. i was thinking an infection from the cut leg, A turns around and says "maybe... or she could have been hit by a car" WHHAATT!!! so now i'm thinking jasmine's been hit by a car, bleeding internally and is gonna die on me and the owners are gonna come home, see one of their 'kids' is dead and i'll be joining her. i was just about to call the owners to ask if they are happy for me to take her to the vet just to get checked when A turns around and adds "don't ring them, they'll be on the next available flight back and worried sick if you do". great!!! (apparently that was not true anyway).. so i ring uncle alan (vet) and make an appointment to drag jasmine to get checked out 'just in case'.
easy enough??? NO!!!
i searched the house from top to bottom for a kitty travel cage to no avail. so i grabbed a washing basket (didn't even think to put newspaper down *smacks head*) and put a wire dish rack over the top. the ENTIRE way in the car jasmine was trying to climb through the holes and i was thinking "god now she'll get stuck and i'll break her neck or something". i've NEVER seen a cat freak out so much, she peed everywhere. i thought she was about to have a heart attack and the driveway i thought led to parking at the back of the vet was actually just a random driveway once i got closer. SCREW IT i said and parked there anyway. i had to get that cat (ok me) calmed down.
so i get inside, had to pick up jasmine and hold her down which meant my ONLY work shirt i had to wear the next day got covered in cat piss. and watched with a squimish tummy as the vet dug around INSIDE the cut (ew) and gave her an injection. then the vet showed me how to give jasmine her tablet. ie. pulling her head back and literally ramming it down her throat with a pump action type tubey syringe thing (lacking a needle). wonderful i say. the vet thought it was just a cat fight... *mumbles* damn anti-social cat.
so its time for the ride home. i was hoping the injection the vet gave jasmine also contained a kitty sedative but alas, it did not. she freaked out again... and peed again too. how could she possibly have any left after the first time!!! once home i didn't want her running around the house and dragging pee all over the carpet so i put her on her balcony till she cleaned herself up. (no way in hell i was giving her a bath), then sat down to ring the owners, L & B. they didn't sound as though they were ready to jump the next plane which made me worry they thought i was an idiot for taking her to the vet in the first place and costing them $80. so i walked around anxiously for the next 24 hours till they were due home thinking they'd never ask me to house sit again. turns out they were worried about me! and even brought me the most delicious chocolates i've ever eaten. mmmmmmmm... chocolate.
so... would i do it again? absolutely! but jasmine would not be allowed near another cat and the words 'hit by a car' are BANNED.
enter jasmine the cat
so as previously mentioned i've been house sitting. usually i don't see jasmine at all until she is hungry. then she comes looking for me and pretends i'm her new bestfriend until i feed her and then she promptly turns around, shows me her ass and saunters off to more interesting things.
the other night it was getting rather late and jasmine hadn't come looking for me. i went to check on her and sure enough she was on the bed sleeping in "her" room. it was then that it dawned on me that she has been in that exact spot ALL day, has been sleeping for the majority of it and that is rather unusual. when i got closer i noticed she had a gash on her leg, there was quite a bit of dried blood and she was obviously in pain when i tried to move her leg to get a closer look. i checked her breakfast bowl and she hadn't touched it and she refused dinner. now i was really worried.
the next morning i spoke to A (a close friend of jasmine's owners) and she agreed that if she is off her food something is wrong. i was thinking an infection from the cut leg, A turns around and says "maybe... or she could have been hit by a car" WHHAATT!!! so now i'm thinking jasmine's been hit by a car, bleeding internally and is gonna die on me and the owners are gonna come home, see one of their 'kids' is dead and i'll be joining her. i was just about to call the owners to ask if they are happy for me to take her to the vet just to get checked when A turns around and adds "don't ring them, they'll be on the next available flight back and worried sick if you do". great!!! (apparently that was not true anyway).. so i ring uncle alan (vet) and make an appointment to drag jasmine to get checked out 'just in case'.
easy enough??? NO!!!
i searched the house from top to bottom for a kitty travel cage to no avail. so i grabbed a washing basket (didn't even think to put newspaper down *smacks head*) and put a wire dish rack over the top. the ENTIRE way in the car jasmine was trying to climb through the holes and i was thinking "god now she'll get stuck and i'll break her neck or something". i've NEVER seen a cat freak out so much, she peed everywhere. i thought she was about to have a heart attack and the driveway i thought led to parking at the back of the vet was actually just a random driveway once i got closer. SCREW IT i said and parked there anyway. i had to get that cat (ok me) calmed down.
so i get inside, had to pick up jasmine and hold her down which meant my ONLY work shirt i had to wear the next day got covered in cat piss. and watched with a squimish tummy as the vet dug around INSIDE the cut (ew) and gave her an injection. then the vet showed me how to give jasmine her tablet. ie. pulling her head back and literally ramming it down her throat with a pump action type tubey syringe thing (lacking a needle). wonderful i say. the vet thought it was just a cat fight... *mumbles* damn anti-social cat.
so its time for the ride home. i was hoping the injection the vet gave jasmine also contained a kitty sedative but alas, it did not. she freaked out again... and peed again too. how could she possibly have any left after the first time!!! once home i didn't want her running around the house and dragging pee all over the carpet so i put her on her balcony till she cleaned herself up. (no way in hell i was giving her a bath), then sat down to ring the owners, L & B. they didn't sound as though they were ready to jump the next plane which made me worry they thought i was an idiot for taking her to the vet in the first place and costing them $80. so i walked around anxiously for the next 24 hours till they were due home thinking they'd never ask me to house sit again. turns out they were worried about me! and even brought me the most delicious chocolates i've ever eaten. mmmmmmmm... chocolate.
so... would i do it again? absolutely! but jasmine would not be allowed near another cat and the words 'hit by a car' are BANNED.
posted by nat at 11:07 pm
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