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Recovering under the dining room table

Well, it's been an interesting day.   As you can see I did manage to get four cats into four carriers and off to the humane society we went this morning.  Marmalade, however, was not among the four!  For the first time ever, he was very leery of us and would not come up on the porch this morning.  When I stepped outside, he ran into the bushes to hide.  Sigh.  So, poor Socks got to go in his place.  I was ticked with Marmy, to say the least.  I'm sure Socks is, too. ha.

They said they would still be under anesthesia throughout the evening and even if they woke up, not to let them have any food or water.  The males will be fine by tomorrow afternoon and can go back outside.  Whiskers, however, will take 2-3 days and we should try and make sure she doesn't pull her incision.  Her little face was smooshed up against the door of her carrier and I opened it to pet her head.  She opened her eyes only for a moment and was back out.  I didn't see any harm in leaving the door open but when I got busy in the kitchen she stumbled out like a drunk, walking sideways, crying, and obviously trying to get away from where ever she thought she was.  After a stressful few minutes we got her back inside the carrier and she conked back out.

So, I guess everything is fine except I'll breath easier when I see them all awake and acting like themselves! :)  I don't remember doing this with our two pet cats years ago...no carriers or anything!  I do remember the vet wanting them there the night before and when you picked them up at the end of the next day, they were alert, hungry and ready to play! 

One thing I am a little upset about is that this morning they asked me if I wanted their ears notched.  They said that they put a little cut on the very tip of one ear, which is a universal sign that the cat has been spayed or neutered.  At first I said no, but after a bit of coaxing, I relented.  They said it would be best and if anyone else ever took them in, the vet would know they had already been fixed.  There was no extra charge, so I said it was OK to do it.  Well, I've only seen Whiskers ear, but they took too much off!  Oh dear.  I thought they were cutting a little "V" into the tip but they just cut the whole tip off!  I certainly would pass up a kitty with an ear like that for one that had perfect ears.  Very upsetting.

The best news is that they didn't have any illnesses and all got to come home with me.

Now, I'm tired!  Being Dr. Doolittle is exhausting! ha. 

Thanks for all of your concern and good wishes.

I made reservations for the next 5 and they sent the 5th carrier home with me.

It's March 10th and I work an auction that day, so my oh my will that be a full day!

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