prada's first visit to the vet...

i've dealt with fractious cats in my vet career... fractious kittens?  not really...maybe a little upset... can you blame them?  they're so tiny and we're trying to stick big needles into them... 

i should've known that prada would be a problem child when i had to practically sit on her just to put a collar on her... she hated it... she tried to bite... she tried to wiggle away... when animals get like that, i don't mess around... finally i got it on her... she was annoyed... i supposed we'd be annoyed too with a bell jingling in our face too... 

i had to set up an appointment for her as soon as possible so that we could make sure she wasn't carrying any diseases that kolohe could catch... got her in pretty quick and off we went... she was fine in the carrier and in the waiting room... she was ok when we got into the exam room... took her weight, she didn't seem to mind... took her temperature, she minded... don't blame her again because it was done rectally... but it was hard to hold her by her scruff... she's very acrobatic and twisty... 

that's when she had had enough... she was growling, hissing, swatting... i've never seen a kitten at her age (4 months, we learned) be that vile... i think the vet was a little intimidated.... fortunately one of the techs wasn't and she just did her job like a good tech should... the vet believed that whoever had her first did not treat her very well, did not work with her on her mannerisms and that they probably gave up on her and ditched her somewhere... she's also surprised that for an abandoned kitten, she had great confidence, hence her biting, growling, and scratching... she feared NOTHING...

somehow they were able to get blood from her and gave her vaccines... she wouldn't let me or p touch her worth anything... fortunately the tech was nice enough to put her back in the carrier for us... i didn't want to touch her until she had forgotten the visit... 

i thought the vaccines would make her groggy, because for any NORMAL animal, they do... but not her... as soon as we got home, she was back to her wild, destructive self...