Somebody remind me...

[desperance]

...why do I keep cats again?

I was all set to finish my chapter this evening, in a blaze of wine-fuelled snacked-up death-or-glory writing.

Only I was in the kitchen for half an hour, preparing said snacks - and in those thirty minutes, Mac fussed around the litter tray four times, and crouched to pee, and didn't.

So onto the bus and off to the vet we went, for the routine probably-cystitis diagnosis; and there went my working. We are now home again, and Mac is locked in bathroom-purdah until he produces a urine sample to double-check for crystals. Weirdly, Barry is trying to tunnel in and rescue him, despite spending most of his days trying to avoid him.

And this has cost me not only fifty quid but also a couple of hours' work, and I can't afford either. Snarl.

Comments

[dedbutdrmng.livejournal.com]

Hope he gets better quick.

I've just re-learnt the folly of going near KeithMarmel just after preparing meat. Soap doesn't fool him, those fingers smell tasty.

[affreca.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry and I feel your pain. While I was gone last weekend, Lju got the pukes and stopped eating (which a bad sign, as she is the fattest cat). I had to scramble for another ride from the airport as my boyfriend took her in the vet first thing Monday morning. Nothing seen on the Xray, so we brought her home. She went to the food bowl, and other than some excessive cuddling, she's back to normal.

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

because they love you and gaze at you adoringly? Oh wait. That's dogs.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Yup. Non-Specific Sick Cat Syndrome, we call that at my vet's. Consumes time & money & anxiety, and they get better by themselves. Furry little sods.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

Yep. Yep, yep, yep.

Sorry you lost your writing time.

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

Ah, crystals in the urine - cue the expensive special cat food.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

I suspect so, if they find the crystals. And the little brat is young yet; I foresee decades of expensive special food, sod him...