Thursday, August 9, 2007

The vet visit

We took Tiger to the vet yesterday and this is what happened:

First of all, Tiger remained relatively calm and well-behaved even when there was a dog in the waiting room with us. I was afraid that there might be a dog in there and that Tiger would have a hissy fit and scratch us all up, but nope...he was a good kitten. We finally went into the exam room and the nurse took his temperature and said it was a bit high but not worry because it usually happens when the animals come to the vet. Then the doctor came in and examined him. Tiger has a whole slew of ear mites and he has an upper respiratory infection which is causing him to be a little wheezy and his eyes are congested with goop. It kind of looks like conjunctivitis. So, we ended up taking home about 4 medications to administer to him for the next 10-14 days. They didn't give him his vaccinations since he wasn't feeling good. We'll go in later for that. The meds include eye stuff that we have to put in his eyes twice a day, an oral medication (it's ammoxicilin for cats), an ear medication that we have to drop in his ears once a day for a week, and the last one is a med that we won't have to administer for another month since the vet did it right there in the room. It's a medication that we rub into the skin that helps kill off the ear mites. Overall though, it was a good visit and Tiger did VERY well. I'm a proud Mama.

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