I took Princess to a new vet today. She was overdue for her vaccine boosters and there’s a bit of black gunk on her chin right now (which the vet indicated might be cat acne). She behaved pretty well, except when she was a bit restless during her second shot and when she freaked completely out when the doc wanted to use clippers to try to shave a bit of hair off her chin to get a closer look.
Visiting a vet is an interesting experience, as it’s a bit of a judgement of me as an owner; did I do right by my cat this past year? Did I do anything wrong? Is my cat well-behaved enough that she’ll let you stick a thermometer up her butt?
It’s also handing over something very personal to someone I don’t know. That doesn’t happen all that often in life and it’s a bit uncomfortable, especially for intellectual control freaks like me who want to always know exactly what’s happening all the time.
Luckily, Princess seems to be perfectly healthy, except for her obesity. I swear, no matter how much we feed her, she seems to just keep gaining weight. Perhaps I should try to get her to start using Wii Fit or EA Active.
