My poor/jerk cat.
Pretty clear he'd had some sort of bladder or urinary tract issue since Sunday, making over 20 trips to the litterbox a day. Got him to the vet Thursday and they had to keep him overnight to get a urine sample, because he like most cats hates being there and wouldn't pee or eat much.
So they get a urine sample and yadda yadda, probably a bladder infection, here's antibiotics, here's some pain meds, here's the pill gun, not my first sick cat rodeo.
But Frosty is by far the least easy going cat I've ever owned for going to the vet. He hates car rides. I think his carrier is too small for his chonkness, but besides that the motion of the car freaks him out, the sounds freak him out. He hates it and he yowls or angry meows the whole ride to and from the vet. He hates, I hate it.
Well this time he one upped himself. He unloaded probably a day's worth of piss on to himself, his carrier and my car seat within a few minutes of getting in my car. Relief, maybe? Was the car ride a bridge too far after ~40 hours staying at the vet? Who knows, they're cats!
So then I had to get him home and wash him before he rubbed all that stuff into my bed and couch and carpet fabrics. At my old apartment I used to have solid, sliding shower doors. And while he was not cooperative the two times I washed him there, I could at least keep him contained. Not this place. Not this time. I had to pin him to the floor of the shower by his neck and shoulders to scrub him and he was not cooperating at all, and making awful noises. It was traumatic enough for both of us that I don't think I used enough shampoo or did a thorough enough job scrubbing him. Kinda hard to do one handed. So he kinda vaguely still smells of piss.
At least he seems relieved to be home and feeling better (which might just be the painkillers doing their job) and not trying to use the litterbox 20+ times a day. I love you buddy, but goddamn you are a pain in the ass sometimes.
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