Reply #39: You're doing the right thing for your pretty baby. [View All]

[VeggieTart]

My cat is 15, and she was spayed when I adopted her (or she adopted me), which was almost 12 years ago.

However, I recently had to take her to have a teeth cleaning. The vet wanted me to bring her in the night before so they could put her on fluids because she's got some renal dysfunction. So I brought her in the night before, gave her a hug, and had the vet tech take her back. When I went to pick her up the next day, she was pretty woozy and feeling crummy, but the vet said she came through really well. By the next day, she was feeling better, and it didn't take long before she was her usual affectionate self.

I've also had to have her on antibiotics, and she's affectionate a few hours after her dose. I sense she's thinking something like, okay, she does this mean thing to me, but she feeds me and she lets me crawl all over her at night and gives me pats and has someone who comes over who really likes me and gives me the food I like, too, and he's even better for walking on because he doesn't move around as much as mommy does.

Your Sophela will be fine, I'm sure.