What I did on Hogmanay - The Accidental Smallholder

Thursday 1 January, 2004

by Dan at 6:58pm in Cats No comments Add your own

Happy New Year everybody!

Last night I had an unexpected trip to the vets with Cassius, our first rescue cat who's been with us nearly 2 years now. He was having trouble passing water, and seemed to be in some discomfort. A quick call to the vet confirmed that we needed to get him seen as quickly as possible, so at about 6.30pm, in driving sleet, I whisked him over to Broadleys Veterinary Hospital in Stirling. They found some crystals in his urine, so he's on a course of anti-biotics and anti-flammatory drugs, and will be assessed at the end of the course.

While examining Cas the vet listened to his heart for a long time, and told us that he has a heart murmur. His first question was 'Is he insured?'. It seems that exploring heart murmurs is an expensive business, and thankfully Cas is insured with PetPlan, which will cover all the treatment and drugs required, whatever the vet's findings.

This isn't the first time out pets have needed urgent medical attention on an important occasion. On the morning of our wedding in 2001 I was in Broadleys while Meg had a wound in her throat stitched caused by her running onto a thrown stick. Luckily (or maybe not) I had plenty of time and made it to the wedding on time.