Thread: 1st trip to vets...

Took Storvenn and Loki to the vets today so a check up and to ask some advice on worming, de-flea'ing and nail clipping.
Didnt go too badly to be honest. Both went into their carriers without too much of a fuss & the trip to the vets is thankfully only about 5-10 mins.

Once in the vets 'examination room', for want of a better description, Storvenn proceeded to eat kitty treats one at a time whilst being examined. He was really good about it and although he needed to be held still a few times, he didnt attempt to remove skin from anyone even when being given his worm tablet.

Loki... well... Winner of Ms Wriggle Out of Your Hands 2010!
How can a cat be sooooo damn hard to hold! I had front legs gently held, backside was pushed against me so no way to go there and yet she wriggled out!
I adopted the kitty treat distraction plan. Failed.
In the end the vet demonstrated a way to hold them, hard to explain, without too much fuss. This was a lot easier, but still hard to keep a hold.
We did manage to get her de-wormed too though

End result - two cats in tip top condition.
Learned some bits:
Nail clipping. If not done, claws can end up curving around in a circle towards paws in older cats. Best to get them used to it at a young age rather than a 15lb cat being introduced to something new...
De-fleaing. We were advised that its pretty optional for us as we arent letting them outside yet and they arent coming into contact with other cats.
Storvenn likes keyboards. He managed to enter his own weight into the vets pc as 2.444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 4444444444444444444444444444444

Whilst out in the waiting room (we were waiting for an estimate to have them chipped / spayed etc in 6 weeks time) they very quickly got the attention of all the staff behind the desk and absolutely everyone waiting for them!
I can almost imagine them sat there purring thinking.. "yea.. Thats right. See this coat, these paws n claws.. This is 100% prestige Maine Coon".

I think the trip was more traumatic for me than it was for them both. Really not looking forward to dropping them off for "chips n snips", but I know its for the best.