We also had problems with unscheduled visits. Just winged it as best we could. I just wanted Ember to not go through what Sebbie did for years with having to be gassed for an exam. Sebbie lived for 20 years and 5 months. He died in October of 2022. It wasn't until the last few years of his life that he was able to go to the vet with Gabapentin as his "mellow" pill. Our babies deserve everything we can do to make them more comfortable. They give us so much more than we could ever give them in return! Thanks for your reply. Take care.
P.S. Feliway is also a game changer for anxious babies. I had a diffuser at home long before we started the Gabapentin, also sprayed it on the towel for the vet's. Really made a difference. Still had to gas Seb, though. Never left Seb anywhere. One of us stayed home with him. Since he had stress-related epilepsy we couldn't use anyone else and Seb wouldn't have let anyone else close to him for the pills anyway. I was the med person for several years, so I had to be home with him for both the am and pm dose of his epilepsy meds. I was lucky enough to stay home with my son so when Seb started with epilepsy at age 4, I was "it". As my son grew up Seb also let him dose him. My husband helped when he could, but he could only do that if he took off from work. My husband wasn't as confident in pilling, but Seb let my son and me dose him with no trouble. He was great about toenails, but his brother, Osie,--had to be held and multi-treated! Hell hath no fury like a cat when you mess with their feet!
You know, we can't ever do everything perfectly. That's just life. We just wing it as best we can. I'm sure Ember forgave being left at the vet for a week--eventually. Too bad we can't explain in their language. It would make everyone happier. You left Ember with the best intentions--good care from responsible caretakers--only she didn't get the memo. Don't know if you have human children, too, but guilt comes with the job, human or furkid. I do know that Ember loves you and trusts you. Her actions when you came back to get her prove that. There's so many things I'd like to do over again, but I am learning that you just have to fix what you can, and move on if you can't. Some days I can do that pretty well, but then I get "triggered" and have to try again!
Glad to hear from you. Some of the storms have been pretty severe lately. Take care.
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