Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Portia Goes to Harley Street

Tomorrow, Wednesday, Portia goes to the veterinary for a check-up. As far as her previous person could recall, my new foster-cat never went to the doctor (except to be spayed, one assumes). This will be a novel experience for Portia, and not something I expect her to enjoy.

In fact, I don’t know exactly how she will behave. She spent a couple of weeks in the Cosy Apartment hissing and swatting at me, which she still does from time to time, though rarely now. I have been able to pick her up and deposit her almost immediately a few feet away – practice for greater moves – but how she will react to being in an environment no cat likes, being poked and groped by humans even stranger than her foster-guardian, I have no idea. She needs her claws cut, her mouth examined, her temperature taken, possibly blood stolen… It should be an interesting day. Some kind and calming thoughts at about two-thirty in the afternoon, Mountain Daylight Time, would not be turned away on this end.

Until then, please enjoy these photographs of Portia snoozing on the sitting room couch, with the tip of her tail just poking out from between her rear legs…


15 comments:

  1. Awww, what sweet pictures!!

    Will send calming thoughts your way, tomorrow...and for the next few hours when she comes home, since you may need to 'start over'.

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  2. Ah! Bless! Let's hope it all goes
    according to plan..he says with
    fingers crossed and a prayer..!x
    Still..What has to be done, has to
    be done..will be thinking of you..
    'both'..! :O).

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  3. I hope all goes well. I think MDT is 7 hours behind us which will make it 9.30 tonight. I will definitely be sending good and calming thoughts for Portia.

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  4. It's a shame she looks so comfortable in those photos knowing what is ahead. It's a good thing she has no idea and I hope for your sake that when you bring her home you don't have to start all over again with trying to be friends. Will certainly be thinking of you both and hope when you do get home she's able to relax a little again. The necessary evils of going to the doctor.

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  5. Yes, I'll be sending lots of calming thoughts your way and hope all goes well today.
    She sure looks comfortable at this moment and unaware of what's going to happen later!

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  6. Kind and calming thoughts, and lots of purrs from Derry, are coming your way. Fingers and paws crossed for the appointment!

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  7. Aww, that wee tail tip is just adorable!
    Purring for you, Portia...vet visits are like being abducted by aliens.
    Well, at least, that's what the cats tell me...

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  8. Hopefully Portia will be like some of ours who really kind of just go into a "Well get it over already so I can go home." It will be another step in her becoming a perma-cat at the Cozy apartment

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  9. I hope all goes well for Portia (and by extension you). The kitties send their purrs!

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  10. I think that's 1:30 pm in my neck of the woods. I'll be sending my prayer intentions for a calm and successful visit!

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  11. de best oh fizhez two ewe two day portia....we understand how yur dayz gonna go... and de food servizz gurl understandz how dadz day iz gonna go, sew we will stop bak at 4:43 trout time with a drink for him and sum catnip for ewe ;) ♥♥♥

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  12. Good luck to Portia and to you! Hopefully her vet visit won't be too bad. She may have her "nose out of joint" for a few days, but I'm sure in a day or two, she will "get over it" and things will return to normal.

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  13. and we iz bak.. ☺☺☺

    heerz sum nip and grazz for ewe portia

    heerz a beer and 12 for yur dad !!!

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  14. Purrayers and Power of the Paw for sweet Portia on her first memorable vet visit.

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