We were very scared to take her to the Vets because last time she was in the car,
she started panting, and had her mouth and toungue out from stress.
She got very scared , maybe traumatized from when she was being moved from her old home and into her temporary home and then Cats Protection, and then to ours.
So I picked a day when Zum can come with us so she could comfort Frankie.
It was hard to even get her in the cat cage!
She started getting suspicious when we were gathered around her to try to catch her.
She was hissing and growling. She usually lets Hiro pick her up when she won't let anybody else pick her up, so I asked Hiro.
She Air-Swiped Hiro!
She gets in the cage!!
The problem was when she was in the car.
She started crying sadly and panting.
She normally hisses and growls at us, but she was not even doing that because she was distressed.
Zum started crying she felt bad for Frankie.
I told Frankie,
"You are not going far away, and you can get back to our house soon."
We got to the vets and opened the cat cage. She rushed out to the examination table , and then looked surprised, not too stressed!
The Feliway that was plugged in next to the table must really worked on her, because she stopped, looked startled, and she was like,
"OOOOh what is this nice smell??"
The vet, Erica Sensei said, "Those create same pheromones like a mother cat does, so it calmes the cats down."
She actually looked a bit calm and started venturing around the examination room.
She didn't even growl when Erika Sensei picked her up,
(normally a guranteed "Brooowwwwwwllll Hisss !!!")
and she didn't even flinch when she got her injection!!
I asked Erica Sensei if Frankie was healthy. She said Frankie's coat is nice and she is in a good shape.
I was worried about her history of skin rashes she was getting before she came to us.
"So she is happy , do you think? She hates the other cats and she growls and Baoooowwws at us a lot!" I told Erica Sensi.
"Yes she looks happy! " Erika Sensei said .
I was so glad ! I always wondered if she was happy with us, because she growls at us a lot!!!
But then the lady at Cats Protection who looked after
Frankie said that it was the way Frankie talked!
That made sense! Some humans are crabby and like to complain and show their annoyance more than others!!
