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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2005Caliban is home
Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and then looks at me like, 'there's something missing here, isn't there?' He was not at all pleased with getting no food in the morning. He had to spend a lot of time in the bathroom so the other cats would get to eat in peace. At around 11 he went completely mad and dashed around the flat, flinging everything and anything that got in his way hither and thither. His temper didn't improve any when I put him in the carrier. He immdiately proceeded to rip apart the newspaper at the bottom of the carrier, and demolishing the old t-shirt on top of the newspaper. At the vet's, when I let him out of the carrier, he went flying about the surgery walls. He hissed at the vet (last time, he purred for her!). Only when he'd had his sedative and was put into a cage did he calm down. Well, I was told to come back for him in two hours' time. I was there half an hour too early, but Caliban was ready and awake, and very much ready to go home, so I just had to stuff him in the carrier and bring him home. Frank met us at the door. It quite seemed like he had missed the little guy (well, not so very little - he already weighs 3.7 kilos (8.1 lbs)! Frank only weighs 2.8 kilos (6.1 lbs) now). Now Caliban is happily munching away at a full bowl of food. The vet tech said I could feed him at once, since he was already fully awake at the vet's. Fortunately, both Caliban and Miranda are pure angels on the bus - nary a peep out of either one. It will make going to the island much easier.  SignatureMarina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >At the vet's, when I let him out of the carrier, he went flying about >the surgery walls. He hissed at the vet (last time, he purred for her!). [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >much ready to go home, so I just had to stuff him in the carrier and >bring him home. How nice and quick that went. Caliban is one wild kitten boy! Poor thing, having to be starved and trapped. > Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. > Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and > then looks at me like, 'there's something missing here, isn't there?' Hehehe... when Fez and Rufous got their snip, their giblets were getting large, I'm sure they missed for a while. :) > At the vet's, when I let him out of the carrier, he went flying about > the surgery walls. He hissed at the vet (last time, he purred for her!). Awwww.... poor baby! > Only when he'd had his sedative and was put into a cage did he calm > down. Well, I was told to come back for him in two hours' time. I was That's fast! I know it's a fast surgery (I've heard it takes someone with practice less than 15 seconds to do a male cat), but that's very fast. > Frank met us at the door. It quite seemed like he had missed the little > guy (well, not so very little - he already weighs 3.7 kilos (8.1 lbs)! > Frank only weighs 2.8 kilos (6.1 lbs) now). Frank is such a good uncle! He looks bigger in pictures to, I thought Basho was tiny at 8.5 lbs. > Fortunately, both Caliban and Miranda are pure angels on the bus - nary > a peep out of either one. It will make going to the island much easier. That's going to be a lot of fun, with two kittens! Give Caliban extra scritches for being so good. :) Victor >> Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. >> Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and >> then looks at me like, 'there's something missing here, isn't there?' > >Hehehe... when Fez and Rufous got their snip, their giblets were >getting large, I'm sure they missed for a while. :) Dante's set are the biggest part of him. :O He's so slender and fine-boned, and he's got THAT following him around behind. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War >>>Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. >>>Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Dante's set are the biggest part of him. :O He's so slender and > fine-boned, and he's got THAT following him around behind. Caiban's were pretty big too. No wonder he's confused that they're gone now. Poor baby. SignatureMarina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Wow. 2 hours? We always have to leave them the whole day. I'm so glad he is home and relatively happy. > Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. > Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > Fortunately, both Caliban and Miranda are pure angels on the bus - nary > a peep out of either one. It will make going to the island much easier. > Wow. 2 hours? We always have to leave them the whole day. I'm so glad he is > home and relatively happy. Yes, and since I got there half an hour too early, it was really only 1.5 hours. Caliban seems fine, though. SignatureMarina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki "Marina" <frankiennikki@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully > awake. Delighted it went so well. I'm afraid Claudius too is quite likely to get the Zoomies at TED's, since he's still so zoomy at home. Lucky you to only have 2 hours to leave him, here it's most of the day. Extra treats & scritches for the boy, please. Purrs Gordon & the FF > Extra treats & scritches for the boy, please. He ate about two days' worth of cat food (his own and Frank's). He still acts as if he's staaaaaarving. :oP I think it really scared him when he didn't get any food this morning, and he will need a lot of reassurance before he will learn to trust the foodbowls to be filled again. SignatureMarina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and then looks at me like, 'there's something missing here, isn't there?' He was not at all pleased with getting no food in the morning. He had to spend a lot of time in the bathroom so the other cats would get to eat in peace. At around 11 he went completely mad and dashed around the flat, flinging everything and anything that got in his way hither and thither. His temper didn't improve any when I put him in the carrier. He immdiately proceeded to rip apart the newspaper at the bottom of the carrier, and demolishing the old t-shirt on top of the newspaper. At the vet's, when I let him out of the carrier, he went flying about the surgery walls. He hissed at the vet (last time, he purred for her!). Only when he'd had his sedative and was put into a cage did he calm down. Well, I was told to come back for him in two hours' time. I was there half an hour too early, but Caliban was ready and awake, and very much ready to go home, so I just had to stuff him in the carrier and bring him home. Frank met us at the door. It quite seemed like he had missed the little guy (well, not so very little - he already weighs 3.7 kilos (8.1 lbs)! Frank only weighs 2.8 kilos (6.1 lbs) now). Now Caliban is happily munching away at a full bowl of food. The vet tech said I could feed him at once, since he was already fully awake at the vet's. Fortunately, both Caliban and Miranda are pure angels on the bus - nary a peep out of either one. It will make going to the island much easier. I'm *very* glad all went well and the little darling is back home, and no longer starving. ;-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. >Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >Frank met us at the door. It quite seemed like he had missed the little >guy (well, not so very little - he already weighs 3.7 kilos (8.1 lbs)! Jeez Louise!!!!! That's a solid kitten!! >Frank only weighs 2.8 kilos (6.1 lbs) now). > >Now Caliban is happily munching away at a full bowl of food. The vet >tech said I could feed him at once, since he was already fully awake at >the vet's. So glad to hear all went without major incident, and that the little (?) rascal is home again. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War >>Frank met us at the door. It quite seemed like he had missed the little >>guy (well, not so very little - he already weighs 3.7 kilos (8.1 lbs)! > > Jeez Louise!!!!! That's a solid kitten!! I know! The vet said I can take him off the kitten food now. :oP SignatureMarina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I know! The vet said I can take him off the kitten food now. :oP Hehehehe... the vet said the same thing about Quetzie (RB) when he was growing up. He was a good 20lbs last time he went to the vet, and not an ounce of fat! FWIW, Fez and Rufous never ate kitten food, they hated it. And they're our biggest cats. :) SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully > awake. Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a > lot, and then looks at me like, 'there's something missing here, > isn't there?' LOL! Poor little fellow... he's wondering hmmmm > He was not at all pleased with getting no food in the morning. He had > to spend a lot of time in the bathroom so the other cats would get to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > bottom of the carrier, and demolishing the old t-shirt on top of the > newspaper. URRRGH! Why did you put me in this thing?! > At the vet's, when I let him out of the carrier, he went flying about > the surgery walls. He hissed at the vet (last time, he purred for [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > little guy (well, not so very little - he already weighs 3.7 kilos > (8.1 lbs)! Frank only weighs 2.8 kilos (6.1 lbs) now). Awwww. But he wondered where Caliban went! > Now Caliban is happily munching away at a full bowl of food. The vet > tech said I could feed him at once, since he was already fully awake [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > nary a peep out of either one. It will make going to the island much > easier. Glad things worked out :) He'll be back to his hoolikitten self in no time. Jill aw, poor little fella. :( Glad he came through with flying colors, tell him he won't miss his little bits at all, and it'll keep him from getting bad tempered. Give him (and the rest of the gang) extra skritches and luving from us. Lily & her mama Jazz, RB SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. > Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Fortunately, both Caliban and Miranda are pure angels on the bus - nary a > peep out of either one. It will make going to the island much easier. > Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. > Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and > then looks at me like, 'there's something missing here, isn't there?' I'm not sure whether is easier to get over if it's done early, I suspect it is. Boyfriend was probably older than a year when I got him done. I brought him home after a few hours, but fortunately our appointment was for 9 a.m. so I just pretended to forget to feed him - and Kitty didn't mind waiting a bit longer for her breakfast. Boyfie spend ages nurturing his parts in cello position when he came home. My vet does not stitch the scrotum after a neuter, a lot do. He was not ill afterwards, his appetite was fine but he was miserable for several days. He was clingy and wouldn't go outside except for toilet duties . Tweed > > Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. > > Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > . > Tweed Awwww. Poor Boyfie. >> > Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully >> > awake. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> > Awwww. Poor Boyfie. I knew how bad he must have felt because he is *never* clingy, quite the reverse, he's very independent. This is probably not a typical response to a male neuter, most people report that their boys are fine in 12-24 hours. It was about a week before he was back to his normal self, out on rat patrol etc. (whisper) He only catches very small rats, he's very scared of the great big ones with the big brown chisel teefies (dat bite him very hard and urtalot wen e got a cupple before. Don't tell Mimi about this (end of whisper)) Tweed Tweed >>>> Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully >>>> awake. [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Tweed I not cares wot da siyz of da ratsie dat Boyfie catches! I prowd dat he catched dem! If der was a *big* ratsie runnin rownd heres, I be afriyd of its too! Mimi Weeble's baby sisfur >>Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. >>Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > several days. He was clingy and wouldn't go outside except for toilet > duties Caliban had no stitches either. To me, he seemed quite back to normal the minute I let him out of his carrier here at home. He did take a long nap in the evening, but then he always naps in the evening so he'll have the energy to play during the night. :oP Several times during the night, he came up on the bed and plopped himself down against my back, and streeeeetched out so he'd cover as much of my back as he could. I don't remember him doing that before, usually he lays on my shoulder with his back in my face, or with his paws kneading my face, when he wants to get close to me. Now, the morning after, he is out in the enclosure after a hearty breakfast, play-wrestling with Miranda, and generally being his Caliban self. SignatureMarina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki How resilient out furbabies are, aren't they? They bounce back so quickly, as long as they have all the love and care we can give them. Lily & her mama Jazz, RB SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time >> >>>Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > breakfast, play-wrestling with Miranda, and generally being his Caliban > self. >>>Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. >>>Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> Boyfie spend ages nurturing his parts in cello position when he came home. >> My vet does not stitch the scrotum after a neuter, a lot do. Stinky has this. I don't know why they bother, he really doesn't look at all like a "whole" cat, and he sure doesn't care! >> He was not ill afterwards, his appetite was fine but he was miserable for >> several days. He was clingy and wouldn't go outside except for toilet [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >breakfast, play-wrestling with Miranda, and generally being his Caliban >self. Yay! No sore tushie for Caliban! ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War > >>Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. Smokey was about 2 when he was neutered (we found him feral) and poor boy, being feral he's got a food-fetish and, even now at age 5, the idea of there Being No Food (And Maybe No Food Ever Again) makes him scream and cry. It was hell on us letting him scream at the absence of food bowls for the entire night before we took him to the vet. Our vet said that upon awaking from surgery he went straight for the food, and put down as much as the vets were willing to give him. They'd never seen a cat awake with such an appetite. Caliban was a braveboy. --Fil I'm so very glad to hear everything went so well at the vet. Healing purrs and best wishes for Caliban, Polonca and Soncek > Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. > Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and > then looks at me like, 'there's something missing here, isn't there?' <snip> Great! I'm glad everything went well. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully > awake. Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a > lot, and then looks at me like, 'there's something missing here, > isn't there?' > > He was not at all pleased with getting no food in the morning. He had > to spend a lot of time in the bathroom so the other cats would get to > eat in peace. At around 11 he went completely mad and dashed around > the flat, flinging everything and anything that got in his way hither > and thither. His temper didn't improve any when I put him in the > carrier. He immdiately proceeded to rip apart the newspaper at the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the surgery walls. He hissed at the vet (last time, he purred for > her!). Only when he'd had his sedative and was put into a cage did he > calm down. Well, I was told to come back for him in two hours' time. > I was there half an hour too early, but Caliban was ready and awake, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > nary a peep out of either one. It will make going to the island much > easier. > Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. > Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and > then looks at me like, 'there's something missing here, isn't there?' We're all glad here that Caliban is back and are certain he'll forget the missing bits pretty soon :-) Susan M Otis and Chester >Everything went well with Caliban's snip and he is home and fully awake. >Seems a bit confused, and does the cello-practising position a lot, and [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >Fortunately, both Caliban and Miranda are pure angels on the bus - nary >a peep out of either one. It will make going to the island much easier. I'm so glad he's back and okay :-) Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) I'm glad Caliban came through the snip so well. As usual I'm days behind. Fast healing purrs for the not so bitty kitty. Suz&Spicey
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