Yeah, I did feel a little silly.  But I agree with you on the better safe
than sorry thing.  Getting on the computer at a time like that is my last
thought.  I'm very relieved that I was wrong.  Pandora thinks I'm a little
crazy, but I think I'm just on hyper-alert watch mode after what happened
with Chick.  I can't tell you how scared I was.  I was near tears, but
they were very understanding at the vet's office.  Pandora forgave me
right away like she always does.  :)

Eva

Don't feel embarassed after Fugazi crossed the bridge I think I must
have checked up on Isis (Her sister) every 10 minutes for the next
month.  If she looked at her food the wrong way I was almost on the
phone to our vet despite the fact that seconds later she was tucking in
quite happlily.  In the end Isis who was a highly sociable cat with her
Hoomins hid away and I was convinced she'd gone away to die whereas in
fact she was probably trying to get some sleep and get away from this
annoying person who kept waking her up!

You're always vunerable just after you lost one

Isis lived for another 4 years before passing away in her sleep aged
16+ and apart from the last 2 weeks of her life never showing any sign
of being ill and even then she just started to show her age rather than
anything else

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Pandora is pure black.  She must've been sitting in the sun, and I didn't
realize it.  I'm still in panic mode, I guess.  It is very sunny and warm
here today.  I did go and check the other two to see if they felt hot, but
they didn't.  Mickey, who hates it if I even think about putting him in a
carrier, hissed at me when I went to check his temp.  He saw Pandy in the
carrier, and he knows exactly what's going to happen next.

Eva

Hmmm, I dunno what to do now.  The reason I left the first vet was that he
became disinterested in small animals.  I live in the country, and he
would only do emergencies for horses.  Plus he moved into a huge new place
and jacked his prices up.  So then I changed to one my sister said was
really good.  Of course, now he's getting ready to retire and is turning
over his practice to a guy who charges me for an "exam" when I get shots
for my critters.  I see this charge for an exam when he didn't even listen
to the animal's heart or anything.  It's hard to find the right vet.  And
I am not happy that he never did try to call me back after I left my
number twice.  What if I really did have an emergency?  Of course, I
thought I did.  But I do have an older dog with a heart problem, and I
would have to hurt that vet if he didn't respond to something like that.
There's no voice mail with it -- you just put in your phone number and are
left hanging.  They *will* hear about it.  BTW, everybody here is fine
today.

But my Mickey, 10-year-old male brown tabby, has been howling at night.  I
think he's looking for Chick, even tho I did let him see her before we
buried her.  I had to get up in the middle of the night to pet him and
talk to him before he would settle down and come back to bed.  Poor baby!

Eva