Bobs Did What?….part 3 of Bobs’ story

When I left off with part 2 of my story, Brandy was on her way to pick up the cat after they had spade her…When Brandy got to the vet’s office to pick up Bobs the cat, he began to ask her questions about the cat.  She confessed that the cat really belonged to her mother.  He wanted to know if the cat had been kept indoors, if she’d had previous shots, etc.

Here’s the scoop on what transpired at the vet’s office.  Bobs was in the cat carrier.  When the vet tech went to remove Bobs from the carrier to weigh her, Bobs went ballistic and  attacked her!  Bobs bit her and clawed her in the face!  Because Bobs had been outside and had not had a previous rabies shot, the vet was required by law to quarantine Bobs for 10 days!  The vet tech got sent to the doctor for treatment of her wounds.  They could not believe that Bobs would allow me or anyone else to hold her as wild as she was!!!

When Brandy called and told me this story, I nearly died in my tracks!  Poor vet tech, poor Bobs, poor me!  How much more was I going to have to endure with this cat?  I got in my car and drove to the vet’s office.  They were very nice, and explained things again to me, but told me that I could not have my cat for 10 days.  I was heart broken.  I apologized for my cat’s behavior and left.

  I called every 2 or 3 days to check on Bobs.  I don’t think anyone there had any use for my cat, and I don’t think she was treated very well. I did feel bad for the vet tech and sent her a card with an apology, but Bobs was simply scared and just doing what was natural.  I’d finally gained her trust, and now she was caged up for 10 days without any human contact.  I cried…more than once. 

On the tenth day when I picked Bob up, I couldn’t believe my eyes!  She was wilder than ever and  was as skinny as if she hadn’t eaten in 10 days.  I wonder if she was even fed or if she just wouldn’t eat!  Her incision has burst open and was raw and oozing.  The real “kicker” was when I went to pay the bill.  It was supposed to be $135.00…it cost me $285.00 to get Bobs out of there!  They charged me $15  for every day that Bobs was in quarantine!  I was SO MAD!!!

I brought Bobs home…again, and worked with her.  Within a few days, she was calm and healthy again.  Bobs and I have a special relationship.  We’ve been through a lot together.  I tell her she’s like a “bad child”.  When she’s bad, she’s bad, but then she can be so loving, too.  I think she knows that I rescued her–twice.

After she was spayed and tamed again, Bobs was like a playful kitten for a long time–except she was grown.  I guess she had to go back and make up for what she missed.  She was forever into something!  She has this horrible habit of getting inside of the bottom of my couch and clawing….drives me crazy and makes my husband MAD!  She’s obsessed with trying to eat my parakeet, who lives on top of my curio cabinet(I have a set of claw marks where Bobs tried to climb the  cabinet once), and her favorite place in the house if my husband’s bed(he hates her for that).  Her favorite toy was a bunch of feathers on a fishing pole.  She’s jumped after that pole a million times.  Now Bobs has had her second childhood and grown up. Now she is sort of chubby and lazy like me.  We make a great pair! 

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