A visit to the veterinarian.

It was time to take Maisie to the vet for her pre-spay wellness check and vaccinations.
As we have been frequent visitors to Heartland Veterinary Hospital the girls in the office are always happy to see how well she’s doing. Her near-death demeanour and her current sassy-cat attitude are so far apart on the energy spectrum that she brings a smile to so many faces at Heartland.

Our weight is now up to 2.89 kg (6 lb 6 oz). Considering her first weigh in did not even register on the scale (which begins at 8 oz) she’s come so far in just under three months time. Now here’s an interesting situation; when Maisie was checked over that first week coming into my care, a vet tech looked into her mouth and judging by the progression of teeth, estimated her age to be 4 – 5 weeks.

She was so very tiny, I gave her a birthday one month prior to finding her (that being August 6).
This visit the vet looked into her mouth and said, okay she has all her adult teeth, therefore she’s 5-6 months old. So now Miss Maisie has a new “birth-date” of June 1^st. She’s officially a Gemini kitty.

Maisie is an old hat at getting weighed and visiting with the vet techs. All was good until Dr Mary attempted to listen to her heart with the stethoscope. OH MY! The devil-kitty personality emerged and it was a bit of a challenge to get the exam done. I was surprised at my normally good-natured kitty. With Taylor, the vet tech, assisting, the two vaccination needles in the butt were swiftly accomplished and we were on our way.

A big thank you to everyone at Heartland, as always, you take such good care of my girl.

The visit must have wore her out because she slept the drive home as well as most of the evening and night. We are due back for boosters in December. Let’s see how THAT visit goes.