We have not been cat people, mostly because Mrs. ArGee is deatly allergic to them. So we were a little non-plussed when our daughter rescued a cat. She was taking care of it on her own but apparently didn’t learn much about them (although she certainly doted on it).
She thought it was normal for the cat to occasionally drag it’s bottom on the floor. When she found out it wasn’t she had to take the cat to it’s very first visit to the vet.
Now the cat is now hiding under the bed. I’m not sure which has been more traumatic, the indignity of having her openings probed or the vet teaching my daughter how to hold a cat that doesn’t want to be held. The cat had basically run things until this appointment.
I’ve never understood why people name things that won’t come when you call them, but she calls this cat Kiwi.
Ceirdwyn will come to me.
She will also run parkour style up my arm to my shoulder, but that’s a different matter.
Could be that Kiwi kitty is thoroughly traumatized by their vet adventure and needs time to process the alien probing they just had.
Also, a change in diet to prevent impacted glands.