Trulli was discharged from the Vets yesterday and it was such a relief to get him home. I have missed him so much as he is the one who tends to cuddle up on my bed at night.
On the journey home he was his usual vocal self. He doesn’t like travelling and has a very pained waul which starts as high as Jimmy Somerville and descends into Barry White after a few miles. He also had a wee in his carry case which I was more than happy to see in the circumstances! He is overjoyed to be home and, touch wood, it is going well so far.
On the subject of pet health though one thing is making me stamp my feet in paddy at the moment.
As a competition addict I often sift through the women’s and real-life story magazines as they are a great source for comps. One magazine has a psychic problem page. People send in a photo of Great Auntie Mildred’s prized ornament and the psychic writes how happy Auntie is on the other side with some wonderfully vague ‘proof’.
Now, as it happens I do believe in the afterlife, that there are more things in heaven and earth etc and have even had what some would call supernatural experiences. I also believe in charlatans and placebos.
Part of the page has people sending in photos of pets and the psychic dolls out advice. Now if the advice is that the photo of deceased Bunny Wunny tells them they are happy in the endless lettuce fields of rabbit heaven well fair enough, no harm done but these aren’t the only letters.
A recent one was a picture of a dog and the worried owner wanted to know why their doggy wasn’t eating much anymore.
The pet psychic, armed with the photo and vibes, said not to worry the dog was telling her he just has a small appetite.
Really? You don’t think a visit to a qualified vet may be in order. As I say there have been a few letters relating to pet health and I want to know why the answer isn’t a simple ‘GO TO THE VET YOU MORONIC ARSE’.
What sort of pet owner sees their charge come home limping and off their food and thinks ‘oh I know, I’ll take a photo and send it to a magazine psychic, that’s the right course of action.
I’ll go lie down in a darkened room with Trulli for a while…..
cat, cats, cat+welfare, cat+heatlh, animal+welfare, animal+health, psychic, pet+psychic, vets
the type of pet owner who shoudn't own a pet............
yay for Trulli
Posted by: Pete | 06 September 2006 at 08:59 PM
Some people are eejits. But lil' Trulli looks glorious and happy. Glad to hear it was nothing serious.
Posted by: Red | 07 September 2006 at 11:46 AM
Glad your cat's okay - my late cat Maddie hated travelling too, and the poor thing also weed in my dad's car, in a cardboard carrycase, during the summer. Yeah, that car smelt good.
Just reading that about pet pyshics has made my cheeks hot with anger :( Makes you wonder who the dumb animal really is...
Posted by: china blue | 07 September 2006 at 11:54 AM
That's terrible! Maybe you should complain to the magazine. Certainly sounds like negligent advice to me. Grrrr! On another note - where do you stand on vaccinations for cats? Mine has never had any because she's a solo house cat, but there's a chance that when we move to the new place she could scale the fence on the patio and go rambling. I'm going to keep her in for a fair while after we move anyway... so she knows where home is... but I've heard people like Andrew Collins say that he disagrees with vaccinations. Any ideas?
Posted by: Alice | 07 September 2006 at 01:02 PM
They wouldn't be able to get away with that sort of advice for humans, would they? Appalling and should be stopped.
Posted by: Thursday | 08 September 2006 at 11:04 AM
Welcome home Trulli :-)
Stiltzkin doesn't like travelling either - he adopts the opposite approach though, he glares silently and won't speak to us for a day or two.
The pet psychic thing is mind boggling. How incredibly stupid. It's shocking that a magazine is publishing something like that, so irresponsible. I agree with Alice, I would phone up and complain.
Posted by: Kate | 08 September 2006 at 07:56 PM
Yes I am definitely going to write one of my cross of the midlands letters. I will let you know how I get on!
Update on Trulli - he went for a follow up injection today and behaved like and angel at the vets. Then on the journey home at the exact same spot he wee'd the other day, the flood gates open again and this time there was a poo encore!
Posted by: Beki | 08 September 2006 at 09:26 PM
Oh well, at least he is consistent LOL
Good luck with your letter of complaint! Do let us know what kind of response you get.
Posted by: Kate | 10 September 2006 at 10:21 AM