Duke, Toby and I paid a visit to our favorite vet yesterday. Dr. Ann Sakamoto, who was our go-to vet at VCA in Kaneohe, joined the practice at Hawaii Kai Veterinary Clinic just about the time that we moved from Kaaawa to east Honolulu. So she’s now just a short drive away. Easier to get to, less wear and tear on the cats, although you couldn’t tell that from the mewing and fussing on the way there yesterday.
Duke came away with some antibiotics to try and knock that the sneezing that has slowly been creeping back. And Dr. Sakamoto checked his eyes after I commented that they were often dilated. She says it looks like he’s got cataracts growing, so may have issues with eyesight down the line a bit.
Toby came home with glucosamine treats which, perhaps, will help him a bit with the joint pain that has decreased his mobility in the last 18 months. We’ll see.
Both cats also had their claws trimmed. They won’t let me do it, and it took an experienced vet tech to get a good hold on the squirming and sometimes yowling cats (Toby did the yowling) as Dr. Sakamoto wielded the clippers.
Anyway, both are generally doing well for being nearly 15 years old in human years.
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Oh, Toby is a senior cat already. I really like all of your cats, but he is my favorite because he looks so much like two different orange and white cats I had–one for 13 years and one for 16 years.
I’m a long-time Toby fan, too. I love seeing them all still chugging along. 🙂
Toby thanks you! You could be his longest-time fan, apart from family, of course.
we give our 14 year olds with severe arthritis a bit of metacam every other day (pain reliever for cats). It seems to help. It’s mostly tasteless and I can hide it in stinky cat food easily. ;-}
We could get there soon.