Buddy's Vet Visit

This weekend we took Buddy to the vet for an overall check-up and to talk about any vaccinations he may need before going back to the U.S.  We did some quick research and discovered that as long as he receives a clean bill of health and is up to date on his rabies vaccine he can enter the states.  (So much easier than getting him here!)

Now Buddy is really the first pet I've ever had.  Despite growing up on a farm, we never had animals in the house.  I love having him around but it has been a lesson in taking care of him on some aspects.  Anyways, we packed him up and took him across town.  At first he didn't seem to mind the carrier but I quickly learned he HATES the car.  As soon as we started to move he started crying and it only got more and more desperate   It just broke my heart.

Getting the evil eye 

Luckily at the vet we were able to let him out and explore a bit.  We learned that our research was right and it seems that getting Buddy back to the states will be a fairly easy process (I say this now but as with all things here only time will tell).  Buddy got three vaccines including rabies to get him fully up to date.  He also had to have a de-wormer which was the real excitement of the visit.  After spitting out the vet's initial try to get him to swallow the pill, he had to be put in what can only be referred to as a cat straight jacket and force fed the pill.  (I really wish I got a picture of this)  Poor guy!  On Buddy's defense the pill was huge and I don't know how they expect a cat smaller than him to get it down.

With updated records,we headed back home.  Again Buddy cried the whole way.  We were just thankful we had decided not to run any errands we originally thought we'd do.  We just wanted to get him home and out of the crate.  Buddy spent the rest of the day sleeping.  The trip outside must have really wore him out!

Passed out