C, the Ostrich

Thursday morning, the cat known as C, had goop in his eye, but by afternoon was looking better. Friday morning, his eye was shut, got a little better by afternoon, then got goopy again last night.

Off we went to the vet this morning since our carrier was loaned to the KFujs to transport Ed and we'd managed to forget to bring it home the 3 times we'd been over there since. I mean really, how often do you actually use one of those things? Anyhow, Striker had to carry/hold the 17.5 pound beast, which meant I got to drive to PetSmart -woo! C is actually a really good traveler/patient. He hid his head in daddy's armpit for protection on the way over. Forget the other 16 pounds that were exposed. ;)

When we arrived, I purchased a cardboard carrier and then proceeded to sit next to it once Striker shoved the beast in there. C tolerated the exam well and was diagnosed with an eye infection $117 later. We now get to put ointment in his eye 3 times a day.

The first application went well, he just sat there while Striker held him in place and I put the ointment on like eyeliner then smushed his eye open and closed several times. No meowing, no fighting. If only Oskar had been that good when he was Puff Doggy and I had to give him Benadryl!