Mar 09 2002
Check-ups
We took all four of our cats to the vet today for their annual check-ups. Cleo has to have her teeth cleaned, Hannah has one of her recurring ear infections, and Sophie is on diet food again to lose 2 pounds, but otherwise, they’re all in good health. Jack, who is the naughtiest cat in the entire world, is absoutely perfect. But then, she is the youngest.
I almost had a heart attack when we got the total bill, though. Both Cleo and Sophie are now officially geriatric, so their blood work is a lot more expensive, and the bill was a frightening $750. Eeek!
It seems that we’re the white trash of the vet office, just like we’re the white trash of our apartment building. Dr. M’s patients include one of the best-known newscasters in the Bay Area (who had to give up his cats after his allergies to them caused him to code out not once, but twice, and his wife totally begged him to), and a millionaire who had his dog’s teeth polished so he’d look his best before taking the dog to spend the spring on his yacht in Monaco. I’m not kidding. Whereas we wait until we get our tax return and then take the cats in for their check-ups, and we could only afford to have Sophie’s teeth cleaned last year and Cleo’s this year. But we don’t love our cats any less than the rich folks. In fact, we probably love them more. And they love us back. Check out this picture of Hannah sleeping on my pillow last night.
3 Responses to “Check-ups”
Yikes! Aren’t vet bills shocking? And the teeth cleaning bill is the worst. Luckily our Rooty Cat (an honorary redhead at http://www.realmofredheads.com/index.php?x=hr/29.htm) eats the dog’s food, and all that crunching has been keeping his teeth sparkly. I’m not kidding! 🙂 The vet says he has the cleanest teeth he’s ever seen!
We’ve got two cats… Mimi and Spicey. One’s mean but well behaved, the other’s friendly but obnoxious, LOL! Can’t win either way… But anyway, about that bill, they say that vets, oftentimes, make more money that anyone else. Supposedly the training is horribly trecherous. AND, did you ever hear about that pet insurance? LOL! There were so many people with dogs and cats that had illnesses that always needed appointments and medicines, so they made insurance for them. Weird, yes?
Kristin: your kitty is totally adorable! And it makes sense that an honorary redhead would be bold enough to eat the dog’s food! Hee.
Colin: We actually have insurance for two of the cats, but it’s $140 a year for each one. Still, it cuts the bill in half, so it’s worth it. Pets are a luxury, I guess, but they are a necessity to me.
You have to post pix of your cats!