Emily's latest vet visit

[[Cats DO purr (usually more loudly) to attempt to calm themselves down in
stressful situations. ]]

It's either that, or else they're showing the person (ie, TED) who is
making them nervous, "See? I'm a FRIENDLY cat. A nice kitty. There's no
need to threaten ME."

Donna and the kitties who purr because they're spoiled rotten, Captain and
Stanley

Its strange but cats do purr when they are stressed or in pain. Hard to
believe until you've held one that is doing it and really know why its
purring.

Jo


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[[Cats DO purr (usually more loudly) to attempt to calm themselves down in
stressful situations. ]]

It's either that, or else they're showing the person (ie, TED) who is
making them nervous, "See? I'm a FRIENDLY cat. A nice kitty. There's no
need to threaten ME."

Donna and the kitties who purr because they're spoiled rotten, Captain and
Stanley

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 10:55:22 -0800, "Jo Firey"
yodeled:

Its strange but cats do purr when they are stressed or in pain. Hard to
believe until you've held one that is doing it and really know why its
purring.

Jo

Many years ago, a cat died in my lap. She was purring, and I always
hoped that she was relaxed and happy, but I was aware too that she
could have been in pain. I still pray it was the former.



Theresa
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On 17 Feb 2005 10:42:54 -0800, "Katz" wrote:

Several of my cats have been known to put their heads in my armpit
while at the vet's. LOL. "Mommy, help!"

Cinder(RB) would crawl up and try to hide under my hair at the vets.
The first time she did it, I almost cried as I felt so sorry for her. I
knew she had to be really scared as that's the only place she ever did
that. She did regularly sleep in my bed on top of my hair though.

L.

Bobcat wrote:

Emily's a rare cat. Since kittenhood she's actually enjoyed visiting the
vet. She likes all the shiny bottles and vials on the counter just out of
her reach; and she likes all the attention. But this created a problem
during today's visit. She began to purr. She purred when the vet pried open
her mouth to check her teeth. She purred when he examined her from tip to
tail. She even purred when he gave her two hypodermic syringes of serum. But
when he tried to hear her heart with the stethoscope, all he got was a deep
rumble. We tried everything to stop Emily purring. Finally we stood her on
her hind legs, and this confused her just long enough for the doctor to hear
her heartbeat before the rumble resumed. Dear little Emily - she always
finds some way to complicate things!




Pine Cone did that with his first TEDs. It was an all women practice,
and Pine Cone loves the womens. He was the only cat that was displeased
when we switched to our current TED, Doc Stevenson. PC is a little
happier now, since Doc Stevenson took on a partner, a woman. PC purrs
his little fuzzy head off when she examines him, but shows Doc Stevens
his little PC fuzzy butt.

Pam S.

Bobcat wrote:

Emily's a rare cat. Since kittenhood she's actually enjoyed visiting the
vet. She likes all the shiny bottles and vials on the counter just out of
her reach; and she likes all the attention. But this created a problem
during today's visit. She began to purr. She purred when the vet pried open
her mouth to check her teeth. She purred when he examined her from tip to
tail. She even purred when he gave her two hypodermic syringes of serum. But
when he tried to hear her heart with the stethoscope, all he got was a deep
rumble. We tried everything to stop Emily purring. Finally we stood her on
her hind legs, and this confused her just long enough for the doctor to hear
her heartbeat before the rumble resumed. Dear little Emily - she always
finds some way to complicate things!



Awwww, what a sweet kitty. Give her scritches from me, she deserves them.

Julie