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20 March 2006

The Secret Life of Cats ... or, what was the pharmacist thinking?[More:]
As a few MeChazens know, I've been away over the weekend, and was expecting to return home to find the house colony of Siamese cats depleted by one - the eldest of the three females has been quite ill lately and simply not eating, and it looked like she was going to be put to sleep on Friday night.

So, when I come in, there's a note in the kitchen telling me I need to collect a prescription. It's an odd scrip, handwritten on the veterinary surgery's headed notepaper; turns out that the cat in question has been given a temporary reprieve (despite barely eating, she's been seeking attention, destroying her scratching post, going to the kitchen for food, and generally behaving like a healthy cat rather than one that's lost the will to live) and is to be tried on new medication, but since the surgery can't get any, I'm to go track some down from a local chemist.

After a couple of hours of fruitless searching (everything from "I can't fill that, it's not a doctor's prescription" to "I'm sorry, we can only order drugs for use on humans"), one pharmacist tells me he can get some from his wholesaler, and that I should go back after lunch. When I finally pick up the box (which was a trial in itself, as it has the wrong name on it - the prescription says [Surname] Cat, but the box bears the name "Catherine [Surname]... I can't imagine where THAT came from!), the label reads:

Do not drive or operate heavy machinery. Avoid consuming alcohol. For animal use only.

What does the pharmacist think my cat does all day?
Hahahaha! That's great.
posted by Frisbee Girl 20 March | 12:02
Drinks vodka and drives a bulldozer. DUH.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs 20 March | 12:07
And while the cat's operating heavy machinery, the bunny is up to something else entirely.
posted by tommasz 20 March | 12:20
incharitable dog: best wishes for your kitty's recovery!

Oliver tries to climb into the fridge just about any time I have it open. Weird beasties.
posted by deborah 20 March | 12:28
Obviously, your vet has treated Toonces.
posted by WolfDaddy 20 March | 13:00
"Cat, are you drilling?" </izzard>
posted by dodgygeezer 20 March | 13:12
This?
posted by rainbaby 20 March | 14:12
rainbaby: Actually, several people - including a final-year medical student currently doing her emergency medicine rotation - have commented to me that it's easier for clubbers to get a veinful of horse tranquilisers than it is for a worried pet owner to find suitable medication...
posted by Incharitable Dog 20 March | 17:33
deborah: Rupert climbs into the fridge too. But then he's got food issues. I suppose he hasn't figured out yet that I have a total bachelor fridge (see fridge thread, above), and all he's going to get are pickle relish or maraschino cherries.
posted by matildaben 20 March | 18:13
Well, at least you've got the beginnings of a drunken midnight snack...
posted by Incharitable Dog 20 March | 18:16
Mmm, cherries...
posted by deborah 20 March | 19:09
Jules Verne lives on. || Dead Air Must Die

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