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I’m currently on a trip and my kittens are in boarding, but it was a NIGHTMARE getting to this point. I can’t pick them up to put them in their carriers, so I’ve just depended on cornering them. My arms are scratched all to hell from one—the other was behind the water heater before he gave up.

It’s not an issue of leaving the carriers out so they’re OK with them. They don’t care about the carriers. It’s me that’s the issue. I’ve tried gabapentin. I tried a humane trap. I’ve talked to the vet. I’ve only had them a few months and one won’t let me pet him. And all of my efforts to corner them are making things worse in terms of them trusting me and accepting me, so it’s a vicious circle.

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I have a cruise next month on Celebrity, and I'm not sure how I'm going to make it. The only reason is I can't get my cats to the vet--if they can't go to the vet, they can't be vaccinated. If they can't be vaccinated, they can't go to boarding. If they can't go to boarding, I can't leave home. That's my life.

ANYWAY, I know I'm past the point of getting anything back, really, but I just wanted to know if there's anything could get? Drink packages? Prepaid dinner reservations? Anything? I've paid so many thousands of dollars, it's unreal. I have insurance, but it won't cover "my cat won't go to the vet."

Thanks.

I got two kittens a while back. Both of them were meant to go in to the vet Tuesday morning, and I only managed to trap one. The other needs to go in for a "first" look, the first one needs to go back for another ringworm treatment (sigh), and they both need two rounds of shots, all within like a month (broken up).

Lots of cats are reluctant to go to the vet--that's nothing new. The trouble is that one of these cats won't let me touch him or even get really near him. The other will, but he doesn't want me holding him, and he still backs off more often than not when I come near. So it's not a matter of "leave the carriers out so they're used to them, use a towel, put them in ass first" and

My kittens had a vet appointment this morning. I was only able to get one there, and that's only because I walled him off and he had nowhere to go but into the carrier. The other one saw what I was doing and made a break for it.

The issue is it's not just a question of the cats not liking the carrier or resisting getting in, like it usually is with cats. The one I got to the vet today won't let me near him still. I can't pet him. The other will let me pet him but still gets spooked if I try to do anything weird--even if I lured him into a carrier, I think he'd bolt the second he saw me going to close the door. They were very shy/scared at the shelter, and while they're comfortable in the ho

I adopted two kittens (almost 4 months old) recently. I knew going in that they would be a bit of an issue because they were scared at the shelter and were described as "shy." But I worry about them because I'm pretty sure one hasn't eaten in a while. The other's been eating mostly cat treats (he did manage to eat some canned food today). I'm not sure if they're drinking.

The one who's not been eating has been more adventurous and willing to explore, but he still can't deal with me. The other has been unwilling to explore but has become more tolerant of me--he even let me pick him up and carry him around.

I know the general idea is to keep them in an enclosed space. The best I've been able

I'd always heard it was pretty much impossible to beat Inkanyamba in the Groves, that it was the hardest film out there, but I managed to beat him tonight on what I think was my third attempt (I got the box a week or so ago and just opened it this weekend). I may have made some errors--well, I know I neglected to apply an event-triggered extra divine wrath point here and there, but it was usually pretty academic when oopsies like that happened. (And they always happen, especially with these multi-rule ones. Like I never remember to panic exposed victims in upkeep in Station 2891.)

It started out horribly and went horribly until he landed in my space and then had no reason to leave, since

Send some good vibes Tora's way... His 20th birthday is Tuesday, but he has a vet appointment tomorrow, and my suspicion is that it's going to be bad. He's had kidney disease for a couple of years, and by the looks of him, I think he's at the end of that journey.

I've had him since he was 1. He's lost 2 sisters along the way (the one I had when I got him, to cancer, and a newer one to...whatever the hell was wrong with her in the end). He's toughed out CKD like a champ, impressing the vets, but I'm not sure that he can do it anymore.

Considering I'm a good ways off from 12 years old IRL, it's nice to be a kid again!

Yay!