Just took this photo about 40 minutes ago. It’s Charlie asking, nay demanding, breakfast and he is not altogether happy with what is already laid out for him in the kitchen.
As he has recently undergone an operation – dental cleaning and endoscopy¹ – under general anesthetic, he is being treated like a prince, which he looks and behaves like in this photo:
Note:
- The endoscopy in this instance was done to check the inside of his intestine and stomach. A camera is run up the intestine while the cat is under general anesthetic to check for the cause of bleeding. It appears he is all clear. I think the bleeding is caused by rough edged hair balls in the rectum.
If Charlie met Jozef and Walter, the conversation might go as follows:
Charlie: “Hi, how do you do?”
Jozef and Walter in response: “Fine, thanks, nice to meet you.”
Charlie: “How about popping down to Sainsbury’s to get some cooked breast of chicken. It’s currently 2 for 1.”
Jozef: “Great idea, I’m starving. You onboard, Walter?”
Walter: “You bet!“.
Yes I noticed he remembered his manners and said please, he’s a good lad. Jozef and Walter would like me to tell you they think that there is no such thing as too much chicken and no such thing as a superb vet, though they’re a little biased there I suspect after their recent trip to see our (superb) vet which got them an injection each and put poor Walter on a bit of a diet.Charlie looks well, the photo is really good quality too.
Well spotted. Yes, his eyes are back to normal. I was worried but that is just me being concerned about him. My vet is superb. You can see the pupils are narrow in the picture.
He is definitely milking it. I have to pop down to Sainsbury’s to get some more chicken. Don’t worry, he won’t get too much. Just a bit to make him content.
Did you notice how polite he is when asking for chicken. He is well brought up you know. Right posh 😉
He is Sir Charles of Barnes Common 😉 The op was highly undignified. He has me under his thumb at the moment. Now I think about it, it is pretty much all of the time.
As to his dreaded hairballs, my charming vet (she is charming, really) kindly gave me a lubricant substance to put on his food. This should ease the passage of his hairballs if that is the cause. It is only my theory.
The endoscope (camera device) did see a hairball in his intestine despite it being cleared out for the inspection.
Charlie looks well now, and his eyes look back to normal, so glad all was well. Good lad Charlie, you milk it for all you can, your dad owes you for taking you to the vet.
Oh dear Sir Charlie. They did WHAT to you? Well, you look none the worse for the wear, but I say take advantage as long as you can while the big guy is still feeling so guilty. Best wishes for the problem being solved.
What do you do about hair balls Michael?