TheBanyanTree: Forgiveness

[Woofie]

Loved this account!!! :)
And that kitty has forgiven you :)
Reminds me of the day I was stupid enough to try and stick two tomcats 
in a cat container to take to the vet's for their ritual de-tomcatting.
Folks, do not do this at home!.
I ended up with deep puncture wounds all over my arms. These puncture 
wounds rapidly swelled to giant lumps on my arms, by the time I got to 
the vet's place.
I held our my angry welted arms to the vet and said:
"Help! I need a vet!!"
Said vet looked at them and just laughed.
*sigh*
So I slunk home after depositing feline weapons of mass destruction and 
bathed me wounds in good ole Betadine.
Magical fix!! :)
W:)

On 29/08/2014 12:45 PM, Tom Smith wrote:
> We've had Kizzy 10 years. She has always been spooked about
> going to the vet. She was due for a rabies booster. It was time to
> get her in the carrier, a sturdy cardboard box with carrying
> handles and vent holes. Somehow, she *knew.* She did not want
> to be picked up. We had her surrounded, which made her panic.
> She made a dash past me and I attempted to grab her. By the
> scruff of the neck was the plan, but the reality was a black blur of
> slashing claws, and teeth sunk as deep as they would go, just
> above my wrist, where the pulse is. Out of the reasoning realm, I
> tried to pull her off and got the other hand bit and slashed, so I
> made a move like throwing a bowling ball with two hands and
> somehow we got free of each other. She disappeared. I had a
> lot of deep scratches and puncture wounds and pouring-out
> blood to deal with. The medical advice was to go the the ER.
>   
> A consequence of ER paperwork was animal bites becoming
> government business, and Kizzy was quarantined, sort of under
> house arrest. We caught a brief glimpse of her, the next day,
> and noticed one of her canine teeth was jutting out at an odd
> angle. Another emergency. She went back into hiding, but
> gradually relaxed enough to go for food and water the next day.
> Somehow Barbara, with a combination of charm, bribery and
> quickness, got her in the carrier, and we were off to a 7/24 Pet
> Emergency Clinic, Quarantine be damned. Her canine tooth
> had broken off, but there were other loose teeth. After another
> veterinary dental appointment, all that could be done, was
> done for her.
>   
> Animal Control called 10 days later. I said "Kizzy and I are both
> fine." That, fortunately, was the end of the public safety issue. I
> wondered if Kizzy and I would ever be comfortable with each
> other again. There was nothing to forgive on my part. She had
> only been instinctively trying to escape. If she never forgave me,
> I would understand. I wasn't going to push it. She now gives
> me the honor of sitting on my lap again, like none of this ever
> happened.
>
> Image at:
> www.flickr.com/photos/9482738 at N07/14879555700/