Ok, so here's the story line. Roughly 1 year ago, an amazing woman from South Central Los Angeles decided after receiving her Master's degree to expand her horizons and venture off to London. So over the course of the next couple of years she will hope to bring two continents together through the eloquence of her words...ok that is complete and utter bullshit! Your not doing shit so just stay a minute for the hell of it!
Saturday, September 16, 2006
So before leaving the States I had to leave my precious cats behind with one of my closest friends. The UK has a quarantine policy that requires you to get a rabies shot for your animal and sent it to a designated UK vet in the States. After 6 months you have to get another rabies shot and send it to the same vet. If it is negative, then your pet can enter the UK. The next step is flying your pet in the cargo area of the plane, which can get expensive. The biggest problem for me is the stress that it puts on the animals, 10 hours is a long time to be in the cargo area of a plane. I could not justify to myself the necessity of them going to the UK for 2 years and having to put them through that twice. Which is why they are still in States. Below are pics that my friend sent me of my boy cat, his sister's pictures will be sent to me later. The two of them are officially 10 years old this year and seem to be getting crazier and crazier as the years go by. They have survived 3 boyfriends, lived in 3 states, resided in over 20 different apartments, and come in contact with so many people (I can't count how many).
Earlier this year, my boy cat started to lick his fur off of his tummy, so he went to the vet. Lo and behold the vet said that he was stressed out and needed to be placed on anti-depressants. I thought..."How horrible am I as a mother." Poor kitty stressed out from living a fuller life than most cats. His fur is growing back though, as you can see in the pic to the right. 
posted by ReJoYcE at 11:15 am
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