Comments on: Date With The Vet http://artlung.com/blog/2005/04/12/date-with-the-vet/ Blogging sporadically since February 2001. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:15:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Joe http://artlung.com/blog/2005/04/12/date-with-the-vet/#comment-214 Joe Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:13:35 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2005/04/12/date-with-the-vet/#comment-214 Jukebox -- We agonized over this. But we've had a helluva time finding someone to rent to us just for financial reasons, and when we found someone who would, and it was in a place we like, with space we like, the cat really comes second. We love Bas, believe me, but he has to come second to Leah, my, and the kids' needs. Maybe you're joking in your comment, but I'm answering you as seriously as I can, because this transition *definitely* has an emotional toll for me. Any little thing Bas does this week evokes lots of emotion and feelings of loss. :-\ There's also the factor that Dev, the oldest, is allergic -- as in, he's around the cat 15 minutes and he needs to have antihistamines -- so long-term a cat may not be what we need, at least for now. He's flying out to Virginia - and the hope is that down the road, we'll get him back. He's merely on vacation for a while. That at least is our hope. The date with the vet went well, he's now current on vaccinations, and we have a health certificate. So now he can fly anytime in the next 10 days. Well, 9 now. We'll fly him out this weekend. Jukebox—
We agonized over this. But we’ve had a helluva time finding someone to rent to us just for financial reasons, and when we found someone who would, and it was in a place we like, with space we like, the cat really comes second. We love Bas, believe me, but he has to come second to Leah, my, and the kids’ needs.

Maybe you’re joking in your comment, but I’m answering you as seriously as I can, because this transition definitely has an emotional toll for me. Any little thing Bas does this week evokes lots of emotion and feelings of loss. :-

There’s also the factor that Dev, the oldest, is allergic—as in, he’s around the cat 15 minutes and he needs to have antihistamines—so long-term a cat may not be what we need, at least for now.

He’s flying out to Virginia – and the hope is that down the road, we’ll get him back. He’s merely on vacation for a while. That at least is our hope.

The date with the vet went well, he’s now current on vaccinations, and we have a health certificate. So now he can fly anytime in the next 10 days. Well, 9 now. We’ll fly him out this weekend.

]]> By: Jukebox JT http://artlung.com/blog/2005/04/12/date-with-the-vet/#comment-213 Jukebox JT Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:08:44 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2005/04/12/date-with-the-vet/#comment-213 I saw your comment about this on <a href="http://www.particlewoman.com/seafoam/archives/000393.html">Seafoam</a> and silently wondered to myself "What would they have done if the landlord only allowed a maximum of 3 kids in the house?" I saw your comment about this on Seafoam and silently wondered to myself “What would they have done if the landlord only allowed a maximum of 3 kids in the house?”

]]> By: Joe http://artlung.com/blog/2005/04/12/date-with-the-vet/#comment-212 Joe Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:37:07 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2005/04/12/date-with-the-vet/#comment-212 Sass, check out this <a href="http://www.usairwayscargo.com/cargo/shippers_guide/rules/live_animals.htm">US Airways Page</a> for the full poop. Sass, check out this US Airways Page for the full poop.

]]> By: Sassy http://artlung.com/blog/2005/04/12/date-with-the-vet/#comment-211 Sassy Wed, 13 Apr 2005 03:24:01 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2005/04/12/date-with-the-vet/#comment-211 how do you go about flying a cat? I am genuinely interested in this, as my considerations of transcoastal reloacation concern the welfare of a certain stenchy creature how do you go about flying a cat? I am genuinely interested in this, as my considerations of transcoastal reloacation concern the welfare of a certain stenchy creature

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