Tuesday I took the kitten, Seiji (pronounced Say-Gee, Japanese for Lawful), to the vet for his next round of immunizations. They bounced my appointment back an hour due to an emergency C-section that was coming in. When we got there they were just finishing up. From the exam room we could hear the squeaks of the new babies :-) Nine brand new Golden Retriever puppies! Seiji didn't mind the wait. He had fun checking out the fake plant, smelling everything, and chasing bally toys.
Seiji is 4 1/2 months old now. He has a beautiful medium-dark gray coat that is so soft. His eyes are gorgeous! They are jade green right around his pupils and a lovely amber golden color further out on his iris. He likes to play catch and fetch with tootsie roll wrappers. He will bring you the wrapper and drop it next to you. He looks from the wrapper to you and back again. When you flick the wrapper away, he goes NUTS chasing it. A lot of times he catches it midair! Then he brings it back to you and drops it for you to do it all over again!
I asked the doctor to check his ears again because he has been scratching them again this past week. Ear mites, round #2. :-( Doc flushed them and swabbed them out. Seiji wasn't a big fan of that. Then the assistant held Seiji while he got his shots (2nd distemper and 1st FIV). Seiji successfully jumped out of her hands. First he hid back in his carrier. That didn't work - I picked it up, put it back on the table, and "on three" doc pulled him out while I pulled the carrier away. The second time he got smarter and hid under the bench.
We have another appointment this Thursday for his Rabies and his first Feline Leukemia vaccines. I don't want to go through another sudden death from leukemia like I did with our last kitty, Sakura. Next month Seiji will be old enough to be neutered. The vet agrees and said, "Then we'll tutor him so he's a smart kitty!"
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