I believe I well keep Agatha as a name for this calico beauty. I just got back from the vet and he kept referring to her tail as a “mystery” tail. Since I am a librarian’s daughter and I love to read and was hooked on Agatha Christie’s mystery books- Agatha fits her. Besides, if I adopt her out to an elderly couple, Agatha would fit there too.
She is going to be at the vet’s for a few days until they spay her and in the meantime, they will do a few prelim tests to be sure her heart is sound. It is a bit rapid but there is no discernable mummur. She was a champ and negative for the nasties. YAY!! Hoping they will be able to spay her tomorrow, but if not then they will do it Weds. They will have precautions ready but the vet believes the problem was with the vet who did the initial spay and the amount and the combination of drugs they used (all repress respiration) He doesn’t anticipate a problem but will have a trachotomy tray ready just in case and some other measures. I told him if they do encounter a problem they can’t readily fix- then just let her go to the Bridge. She is not 8 years old, she is about 4 years old according to her teeth and condition. She was loving everyone there-
When you first wrote about Agatha, I was expecting an animal you couldn’t get near. Yet she seems a loving little creature, just pulled about by her body and circumstances. If she passes the spay successfully, I think she’ll be fine.
I wonder why the lady who had her before gave the impression that Agatha is so aggressive? So far she sounds very friendly. Unless she was aggressive out of some fear she had at her previous home?
I believe her aggression was because she had three little kittens to care for and the woman put her in with her other two cats (never a good idea) Once the battle lines are drawn for cats they are a hard thing to erase. First impressions and all of that. You can successfully merge new cats in with resident cats but it takes time. It sort of reminded me of a sad email I received years ago. This boyfriend went out and got his girlfriend a kitten. They already had another cat and so this guy went on the internet to a cat forum and asked the group what to do to get the introduction to go smooth? One clueless individual suggested dribbling tuna juice on the newcomer and putting her in with the other cats for “instant acceptance!” Sadly, this clueless dude did what he was told and the result wasn’t pretty. He contacted me to try and clear up the mess and win his girlfriend back. Needless to say, she wasn’t amused by his actions or the high vet bill on a kitty who got instantly attacked. Sometimes ignorance isn’t bliss-
There should be a special ring in Hell for people like that “dribbling tuna juice on the newcomer” dude. We mean, come on — you want the old kitties to like the new kittie, so you make the new kittie smell like a snack? Really? What on earth could possibly go wrong with that! sigh…
Hang in there, Agatha. A gorgeous, loving girl like you should snag a furrrever home with no trouble.
PS: Do you know what happened to the kittens Aggy had at her previous stop? (You might have said already, but we missed it if so)