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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

poor otis!

my poor little man is sick and i feel awful! yesterday i took him to the vet to get caught up on his shots and a check up b/c the airlines require this in order for him to fly. so he got his rabies shot and another shot and i was so impressed with his good behavior! this morning, i got up (grudgingly) and showered and was starting to get dressed when i realized i hadn't seen my little bunny yet this morning. usually, otis hears the alarm and comes to talk to me and nudge up against me to convince me to get up and feed him and then turn on the faucet for him. and he usually bugs me for water in the bathroom and he is always underfoot while i am going through my morning routine. and then i realized he hadn't done any of those things i had a mini heart attack and started calling out his name trying to find him. he always comes running when i call his name (unless he sees the cat carrier and knows a trip to the vet is forthcoming, at which point he runs the opposite direction). so nothing was normal and i freaked out. as i looked for him, i found a lovely present of some masticated food on the floor and i knew he must be sick. i finally found him underneath my bedside table and he was just all curled up and he gave me the most pathetic meow i've ever heard from him. so i called the vet, and they don't know anything. they told me to just observe him today. um, i have to go to work. so i brought him in to the vet for observation and so the vet could check him out when she gets in this morning. i hope he feels better soon! he is supposed to fly tomorrow to houston. yes, my little man is a traveling boy. while i move and get situated, otis is going to live at my parents' house with them and their two cats, zach and zoey. in any case, i am worried about my bunny and i hope he's ok!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hope Otis is okay and able to make the trip. I will be thinking about him when I turn on my bathroom faucet. I have never met a cat who is so excited for faucet water. He is truly an exceptional and talkative pet. I'm sure he'll be fine!

Sarah

courtney said...

oh no! i'm so sorry!! i'm sure he's just having a yuck reaction to his shots, but still, it's heartbreaking.

Holly said...

Otis will be so happy to have his own sink again in Chicago! My parents cat drinks out of the kitchen sink...it is so funny to watch!

Unknown said...

so poor otis has been at the vet all day and has a yucky fever. for some reason it won't come down. he is npt going to make the trip tomorrow b/c i can't in good faith put him on a plane right now. i would die if something happened to him. so he'll go home with my dad on monday. my dad is going to visit my grandad in maine and then stopping for a day on sunday to help me. my grandad is a whole nother story as he has now been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on top of all of his other ailments. so it's very hard for my dad and family right now to deal with that. anyways, i am going to go pick up my sick little boy and i can't wait. the house is too empty without him.

Unknown said...

otis update: he is back to acting normal so crisis is over :) i am so relieved.