A day with the Vet!

Today was bound to be a bad day when I heard the phone ring and mommy confirmed an appointment she made a while ago. I knew something strange was going on because she didn't give me any food this morning. My questions doubled when she put the blue collar on my neck again, and wrapped me up in her spare orange jacket. She carried me into the large box that purrs - mommy calls it her "car" - and then she took me back to a familiar place. The same large building with food and supplies. It was the same one she brought me to on my first day with her and it has this office inside it on the far right corner. In front of the office there is a counter with the name "Banfield" in large letters. I had a bad feeling about that place since we first walked in because I saw animals going in and coming out with their hair cut or with bandages on them. Only those few with fresh hair cuts looked happy to be there.

Mommy was greeted by a lovely red haired lady who told me I was so beautiful and complimented my large light blue eyes. "Cyan is her name? Hi Cyan, I'm Emily". That's all she said to me before she reached out her hand for me to sniff her, then picked me up and held me like mommy did on my first day home. She kept petting me while talking to mommy about when she can come and get me. "Tomorrow evening,... after work? 6 pm? Ok great". I don't really know what that means. Will I be staying here alone in this scary place?!

Emily carried me into the room where only a wall of cages and a cold metal table took up the center of the area. She put me down on the table and pet me and put a light in my eyes and looked really close at them. I know she thinks they are pretty but goodness, does she have to blind me? After that she kept her hand on me while she reached for other objects, I just wanted to peek through the tiny window of the door to see if mommy was still there or not, I couldn't see her at all!

I started to feel really scared and I cried out for mommy to hear me, Emily kept telling me "you're okay pretty girl, you're just fine", but I didn't believe her. She was pushing on parts of my tummy, on my neck, looking in my ears and pushing her finger in my mouth. Eventually she had another lady come in to hold me while she put something in my butt! What on earth would make a person do such a horrible thing? I cried really loud then because I really didn't like where things were going. Emily told me "well, you're a perfectly healthy little girl. Look at this perfect temperature". Is that what this thing was for?! Why would anyone care about the temperature of my butt?

It all ended within a few minutes but I had never felt more violated. The lady friend put me into one of those small cages with a piece of cloth that I can only assume was meant for me to sleep on. That cloth was so overused it hardly provided any padding or warmth.

Throughout the rest of the day other animals were brought in, many of them, in fact almost every one of them, went through the same process. What is this place?

The wall of cages sounded like every spot was full. Some cats went home with their mommys very soon after they were brought in. I wondered if my mommy would come back at all. These people did not give me any food or water all day. It's just as well because I probably wouldn't be able to eat anyway. I just want to go home.

Hours passed by and mommy still didn't come. Things got quiet, then they got very dark, and soon we caged animals were the only ones in the building. I lost a little hope as I fell asleep to the sound of another cats cry.