"HALP, WAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?"
Joey has been scratching himself for a while and I decided to have him examined for fleas or mites. Since he was already in the examination room, I asked the vet to check his blood pressure.
I was alarmed at first when I heard the sound of the shaver and stopped the vet from further shaving off his paw. She told me that the clinic used an older Doppler type blood pressure equipment, which necessitated shaving of Joey's fur.
I firmly told her that the Animal Hospital had a digital sphygmomanometer and didn't require shaving. The vet relented and said that they would try to get a reading without having to shave off his fur.
Joey's blood pressure came to be 155mm Hg systolic, which is slightly elevated for a normal healthy cat. But he's been given enalapril every morning to control his blood pressure, so the vet presumed that Joey's BP went up as he was extremely nervous being at the vet's.
His flea problem was dealt with after the blood pressure check. It turned out that I had not given him anti-flea meds since July 2021 and the fleas returned. A thorough exam revealed that Joey only had fleas around the base of his neck, but not mites. He was given a dose of Revolution and the fleas should be dropping dead within the next 48 hours.
"HALP, WAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?"
Joey has been scratching himself for a while and I decided to have him examined for fleas or mites. Since he was already in the examination room, I asked the vet to check his blood pressure.
I was alarmed at first when I heard the sound of the shaver and stopped the vet from further shaving off his paw. She told me that the clinic used an older Doppler type blood pressure equipment, which necessitated shaving of Joey's fur.
I firmly told her that the Animal Hospital had a digital sphygmomanometer and didn't require shaving. The vet relented and said that they would try to get a reading without having to shave off his fur.
Joey's blood pressure came to be 155mm Hg systolic, which is slightly elevated for a normal healthy cat. But he's been given enalapril every morning to control his blood pressure, so the vet presumed that Joey's BP went up as he was extremely nervous being at the vet's.
His flea problem was dealt with after the blood pressure check. It turned out that I had not given him anti-flea meds since July 2021 and the fleas returned. A thorough exam revealed that Joey only had fleas around the base of his neck, but not mites. He was given a dose of Revolution and the fleas should be dropping dead within the next 48 hours.