Cat scan.

'Beep'

So today we took Meep to the vet to have her shots and to be wormed.  I always figured her for a bit of a pushover, but within five minutes it was taking the vet and her assistant a good deal of strength to manage her.

She was whipping her head about and hissing like a rattlesnake. Of course I tried really hard not to laugh. I did apologize a few dozen times. The entire time, however, I was just waiting for the 'Could you help?' I woulda had her under control. The trick is being aware of the emergency butt-scruff.

In all seriousness, though, the ladies did a great job. She paused at one point to inform me that there were two kinds of worming medicine; oral and injection. She didn't even bother to tell me which she'd chosen. She was already prepping the needle as she explained it.  Oh Meep, our little pit viper.

We also got a microchip placed in her. This is just as that final precaution if she should run out the door and get lost. If she ends up at a shelter, odds are they will give her a scan over.  There's something really humorous about the vet holding your cat and scanning her like a piece of fruit.