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In addition to enjoying the best food (Orijen and Cool Cat Club) and taking plenty of exercise in and beyond the grounds of Le Château, Louis Catorze stays well with regular trips to his royal physician. Sadly, she is about to leave her post to go travelling, and today is her last day.

Cat Daddy and I had originally arranged to visit her, sans Catorze, with a thank-you card and a gift. However, because the little sod has decided that now is the time to start scratching, we will have to take him as well, for his steroid shot. So what was supposed to be a meeting of thanks and good wishes will now be a(nother) full-on fight to the death peppered with screaming, but at least the vet will be able to tuck into our champagne afterwards. She’ll need it.

The perfect card for a vet.

If you are a long-term follower of Le Blog, you may recall that Catorze’s previous vet, from the same practice, also left her job to go travelling. I don’t know whether this is coincidence or whether taking a year off work is the only remedy for the stress of being Catorze’s royal physician. It’s the former, non?

We wish Charlotte the best of luck on her healing journey travels, and we hope that this is an “Au revoir” and not an “Adieu”. We are looking forward to meeting her successor, although hopefully it won’t be this vet.

Number of vets forced to flee the country to date: 2 (two).
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31 responses to “Au revoir, adieu, auf Wiedersehen, bonne nuit”

  1. mary mcneil avatar
    mary mcneil

    Well, at least you have her for one last allergy shot at Catorze before she flees the country.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Yes, one final hurrah. Or whatever the opposite of “hurrah” is – “boo”?

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  2. Dr. CaSo avatar

    Sorry your vet is leaving, I know how precious good vets are! I cross Rosie’s claws that her successor will be very good, too 🙂 (I LOVE that picture of Louis, he’s so funny and gorgeous!)

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      That picture was taken when I wasn’t well and he was taking care of me. I know. Ahem. 😳

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  3. sevencatsandcounting avatar

    He looks absolutely minuscule from that angle, but somehow his tail looks quite meaty.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Yes, it’s all about the perspective!

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  4. Mme Chapeau avatar
    Mme Chapeau

    Have you already learned who’s going to look after Louis after Charlotte’s departure ?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      We are going to ask today. 🤞

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      1. Mme Chapeau avatar
        Mme Chapeau

        If you can, try to choose a male vet to please dear Louis.
        😺

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          The only male vet is that one that I avoid because I’m still embarrassed about that incident. So non. 🤣🤣🤣

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  5. alicephilippa avatar
    alicephilippa

    Good vets are worth their weight in gold. Have you tried such a bribe to keep her from travelling?

    You just knew, didn’t you, that Catorze would need to go with you to ensure that she remembers you and why she is off on her jaunt?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He was in tip-top condition while we were on holiday. Bastard cat.

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      1. alicephilippa avatar
        alicephilippa

        All cats are bastards. That doesn’t stop us caring for them. Hmm. Manipulative little buggers.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          They are the WORST.

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  6. Kate Crimmins avatar

    We lost our vet too. She was only there a few years. They transferred us back to the other vet we had before. She’s good too but a little less gentle.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      They’re all brilliant at our practice. We had one who was a bit nervous of Catorze because of all his writhing and screaming, but we’ve all been there!

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      1. Kate Crimmins avatar

        Our vet (the one who left) was small, maybe 5 foot around 100 lbs. I saw her trying to walk a large young dog from the back exam room to the front. It wasn’t clear who was walking who.

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  7. Penny Cooper avatar
    Penny Cooper

    Ugh poor you, I spent Wednesday night through to yesterday evening spot cleaning poops and pukes around my flat and the silly dog almost licked a vile package on the green this afternoon. I yelled at him, I mean apart from the worry of such a weeny little being contracting a disease it also stopped me going to a rehearsal last night and the weather puts me in the dumps enough and so I need every opportunity to sing during the long summer (summer??) holidays, so therefore I need him to be healthy to safeguard my own mental health and getting out of my flat to do singing and whatever else I can find to make myself feel happier. Um… Do you get that I’m feeling confined?? Hmmm yes, I just typed this outrage at such a speed you can probably sense the thunder of my fingers on my phone typing this!! Hope the new vet is up for the task and that his great majesty sees fit to be kind to his new physician! Xxx

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      What did he nearly lick? Not fox poo? 🤢

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      1. Penny Cooper avatar
        Penny Cooper

        It was very neat and little pile of poops, wasn’t sure, could have been cat poo which is his favourite, but he definitely caught a whiff from a distance, he is totally disgustimg 🤢!

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  8. Charles Huss avatar

    I feel bad for the vet and the vet techs when I bring Chris there but, so far at least, he hasn’t forced any out of the country (that I know of).

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I bet they all love Chris!

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      1. Charles Huss avatar

        Only the ones who don’t have to hold him down or listen to him screaming.

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  10. cat9984 avatar

    Louis doesn’t look happy at the thought of breaking in a new vet.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He’s just going to have to cat up and deal with it! 🤣🤣🤣

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  12. Aspasía S. Bissas avatar

    Sounds like they both decided to accept side quests. I’m sure they’ll revenir eventually 🙂

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I just hope they aren’t too traumatised!

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