Mochi Health Check

When we brought Mochi home, we were told that Mochi needs to have his monthly check at the vet until he is 12 months old. In a wink of eye, we had Mochi for more than a month. Ya, we are late, we haven't given him his monthly fleas/ ticks medication too. We had been busy/ lazy. At least we kept up with his weekly/ biweekly nail trim and ear clean. We also gave him his 1st bath, which is another story for another day. 

We finally got down to making an appointment and brought him to a vet nearby yday. Mochi is a house cat and never get the chance to exit the house except for the time he came home from SPCA and another occasion where Nana let him escaped the house. I almost had a heart attack then. 

So Mochi is foreign to his portable bag. 

He didn't look too pleased. 

We were the only patient at the clinic. The clinic was manned by a female vet and a few other female nusrses/ staff. Mochi charmed them all and every single sentence was punctuated with somebody exclaiming how cute Mochi is. Ikr. He has those Puss in Boots eyes. 

The regular checkup was done faster than the registration procedure. We got to know that there isn't a need for monthly checkup but an annual one. The next one can be done when we bring him back for his annual vaccination in October. 

Mochi weighs 3.8kg. He was below 2.5kg when we brought him home. No wonder we all think that he has grown bigger and heavier. Daddy Lim said that eveybody in our household grows fat, people, cat, hamster. T.T, 

Mochi is all good except that the vet can feel poop in his tummy bcos he didn't poo poo yday and got me all worried. I didn't even worry this much when my own kids are constipated now. Lol. He also had an upper baby canine that is shaky and should drop on its own or medical procedure would be needed in the future. He is missing one lower canine but it is unlikely to affect him much. He was so well-behaved in the clinic  even when the nurse helped to feed him the deworm pill. Everyone was smittened by him.  

With that, we ended our 1st official vet visit and were $75 poorer. Mochi took the visit well and wasn't at all traumatise. He also finally popped. Hoho. It is probably rare to find somebody so happy to clean sh*t. 

How is the adaption getting along? Popo still gets very upset when Mochi gets into rooms/ areas that he isn't supposed to be. Somebody should just learned the habit of closing door. We are ok. He is just a curious cat and is happy to exit the room/ area after he had completed his thorough inspection. This applies to Puffy too. 

We have moved Puffy from the top of the shelf to the floor bcos Mochi tried to murder his once by toppling his cage to the floor. It was our 1st time hearing Puffy hissing in anger. Fortunately, Puffy is still fine. We have also moved my Harry Potter lego to other part of the shelf bcos Mochi has killed many of the characters, pawing them around. He didn't even spare Potter. Haiz. 

While he is an active boy, he also spends a lot of time sleeping. 

His favorite spots changed from time to time. The recent one is under my work desk and he napped there for several hours yday. Good life, I also want. 

We are enjoying Mochi and we hope that he feels likewise. 

Mummy Lim