I took my baby to a specialist vets in Horsford Norwich to be neutered. They have a special ward for exotics and special anaesthetic etc. My sister came with me and it was a right adventure getting there...
Got up at 6.30am and it was snowing but not too much. Popped him in his carrier and put a black fabric bag over the top to keep him warm and dry. We missed the first bus and had to wait twenty minutes in the snow. I was hugging Chong's carrier and breathing into it to keep him warm. As we got on the bus to Norwich it started to come down really heavily and I started to get a bad feeling. Would it come down too think and we get stuck in the city centre? That would be the worst thing. And then there was a bang and the bus slowed down and stopped. The windscreen wiper had snapped off and the driver couldn't see through all the snow.
We crawled to the next stop in Acle and it was either turn around and go back, or get on the next bus. It had stopped snowing so much so I decided to press on. We got to Norwich and hopped on the next bus to Horsford. It was right out in the middle of nowhere and we had to traipse through the blizzard along country lanes to get to the vets. The GPS on my phone couldn't get any signal due to the weather, but I'd memorized the map on the PC and we found our way fairly easily.
When we got there I was so impressed. It was really professional and they were so friendly. They took Chong after a long list of instruction by his overprotective mother.
We made our way back into Norwich nervous, cold, tired, wet and hungry... and found a lovely pub to have breakfast. We shopped about a bit but I was a really worried about my baby. They rang me at 2pm to tell me he was fine, had eaten and been to the toilet and I could come get him.
They way back was much simpler but very, very cold. We wrapped his little carrier in my sister's scarf and put him in the bag to keep him warm.
He's back in his cage now but is having trouble getting comfortable. I put some fleece blankets in and he seems to be sleeping now.
Bless him, soon he will be able to be with his family and hopefully be happy. They've used disolvable stitches so he won't have to have them out and skin glue as well which should stop him hewing at it. But I will keep an eye on him and see if he needs a collar. I'm also worried about the stress of the journey, but he seemed to sleep through the whole thing, cozy in his carrier. He needs lots of good recovery vibes please.
