[at-l] Trouble

[Amy Forinash]

On Dec 22, 2008, at 1:45 PM, Mark Hudson wrote:

> Ah, "drunk" to me automatically implied alcohol... tried to figure  
> out how you could booze up a cat by accident. Hmmm, stress? Maybe I  
> should see your vet  :  )


Hee!  She's a very nice vet.

No actuall beer luge was used, but if you observed the cat you would  
say "Yep, he's drunk."

My morning went like this:
1.  Feed cats.  Give cats glucosamine.  Give diabetic cat insulin.   
Give Trouble Xanax.
2.  Notice Trouble thundering around the house having a ball and think  
"Hee!"
3.  Notice Trouble starting to stagger around and realize "OMG, my cat  
is drunk".
4.  Call vet.  Vet says "Yeah, they will act drunk on Xanax."
5.  Wake up husband to observe antics.
6.  Trouble goes through "I love you guys" phase of drunkenness.
6a.  Trouble wants desperately to follow JD into the basement but  
instead lays on the floor, batting at the string tied to the door.
7.  Trouble is not entirely successful with litterbox maneuvers.  I  
wipe litter off his nose.  He gazes up in drunken gratitude.
8.  Trouble staggers around, nearly bonking his head on bricks.  I try  
to convince him to lie down.  "I'm not sleepy!" he says as he weaves  
around the room.
9.  Trouble falls asleep.

That lasted about an hour.  He's awake again and being a lap fungus.   
He's still too out of it to be allowed to walk around on his own.