file under: hissyfit

one trip with calvin to the vet for his travelling papers, and the halloween image of a black cat possessed by some unholy power makes perfect sense.

seriously, i've never heard a domestic housecat make noises like that before. it was both extremely hilarious and also quite mortifying - the vet at one point apologized because he clearly would be unable to thoroughly examine the howling, hissing, thrashing demonspawn we had brought to him at 9:45 in the morning. what could i do but apologize to him, hoping to indicate that we weren't actually condoning or (god forbid) instilling this kind of behavior.

i mean, i knew the anal temperature probe was going to be bad, but the whole examination was so out of control that i didn't even know the probe had happened until N filled me in on it later (i was busy bolting the carrier back together at the time, as they were unable to get calvin out of the thing safely without dissembling it).

on the cab ride home, calvin was slumped against the carrier door, almost nodding off. he'd literally worn himself out struggling for 30 minutes with 2 veterinarians.

this does not bode well for his trip back to nyc in 1 week - i'll have to fit him into an even smaller carrier and try to convince customs that taking him out and inspecting him won't be worth the pain and suffering he will inflict upon them, the poor bastards.