tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post7448655364358695743..comments2024-03-18T17:15:39.964+00:00Comments on Life on (nearly) a Small Island: A visit to the V.E.T......Sianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13827449325297069660noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-78827517472340058732014-11-07T21:47:54.900+00:002014-11-07T21:47:54.900+00:00Poor Button and poor Sian. It was bad enough getti...Poor Button and poor Sian. It was bad enough getting any of our cats into the carrier for the 6 mile drive to the vet's. What they would have made of a ferry ride I shudder to think!Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-52135933593355616942014-10-19T18:58:34.865+01:002014-10-19T18:58:34.865+01:00Oh my goodness that a lot of "cat"! My ...Oh my goodness that a lot of "cat"! My old Fitzi used to be a "heavyweight". Button weighs about 5 kilos which is better but still heavy - especially when she throws herself around! And stressful for your kitties too in that heat!! Not to mention you humans.....Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-48274047466096386062014-10-19T18:56:31.627+01:002014-10-19T18:56:31.627+01:00Thanks Bonnie. I always fret when she is unwell. ...Thanks Bonnie. I always fret when she is unwell. Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-27874226029351016502014-10-19T18:56:10.998+01:002014-10-19T18:56:10.998+01:00Hmm yes Button is not impressed! Though she's...Hmm yes Button is not impressed! Though she's done a bit of sailing in her time I think between islands as she was a rescue cat and went from foster home to foster home. Possibly partly why she frets on a boat now.Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-50103584293854816212014-10-15T04:48:44.575+01:002014-10-15T04:48:44.575+01:00It takes an Act of Congress to get my lot into the...It takes an Act of Congress to get my lot into the carriers, especially the white one, for a short, 10 minute drive to the vet. I've got three, so the first one into the carrier clues the other two and they become amazingly scarce and require me to ferret them out and chase them down. Since none of them can (or will) share a carrier, that's three carriers (one of which weighs 16 lbs because the cat weighs 15 lbs). By the time we get to the vet, we're hot, cross, and somewhat disheveled, and the cats aren't happy either! However, that 10 minute ride to the vet is mercifully brief when it's almost 100 F(37+C) out. I made a point of telling them just now that they should count their blessings, they could have to ride on a ferry like poor Miss Button, and got that look. You know the one. The "What are you nattering on about now?" look.WOLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775462248193876148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-83135594930803003142014-10-14T11:30:13.348+01:002014-10-14T11:30:13.348+01:00Glad dear Buttons is okay.Glad dear Buttons is okay.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250212496391989223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-54938510736502487892014-10-12T17:42:56.720+01:002014-10-12T17:42:56.720+01:00Quite amazing, having to go on a ferry to see the ...Quite amazing, having to go on a ferry to see the vet.mamasmercantilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011278973985658118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-86603237678121208022014-10-12T17:18:02.015+01:002014-10-12T17:18:02.015+01:00I will look now, but I did guess the Millenium had...I will look now, but I did guess the Millenium had something to do with it! I think that for those who were able to change their lives, that was the starting point. I knew of several people who used it as the stepping stone to new adventures.Lesneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139947264337493961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-65864787779059355262014-10-12T17:09:36.269+01:002014-10-12T17:09:36.269+01:00Thanks for your comments Treelover and welcome to ...Thanks for your comments Treelover and welcome to Graemsay! I wrote in May last year (2013) on why I moved here so do take a look at those posts (four or five of them) and hopefully they answer your questions. But no, not well reasearched at all. A Millenium wish for adventure brought me here :-) NOT what I advise anyone else to do but it worked for me!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-65853619334401854152014-10-12T17:03:06.651+01:002014-10-12T17:03:06.651+01:00I'm a new reader so although you probably have...I'm a new reader so although you probably have a post explaining how you arrived in Orkney, I haven't yet managed to find it! In 2008 you said you had been there 8 years; so was it was of those Millenium plans "let's just do it now" or do you have family ties going back in the past? Sorry to be so curious, it's just that beautiful as your surroundings are I suspect you made the move knowing just what problems could arise, but loved the place regardless, kind regardsLesneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139947264337493961noreply@blogger.com