Pet Passport Pic?

The V-E-T made a housecall the other day to give Pepsi and Socks their rabies injections. We had arranged that he would come at 4.30 p.m and I knew that I would have to keep Pepsi out of our bedroom before that time because as soon as the doorbell rings, she hides underneath our bed. It is so low to the floor that there is no way of getting her out. So, I deliberately didn't feed the cats in the morning and by lunchtime they were going crazy for food. I waited till about 3.15 and then called them into the kitchen for their late breakfast. They both came running in!

While they were eating, I blocked our bedroom door with a suitcase and shut it tightly closed so there was no way of her getting in. As soon as she finished eating, Pepsi went to go back in the bedroom and realised something was up. She got a bit freaked out and was just sat at the bedroom door crying. I stayed in the lounge and played X-Box and kept trying to call her away from the door, but she wouldn't budge.

An hour later (at 4.15) the doorbell rang and Pepsi made a run for the spare bedroom. I let the vet in and called Penri out of the bedroom to help me. He went and found Pepsi (cowering at the back of the wardrobe in the spare room). He got her out and held her while the vet went to do the injection. She went beserk! She freaked and managed to escape Penri's grasp and was hissing and scrambling to get away (and this was before the vet even touched her)! Pen got hold of her again and covered her face with a towel while the vet gave her the injection. It took a matter of seconds. All that fuss!!

When he was done, Penri put her on the floor and she ran for cover in our bedroom (I had opened the door so she could go back to the safety of under the bed)! Socks, who witnessed all of this from her sleeping place in the office, was still laid there when Pen went over and picked her up. He held her while the vet did her injection and all she did was cry a small meow and that was it. He put her down and she walked back to her sleeping place.

For two sisters - they are so completely different!

After the injections, the vet talked to us about the procedure for getting certification for rabies vaccinations and the paperwork we will need for when we leave Chennai. He looked at the pet passports and seemed surprised there were no pictures in them. He told us we had to stick two photos in each - a picture of the front of them and a side profile picture. Oh yes, and it has to be on a plain background. Well, anyone who has cats will know how hard it is to get a decent photo as they don't hold still for long enough.

I managed to get one of Pepsi but it really looks like a mug shot -



It's no good because it doesn't show the whole of the front of her (and it's not on completely plain background). I tried taking pictures of Socks, but on every single one she has her eyes closed. If only I could have got in front of her when I took this photo ...



























There was a bird on the windowsill and she sat on the sofa looking out of the window for nearly an hour without moving. Even when I went up to her to try and get a photo - she didn't flinch. Unfortunately, the background was wrong and I couldn't get in front of her enough to get a decent photo.

Oh well, I will keep trying!