Pulling Teeth

We took Godofredo to the vet this morning because he hasn't been normal* for a while. The verdict was the vet has to pull his last tooth because the tooth was preventing him from eating and grooming himself. We trust the vet and we consented.

We picked Godofredo up at 5.30 p.m. He was in his carrier, still wobbling from the sedative. The vet told us that he had hydrated Goyo, we don't have to worry about leaving him in his carriage for the rest of the evening. We took him home and set him on the couch, his usual place. Lupe came by the cage door to sniff around and tried to put a paw into the cage. I am not sure if she was trying to say Hi or she was actually trying to pick a fight, but I am glad that we left Goyo in the cage alone.

At around 8.30 p.m., Goyo was knocking on the cage door. We let him out, he was till wobbling, but he could walk. Lupe was excited and she tried to pick a fight but Goyo ignored her. Goyo has so much pride in him that even though he was weak, he still insist on sitting upright, with grace and elegance.

Later in the evening, Goyo climbed up the structure that we build a few months ago. He was sitting on the top level, recuperating from the sedation. Lupe climbed up half way and try to pick a fight. Goyo swat her gently in a defensive way, telling her to stop it. Apparently Lupe did not get the message. Finally, after 2 minutes, Goyo was really annoyed, he hissed at Lupe. This is the first time that we saw Goyo hissing since we adopted him in September last year. No matter how annoying Lupe was to him, he never hiss, but I guess today he was really tired and his patience was wearing off faster than usual. Lupe was genuinely shocked as well, with the tail tucked under her hind legs and ears all flapped down, Lupe retreated from structure and left Goyo alone.

Note: Our standard for 'normal' behavior means picking fight at least once every day and chasing around the apartment and making noise every night.