I took Rosie into the vet this morning to get her spayed. She is such a curious cat, she jumped right off of the table and into one of the nurses arms. This is Rosie’s second vet visit, and she was pretty nervous – with reason! They were poking and prodding her, but were really sweet. The doctor had studied in the US for almost 10 years, so his English was near perfect – lots of Germans love getting to practice their English, but I was really impressed with how good his was.
I can’t believe how expensive it is to get a cat spayed here – that including shots and a microchip cost over 200 euros! I figured we should go ahead with the microchip while she is under, esp because it only costs 30 – apparently cats aren’t allowed to travel without one? Not that we are planning on crossing any borders any time soon, but I think it is a good idea for just in case situations (like her jumping off of our 3rd story balcony and running away).
I also asked the doctor if it was possible to get her front claws declawed. Growing up, all of our cats were at least partially declawed; and since she is an indoor cat, I thought it would be a good idea – but apparently in Germany, declawing a cat is illegal due to animal cruelty. I had no idea how invasive the procedure was and how harmful it can be. Good thing I have a friend who studied Zoology to tell me all about it before I spoke with the Vet – he was able to give me a lot more info about it bc I kind of had an idea of what it was.
My two “sick” days that I got off for my wrist have been incredibly busy – with Rosie, doctors appointments and tons of errands, I am exhausted. Worst of all, I have to do everything one handed. My wrist is better – the swelling has gone down a ton, and it hurts less, but I can totally feel if I had used it too much. Oh well. I am really excited about getting back to work tomorrow – there is so much to do at work, I feel guilty for not going in! But doctors orders overrule my need for stress. 
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