oh my god shemp's vet appointment was a nightmare.

he freaked out in the car and was crying by the time we got to the vet office, and like an idiot i opened the carrier to give him a treat and a scritch

and there's a whole freakin petco attached to this shop

fortunately we are all home safe, and shemp was calmer on the way back -- my biggest worry aside from him getting stuck/lost somewhere was permanently damaging our friendship with him...

...but guess who was back at our door five minutes after achieving sweet freedom, mewling to be let back in, and still arched his back when i petted him?

shemp is the goodest boi. he's still skittery but i think we'll be able to patch things up <3

still gonna get the boy sedated or something for his snipping appointment :p

ok now he's not even skittery, i just walked straight up to him and gave him a petting

any other lingering diplomatic freeze will surely be dealt with by the five tuna steaks i bought our little prince <3