I had intended to take Luna but it ended up being Donald

The wait to get a veterinary appointment to spay/neuter a cat or dog seems to get longer at my Veterinary practice in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila - México. I suppose I should be glad because that means that more owners are taking this welcome and positive step in improving the life and health of their pets.

I have been trying to gain Luna's confidence for a long time but for some reason, she continues to evade me and she has taught that to her two kittens. They only follow me when they see me walking around with food but keep their distance until I go inside.

I suffer from chronic insomnia and it does not help when I have to get ready for an early appointment or when we have to go out of town. I was wide awake at 3:11 a.m. making it more difficult was that Mr. Joe's security light kept on being activated and light flooding my room since I only have blinds on the windows as I do not like curtains. Got up and decided to start my day.

At 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21st I went outside to "pretend" to feed the cats...my objective was to nab Luna but she was having none of it. I came back with food so the other cats could eat except for Chester who was going to be my second choice. However, an opportunity presented itself and I was able to nab Donald and immediately placed him in the larger blue Pet Taxi that I had staged by the side of dad's old car...he was not very happy about it 😠 and put up a fight once he was inside even turning the cage over. Glad I took him by surprise!

I have a smaller cat carrier and had no problem with Chester letting me try to place him inside since it has a top opening but he was too big for it. It would have been great if I could have taken both in one swift trip. That was the carrier I had for Luna since she is skinny.

It only took eight minutes to cross to Ciudad Acuña. Mexican Immigration works in pairs...one is a member of the military and the other is an Immigration Officer. They were both young and cordial the lady military (who had a big gun) asked me to pop the trunk which I did. I only had my empty grocery bags (stores no longer provide bags you have to bring your own) as I was going to go shopping after dropping Donald off at the vet. They quickly sent me on my way.

Though it was a little after 8:15 a.m. I was barely able to get a parking space as he has a big practice which I would say is 85 percent American and 15 percent Mexican. I am sorry this photo did not come out very well.

It took a while to get called and I had to warn them that Donald was a wild one. I told them my problem with trying to trap Luna and how I feared that now that her kittens were 9 or 10 weeks old she would get pregnant again. I got a verbal commitment from them that if I trapped Luna I could bring her and they would try to work her in as long as she had not eaten.

I left him in capable hands and went shopping...I will cover that in my other blog...Terlingua Dreams.  You can click on my header picture and it will take you there or click on this link https://terlinguadreams.blogspot.com/

Crossed back to the USA around noon. The wait was 35 minutes and I got a young lady officer who was also nice, unlike others I have gotten in the past.

It was very hot and my feet hurt from all the walking I did in México but I was afraid to take a nap and oversleep so I just went on with my day. I returned to Ciudad Acuña a little after 4:00 p.m.

Another long wait to pick him up. The good thing is they were limiting two people per pet as the waiting room is small.

Donald still under the effects of sedation was mellow...

I was charged $2,300.00 Mexican pesos for the surgery and $150.00 pesos for his shots. That comes to $2,450.00 pesos at an exchange rate of $20.00 pesos to one US dollar or $122.50 USD for a cat that does not like me and the feeling is mutual. However, I am 99.9 percent sure he is the father of Luna's kittens as well as the recently born litter Grayson had two days ago (future post on that).

They had more lanes open for the second crossing back to the United States and again I was greeted by a young and friendly officer...talk about having good luck! 

Here is Donald with his innocent face as if saying "why mommy?" 😁 Once we got home and I opened the Pet Taxi he took off like lightning.  He came back to eat but kept an eye on me and then I never saw him until the following day.

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