I don't know why I dragged my feet for so long finding a new vet for Greenbean. There are at least half a dozen within a mile of our home, I choose the one that has been in the neighborhood for over twenty years. The animal hospital was small and clean and the doctor and assistants were pleasant, and my questions and concerns were addressed. I'm glad to have found a place in the community, to have a "family vet." She was so well behaved during her exam, Greenie is a mellow rag doll of a cat, but I was still impressed with how calm she remained with a stranger poking and prodding. She weighed in at 14.4 lbs, which I found shocking, since I was expecting her to hit at least 16 lbs. It's proof that she is smaller than she looks, that it really is a bunch of skin and hair giving her a more bulky appearance. The ease of the visit ended abruptly when the large gauge needle came out, the one they used to insert the microchip. She hissed and cried and squirmed a bit too much, "we usually have no problems inserting chips in cats, we're going to sedate her to make it easier on her," the doctor informed me. Her cries were heart wrenching, what was I subjecting my sweet baby to! Greenbean is an indoor cat and she prefers to lounge around the house in the nude (i.e. no collar). On rare occasion she will slip out without any regard to let us know she is going, usually because the basement door or garage was left open. She never wonders far, generally we will quickly find her sitting in the grass of the back yard or warming herself in the sun on the driveway. She knows she's not allowed outside, a sharp, "Greenbean!" and she immediately scurries on her belly back into the house. She did slip out last weekend, I panicked like I usually do when she is not in the house and this was what prompted a vet visit, so she can be micro-chipped in case she gets lost without a collar, I know all the shelters scan for them. She's a little groggy from the sedation and extra cuddly, she will be showered with treats later today once she's had time to recover.