When we got Simon and River, everyone at King Street Cats said that the cats were pretty little when they were brought in (March of 2011). Some of the vet paperwork listed a birthdate of April 15, 2010, which didn't make any sense (why would the gentleman who found them keep them for almost a year before bringing them to the shelter?). But one of the health summary sheets said January 25, 2011, which sounded much more feasible.
Yesterday we brought the babies in to the vet for their yearly exam and shots, as well as a check-up from the respiratory thing they had two weeks ago (hence the antibiotics). They're both a healthy weight, and everything looks good. River was very well-behaved, she resisted a little but allowed the vet to give her two shots while Sarah held her.
Simon, on the other hand, was a fighter. We got the first shot in his hind leg, but for the one in his front shoulder he was having none of it. As Sarah tried to hold him still, he looked up at her with these big eyes that said, "I thought you would protect me from such things!!" Then he proceeded to hiss and slash claws at the vet, so he had to be taken into the back room where a couple people could hold him. He takes after Sarah in his attitude toward needles!
The vet estimated that they're probably a little over a year old now, which means that the January 25 birthday is probably the closest to right. January 25 just happens to be the day we celebrated having them for 2 weeks, so I don't feel so guilty that they got cheated out of a birthday party. So that is now their birthday!! Yearly celebrations will follow. :-)
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