Oh. My. God. Have you ever seen a kitten require complete anaesthetics - given through the trellis of a very narrow cage - just for a microchip? No? Well, my vet and I did. He took his rabies shot quite well, but when the vet tried to shoot the chip under his skin, he totally freaked out! Normally, that syringe pierces any skin, but Moshe's skin seems to be very thick   Poor thing must have been hurting terribly!

So she sedated the critter who was screaming, scratching and biting for dear life after putting him in a cage which can be resized to hold the animal inside like a straitjacket but Moshe still freaked about! Well, when he finally fell asleep, he got his chip implanted

Why all this trouble? He's celebrating christmas in Israel, together with me mum and me  I couldn't leave him all alone at his first christmas! He's just a baby, remember? MY baby! Thinking about leaving him at a cat hotel or wherever, got me nightmares in which I left Moshe all alone and something horrible happened to him every time

And he's still sleeping. He just peed down my lap in his sleep

Now to get my mum to accept this.....