I had a very feral kitty and we used a long net to
catch her to sedate her then she freaked out and had a heart attack, after the
shot instead of mellowing it just plain freaked her out, and killed her.
Nina
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
When we were taking Gypsy in for her tests she was
still very feral. We tried to dose her with a sedative to calm her enough
to put her in a carrier. She was so drunk that we thought it would be
easy. Not so. It seemed like her being that drunk only made her
more upset. She was fighting so hard that we were very lucky she didn't
hurt herself, (my poor husband did get bit!). I think not being in
control of her body made her even more anxious about the capture. The
next time we took her to the vet, we didn't sedate her. It was actually
easier to capture her, and she didn't try to bite either of us. I would
either knock her out with enough medication to keep her sedated until they do
the blood work, (ask your vet), or use the Feliway and Rescue Remedy to help
calm her. If Buddha is as feral as it sounds, and because she's been
through so much lately, I'd think about having a house-call vet come.
Give her the RR, (you can use it like a transdermal on the inside tip of
her ear, don't get it in her ear canal), put her somewhere that's been heavily
sprayed with Feliway and wait for her to be calm. Then have the vet
sedate her, then take the blood. That will save her the stress of a car
ride and having to go to the vet's office. Just my 2 cents.
Nina
Hideyo Yamamoto wrote:
I need an advise from you – I
am planning to take Buddha (squeekie) for blood test to make sure that
everything is ok before I merge her with mine – I can pet her, but she is
not completely socialized – and here’s a sort of my dilemma as to
how to get blood out of her – One way to anthetize (?) her first so
that she doesn’t have to be awake when they do that, and another thing is
to give her drowsy drug (called Acepromazine) to make her bit sleepy prior to
the appointment (risk: it can cause a seizure) – so I am not sure what to
do – any suggestions – I really hate to do either – but also
I hate the idea of stressing her out trying to get a blood out of her, and it
might not even be possible.
