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Well, it sure doesn't work when kitty is facing me
... I have the arm to prove it. Emily, semi-feral, had her first
free day out of the condo in the garage yesterday and didn't cooperate
to be re-crated last night. I "thought" I had a good hold but she
won. It may be months before she allows me to approach her
again :(
Del
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:46
PM
Subject: Re: scruffing your cat
I forgot to mention, hold him facing away from you, that way if
you
don't have as firm a hold on him as you thought, you won't be as
likely
to get scratched!
Nina wrote:
> Practice scruffing
one of your calmer cats. Get a gentle handful of
> skin and fir at the
back of the neck and to the shoulder blades with
> your full fist.
You'll probably notice your cat relax when you do
> that. Keep him on
the ground or table while you firmly hold him this
> way and he won't
be able to struggle. It's great for a frightened cat
> a the vet's
office. If you lift them off the ground, they'll go
> completely limp.
You want to make sure that you support the weight of
> the cat (under
his butt) with your other hand, or you could hurt him.
> Small enough
kittens can be scruffed without the support. It's a
> safety mechanisim
to insure that babies don't struggle when their
> mom's are moving them
from place to place. Also, male cats will bite
> the back of the
female's neck while mating. It's not to be matcho,
> it's a way to get
the female to hold still long enough to copulate.
> Nina
>
>
Chris wrote:
>
>> I try it everytime I come back from the
vet--but no success--like you, I
>> just can't seem to do it properly
and afraid of hurting them....
>>
>> Chris
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-----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>> Behalf
>> Of
Mackenzie, Kerry N.
>> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 2:27
PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject:
RE: Fishing nets to catch feral babies
>>
>> I've never even
scruffed a cat--I'm afraid that I won't do it properly
>> and perhaps
hurt them! I have a lot to learn.
>>
>> -----Original
Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>> Behalf Of Nina
>>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:19 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject:
Fishing nets to catch feral babies
>>
>>
>> I've
heard about using the fishing net, a friend of mine uses it on
>>
feral babies. After she gets the net over the kitten, she scruffs
>> him through the net. She'll have a carrier placed nearby
with the
>> door open
>>
>> and facing the
sky. Then all she has to do, is drop the baby in and
>> shut
the door. You have to be very quick for this
maneuver!
>>
>> Mackenzie, Kerry N.
wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I agree, it
truly is traumatic catching ferals that have to go to the
>>> vet.
Or even catching them when the vet comes to them. The
housecall
>>>
>>
>>
vet
>>
>>
>>> I've used a couple of times
ingeniously uses a fishing net to catch
>>> them, the kind with a
long pole. I got one myself, for keeping Caramel
>>> in place when
I had to give him sub Qs. (I still have to do the
>>>
>>
>> catching
>>
>>
>>> by hand---I haven't got the hang of using the net
to do it).
Kerry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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