Nina
Del Daniels wrote:
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 ----- *From:* Nina <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *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-----
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Mackenzie, Kerry N.
>> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 2:27 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[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]
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>> Behalf Of Nina
>> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:19 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[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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>>>
>>> >>
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