Re: cat carrier trick

2005-04-11 Thread tamara stickler
Michelle, TOO FUNNY![EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just another trick to add to the files-- had to take Quincy, my negative, to the vet today (he has crystals). He is the hardest cat to get in a carrier, and I have been scratched and bitten a lot trying to get him in (backwards, forwards, carrier on

Re: cat carrier trick

2005-04-09 Thread Del Daniels
@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:04 PM Subject: Re: cat carrier trick LOL My vets are in good shape, but I can't afford their house calls! For a vet and a tech to come to the house, it's $86 right off the bat. Regular exam fees and everything else still apply. Fortunately

cat carrier trick

2005-04-08 Thread Lernermichelle
Just another trick to add to the files-- had to take Quincy, my negative, to the vet today (he has crystals). He is the hardest cat to get in a carrier, and I have been scratched and bitten a lot trying to get him in (backwards, forwards, carrier on side, etc.). I have devised a fool-proof

Re: cat carrier trick

2005-04-08 Thread Lernermichelle
Might be worth buying a little cat bed to use for this purpose if you have any sticklers. Michelle In a message dated 4/8/05 10:27:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: great idea! (for those cats who sleep on beds, at least. picturing trying to fold up the

Re: cat carrier trick

2005-04-08 Thread TenHouseCats
i've solved it a different way--i use house-call vets! (that way, it's only the vet who needs any tranquilizing)

Re: cat carrier trick

2005-04-08 Thread Barb Moermond
LOL My vets are in good shape, but I can't afford their house calls! For a vet and a tech to come to the house, it's $86 right off the bat. Regular exam fees and everything else still apply. Fortunately, I can usually con the boys. It helps when they haven't been there in a while, they lose a

Re: cat carrier trick

2005-04-08 Thread Lernermichelle
I did not have the underwear trick in my files. Am making note. :) Michelle In a message dated 4/8/05 11:05:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The last time I snagged Smoky, I had to sit around in the living room for 10 minutes in my underwear so he would think I

Re: cat carrier trick

2005-04-08 Thread TenHouseCats
when the vet is coming, i start moving them all into the bedroom one at a time early in the day hee hee... one black persian, known for escaping from locked rooms, is the only one i have a serious problem corralling... and our house-call vets are cheaper than most of the usual ones! (we have