Re: cat carrier trick
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 side, etc.). I have devised a fool-proof method for getting him in on one try. I put him on his little cat bed and then fold the sides of the cat bed up against him so he can't move and just his head is sticking out (the vet called it a "Quincy taco"-- that is how I fold the sides of the cat bed up), and then I just shove the whole package, bed and Quincy, into the carrier. Since I started doing this, Ican get him in on one try with no harm to either of us. He's in before he knows what's happening. Michelle Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!
Re: cat carrier trick
Hahaha, I had not thought of the underwear thing ... but I can not put my shoes on before putting them in carriers - well, the carriers won't happen. Definitely forget about a coat first, too. Del - Original Message - From: Barb Moermond To: felvtalk@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, I can usually con the boys. It helps when they haven't been there in a while, they lose a little bit of their suspicion of me. HAH, my kitties do NOT trust mommy in the morning - if there has been a recent vet trip for either, they won't let me anywhere near them in the morning. And forget about coming home in the middle of the day. 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 wasn't going anywhere![EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With Quincy, the vet would have to be a good runner, as Quincy runs all over the place when any strangers try to go near him. The vets in my area are too out of shape. Michelle In a message dated 4/8/05 10:36:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i've solved it a different way--i use house-call vets! (that way, it's only the vet who needs any tranquilizing) Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito"My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he should impress. Merely living his life, doing what pleases him, and making me smile." - Anonymous Do you Yahoo!?Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!
cat carrier trick
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 method for getting him in on one try. I put him on his little cat bed and then fold the sides of the cat bed up against him so he can't move and just his head is sticking out (the vet called it a "Quincy taco"-- that is how I fold the sides of the cat bed up), and then I just shove the whole package, bed and Quincy, into the carrier. Since I started doing this, Ican get him in on one try with no harm to either of us. He's in before he knows what's happening. Michelle
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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 human-sized cat bed and get it into a carrier)
Re: cat carrier trick
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
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 little bit of their suspicion of me. HAH, my kitties do NOT trust mommy in the morning - if there has been a recent vet trip for either, they won't let me anywhere near them in the morning. And forget about coming home in the middle of the day. 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 wasn't going anywhere![EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With Quincy, the vet would have to be a good runner, as Quincy runs all over the place when any strangers try to go near him. The vets in my area are too out of shape. Michelle In a message dated 4/8/05 10:36:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i've solved it a different way--i use house-call vets! (that way, it's only the vet who needs any tranquilizing) Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito"My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he should impress. Merely living his life, doing what pleases him, and making me smile."- Anonymous Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!
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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 wasn't going anywhere!
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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 at least four--it's what happens when you live near a vet school, they graduate and don't wanna leave town)
