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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2005They know something is up.....
Tomorrow the cats and birdies go to the clinic with me where they will be poked, prodded and boarded until next Monday. I brought out the cardboard carrier and the other regular carrier and put them in the living room. Mischief and Imp know something is up and have immediately retreated. Mischief is hiding in the kitchen somewhere, and Imp has retreated under my roommate's desk. Oh yes, they know something is up. Mischief is now kissing up to me as if to say, "You're not thinking of sticking me in THERE, are you?" Myahem is sniffing too. I know she recognizes the box I took her in the last few times. I borrowed a third carrier from school but it is HUGE. Much too big for me to carry discreetly around the apartment complex So i will grab a cat in the cardboard carrier, sneak them down to the car and put them in the big carrier. To appease them, I'll request that they be fed gooshy (canned) while they are staying. I'm not sure if they will have much of an appetite, however. I'm also sending my fleece blanket for Mischief, the cube for Imp and a pillowcase from my bed for Mayhem. Hopefully they won't soil them during their stay. I'm also going to bite the bullet and pay to have them bathed too. I would do it myself, but that would have to be on my own time which I will have little of when I come back. Ah the money we spend so that our loved ones are taken care of. Kristi Sounds like a harrowing adventure. I hope the furballs come through it well.Sounds like they've got you pegged & you'll do anything to make them more comfortable..... Much like me & my masters...... Mathew, Chablis & Muscat. Because of Otis's various illnesses and frequent tripsto the vet, he was getting wise to the carrier coming out and would hide, and have a hissy fit when the time came. Then I hit upon a brainwave! The carrier stays out all the time, with a nice soft cushion inside it. He uses this as one of his many sleeping places and is not freaked out by it anymore. When the time comes for a visit, sometimes, if I'm really lucky he's already in it and all I have to do is quickly lock the door, if not I just pick him up and chuck him in there (he still makes a bit of a fuss, but it's certainly not claws drawn at dawn time again). Of course when we get to the vet he doesn't want to leave his carrier, but all in all I think this is much less stressful both for the cat and its slave, especially since the time he drew blood from my neck! Good luck > Because of Otis's various illnesses and frequent tripsto the vet, he > was getting wise to the carrier coming out and would hide, and have a [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Good luck Rusty's plastic carrier is always sitting in his room. Sometimes he sleeps in it. It was when I locked the door he made a big fuss pawing the door. But I found he is a lot calmer when I stuffed him in a cardboard carrier. So now I use the cardboard carrier to take him to the vet. Winnie >> Because of Otis's various illnesses and frequent tripsto the vet, he >> was getting wise to the carrier coming out and would hide, and have a [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Winnie Not being able to see out calms a lot of cats. Sam completely disassembled one of those cardboard carrier from the inside out in about 10 minutes when I tried to use one to take him home from the vet. Before we got home, the carrier was shredded, he was out in the car, and he was totally pissed. Jo >> Rusty's plastic carrier is always sitting in his room. Sometimes he >> sleeps in it. It was when I locked the door he made a big fuss pawing [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Jo Really? I better be very careful next time I take Rusty to the vet in his cardboard carrier. Since I don't have a car and the vet is only 10 mins away, I walk Rusty there. I won't want him to get out while walking along a very busy street. I usually get a tight grip on the carrier. I think Rusty hasn't associated the cardboard carrier with going to the vet yet. I use it mainly to take him downstairs whenever the fire alarm went off. It is a lot lighter than the plastic carrier for me to take it down the stairs as I live in a highrise. Winnie >>> Rusty's plastic carrier is always sitting in his room. Sometimes he >>> sleeps in it. It was when I locked the door he made a big fuss pawing [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Winnie It wasn't like Sam snuck out or anything. There was a lot of very noisy ripping and tearing and Siamese yowling to go along with it. I wouldn't expect a cat that had been in one before without a problem to go nuts like that. Jo >Not being able to see out calms a lot of cats. My Sammy is just the opposite. She HATES being locked inside the carrier and cries the whole time. If I tether her lease to the carrier so that she can stand and look out the windows she's fine. She'll usually just look out the window for a minute or two, then curl up and nap. >Sam completely disassembled >one of those cardboard carrier from the inside out in about 10 minutes when >I tried to use one to take him home from the vet. Before we got home, the >carrier was shredded, he was out in the car, and he was totally pissed. I've never tried transporting anyone here in a cardboard carrier, but when I took Rocky to TED a couple times I'm sure he would have dug his way out if I had.  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > >Not being able to see out calms a lot of cats. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > usually just look out the window for a minute or two, then curl up and > nap. My Sammy is the same way. I put her harness on her and then I thread the seatbelt through the back strap of the harness. That way she's just strapped into the truck like all the other "people" and she's perfectly happy to be able to sit up and look out. Hugs, CatNipped > >Sam completely disassembled > >one of those cardboard carrier from the inside out in about 10 minutes when [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > when I took Rocky to TED a couple times I'm sure he would have dug his > way out if I had. When Little Miss first came to stay with us, I would take her back and forth to my office in a carrier. It was one of those Rubbermaid plastic sorts with a long strap that I could sling over my shoulder. In a couple of months, she would jump in and out of the carrier. She would play on and in it at home or at the office. She seemed to really love it. Then, came her sickness with the itching and scratching and the bleeding sores and then the surgeries and the many visits to the vet. For some reason, she came to associate the carrier with the vet and now won't go near it. If I put her in it, she yowls the whole time and becomes an attack kitty of the worst sort. I still keep the carrier tucked in a corner, hoping she'll discover it again, but she has faithfully ignored it. I use it now only when I absolutely have to. When we go places in the car, she's leashed in tightly and then I walk her to where we're going, even if it is to the vet's office. In the vet's office she sits quietly in my lap or in the chair next to me. Because we go so many places in the car, she doesn't seem to be afraid of it. She just sits, looks out the window and sometimes makes a comment on the ability of the driver to keep her safe. --LMM (Little Missy's Mom) and the ever brave and adventurous Little Miss > Tomorrow the cats and birdies go to the clinic with me where they will > be poked, prodded and boarded until next Monday. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Kristi I know they've been Catnapped already, but I leave Persia's carrier out where it can be seen at all times. This way she doesn't get alarmed because it's always there. Might not be convenient, but sometimes it works. Still, *somehow* she knows. The Mothership must beam down information. Or she senses some change in my demeanor. I dunno. I had to chase her out from under the bed the last time with a broom handle. She's not afraid of brooms but she'll know when I'm going to take her to the vet on 9/14 before my flight. You just know she will! Jill > Tomorrow the cats and birdies go to the clinic with me where they will > be poked, prodded and boarded until next Monday. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > will have little of when I come back. Ah the money we spend so that > our loved ones are taken care of. I know what you mean. Last time I went to see my mother, Rusty's boarding fees at the vet amount to a 1-way plane ticket. Friends don't understand why I only go see my mother once a year or every other year. Winnie > Kristi > I know what you mean. Last time I went to see my mother, Rusty's > boarding fees at the vet amount to a 1-way plane ticket. Friends don't > understand why I only go see my mother once a year or every other > year./// Yeah, I'd concur with that. When my folks came back to the UK for 3 weeks, Robbies borading fees were more expensive that a return plane ticket to the UK! Helen M |
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