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~*SooZy*~ - 31 Aug 2003 15:48 GMT

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I have posted a couple of pictures in the above newsgroup to show by leaving
your cat carrier out all the time, a cat is not afraid and uses them as a
bed.... please have a look at my cats... also in bottom link too

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MaryL - 31 Aug 2003 16:10 GMT

> alt.binaries.picture.animals
> I have posted a couple of pictures in the above newsgroup to show by leaving
> your cat carrier out all the time, a cat is not afraid and uses them as a
> bed.... please have a look at my cats... also in bottom link too

My cats will also use their carriers as lounging areas when I leave the
carriers available all the time. Unfortunately, they seem to have some
sense of when it's "visit the vet time" because they go into
intense-struggle mode when that time arrives. Even my blind cat Duffy uses
the cat bed when he wants it but vigorously rejects it for visits to the
vet. LOL!

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Brandy?Alexandre - 31 Aug 2003 17:28 GMT

MaryL <stancole1@yahoo.com> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav:

> My cats will also use their carriers as lounging areas when I
> leave the carriers available all the time. Unfortunately, they
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>
> MaryL

Same here! Kami sleeps in hers, but develops 8 to 12 legs when you try
to actually put her in it.

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Joe Pitt - 02 Sep 2003 12:17 GMT

I think it is that WE are putting them in. They aren't choosing to go in.
Also, mine never close the door behind them when they use it.

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MaryL - 02 Sep 2003 12:54 GMT

> I think it is that WE are putting them in. They aren't choosing to go in.
> Also, mine never close the door behind them when they use it.

Yes, I think that's part of it. So I did some "practicing" by placing the
cats in their carriers when I didn't really intend to pack them up. They
didn't object one bit ... until the day came to visit the vet! Obviously,
there is something different in my demeanor that gives the whole thing away.
Of course, once we do reach the vet's office, it's like the description some
of the others have given -- then the carrier becomes a security blanket and
they can't wait to get back in it. I have to close it up and remove it from
the examining table. Both of my cats are very "good" at the vet's office
and do not become aggressive or fight the examination (and my previous cats
were the same). Of course, I think that's really just fear!

MaryL

Photos of Duffy and Holly (pictorial history of my blind cat Duffy's
integration into our household):
Duffy, Part I: The Introduction -- http://tinyurl.com/8y54
Duffy, Part II: Life at Home -- http://tinyurl.com/8y56

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Diane L. Schirf - 02 Sep 2003 13:06 GMT

> > I think it is that WE are putting them in. They aren't choosing to go in.
> > Also, mine never close the door behind them when they use it.
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> and do not become aggressive or fight the examination (and my previous cats
> were the same). Of course, I think that's really just fear!

Hodge the Feral Hellcat bites and would scratch if he could. Of course,
once you get him out of the crate, if no one else is around he likes to
explore because, after all, he IS dominant. The veterinarian returned
from his errand to find Hodge happily sitting in the sink and reluctant
to leave it to get his skin poked.

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