Before the visit…
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Everyone tells me similar experience with taking cat to a vet. For me, vet is actually the lightest part, but the transport and putting cat into a case is a nightmare, no matter where we go.
She was OK going in the carrier, but man, after the vet she wanted OOOOWWWWWTTTTTT!
for me it’s getting the calico into the carrier. once they’re in it’s cake. the tortie even walks around in the vets office and both of them are so calm for the vet
A way of getting a cat into a carrier I’ve found is, wrap the cat in a blanket and then have someone else go get the carrier, so they don’t know what’s happening until it is too late
I tip the carrier on end, open the door, and let gravity do the work. :)
That was the only method that really worked for my first cat - an enormous stray. So now I do it by default. It seems mean, but it doesn’t hurt them and any method that takes less time I think is less traumatizing. I hope?
So dramatic
One of my previous cats used to get so stressed in a carrier that he would pee in it. Then, he’d have to get a bath afterwards, making the whole situation even worse for him and us. My partner did some research and bought a couple of soft sided carriers that didn’t look at all like hard ones the cat was used to. We unzipped all the sides, decked them out in blankets that smelled like our cat and then liberally sprinkled them with treats. Within a couple of days, our cat had come to think of these as cat houses instead of carriers. When he needed to be zipped up in it, he was docile and willing. He thought of it as a safe space, and it helped lower his stress levels when he was taken outside the house in it. Those carriers are now constantly in use as cat houses in our home. It was truly one of the best cat tricks I ever learned!
Thought that was a ferret in the first picture lol
I moved and took my cat to a new vet near my new house. That vet was not great with him, kind of rough, and we could hear dogs barking constantly, so he was already stressed before the vet even started.
I’ve never seen that cat so upset. But I got him home, he left the carrier, went a few steps, and flopped on his side, and I knew all was forgiven.
I never took him back to that vet - I ended up taking him to the previous vet instead. Much longer drive but they were already familiar with him and his issues, and were much better with him, so it was worth it.
When we adopted another cat, we started using a different vet local to us that we still use (the first cat passed away years ago).
Ours cry on the way to the doctors office but is completely calm once we are there and on the way back.
He was returned back to the adoption center a few times. I wonder if he’s traumatized from that and is afraid he’s getting out up for adoption again but he’s calm once he realizes he’s not.
Nice opossum
First image looks like a possum lol
What a hilarious contrast!
I demand you to give her a good belly / butt pat afterward
She’s doing much better this morning:
Such a lazy fur ball! she looks happy
She has all the love and is much happier not being contained. ;)
I thought the joke was she became a possum. Nope. Just grouchy.
This is real meme material.
