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Dude! We get it. You don't like vet visits (Original Post) Lady Freedom Returns Aug 2021 OP
I once had a cat that got that way at the vet's. She escaped and wrecked two rooms sinkingfeeling Aug 2021 #1
My dear Murphy cat was like that. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2021 #2
what a good vet. tech. Piasladic Aug 2021 #3

sinkingfeeling

(51,444 posts)
1. I once had a cat that got that way at the vet's. She escaped and wrecked two rooms
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 03:11 PM
Aug 2021

at the vet's and took a heavy, leather, elbow length glove off the doctor's arm. She growled, yelled, and wet herself from fright. We decided not to attempt more treatment or vaccinations for her. She died at age 16.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
2. My dear Murphy cat was like that.
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 06:49 PM
Aug 2021

Our vet had a thick transparent plastic box, with a lid/handle top.The box had lots of holes big enough for large needles.
So the trick was to fit the open top of the box over the opened carrier top ( Very quickly), thus over the cat, then slide the handled part under cat as the bottom of the carrier was moved away.
You ended up with a furious cat who could be kept immobilized by the pressure of the handled part pressing slowly down inside the contraption.
Then pick a proper spot for the injection of sedation.

Vet was rather proud of the cat holder,, he had designed it.


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