On Sun, 23 May 2004 18:24:04 -0500, Cheryl
wrote:

"Barb" dumped this in
on 23 May 2004:

Gee, if they have to go to the vet or if we are relocating I just put
each cat into the carriers. It's not like I say, "Okay, girls,
please go in." They don't like to go in unless they know we are going
to return home. I've gotten a couple of scratches but if it were
really bad I would put on gardening gloves. I am the boss and
sometimes going into those carriers is for their own little good.

Sooner or later you are going to have to get your cat into a carrier
and although this may be later I say-Go for it!

Yup. I have to get Bonnie to the vet next Saturday for her yearly and not
looking forward to it. But I planned for a Sat appt because our routine is
for her to be in my bedroom on Sat mornings with the door shut (she's used
to that) only this time there will be a carrier in there. I know I can pick
her up when we're on the bed, she might scratch me going into the carrier,
but there is no choice for her.


I've got this problem with my boy Coco, the one who ate the string a
week ago. His hell-raising when I try to get him in a carrier to go to
the vet is why I was extra-worried about the string episode-- if he
needs to go in an emergency, and if he isn't so distressed as to be
docile, then we're in trouble. Last year, I had to reschedule his
neutering twice b/c I didn't get him into the carrier on first try for
two days running. After each attempt, he ran and hid under the deepest
darkest furniture and there was no way to get him out. On the third
day I snuck up on him and grabbed him by the scruff and literally
wrestled him into the carrier. It was a nightmare. Then the vet's had
to keep him an extra day b/c he was scratching so much they couldn't
sedate him even through the bars of the carrier for hours. And by
then, it was too late in the day to due surgery.

He's now a marked man over there. Poor darling has a big WILL BITE
sticker on his chart! He's overdue for shots, but since he is entirely
an indoor kitty, I'm putting the shots off as long as possible.

mary