no worries, I am fluent in typo :P I love that technique though it does not always work with the soft carriers and these stupid carriers that make me curse a lot:
I normally use a blanket and throw it over them and dump hem in he carrier head first that is standing on its bottom with the front part up. Or have he owner come back and do it themselves. I know when I have my tiger somewhere he will not let another person touch him so I like it when I get asked to get him rather than someone stress him out even more.
Yay towels and blankets! That and a good pair of gloves is what we use - liability issues prevent us from having the client get their own cat. I have a cat like your Tiger and I just don't drop him off at the vet, even for his dentals it was while I was working.
thick cat gloves and a thick towel. Sometimes if the cat's really just being a jerkface, I have the owner try, but for the most part, towel + gloves = win. Heck, sometimes I just send the towel home with the cat, it's just a towel (and usually clean and fluffy!), if the cat really doesn't want to let go of it or something. :D
I've doubled up on towels before if the beast is a heckuvabiter, but this is how I've always done it too. Towel and gauntlets, pin 'em back against the back of the cage to get a grip on them and then chuck them in their carrier.
Yup same here! We have lost a few towels when we send them home with clients but for the most part even though we tell them to keep it they bring it back :P except we don't let clients get their own cat because of liability issues.
If I can't just push the carrier into the cage towards the cat, then we use a bathmat or a large towel. I don't like using gloves because I can never feel like I get a good grip. The bathmat is nice because it's thick and the rubber side gets a good grip on the cat.
I can't imagine using a leash on a fractious cat, it sounds dangerous to me :x I've had to use a net sometimes, but even that I like to avoid using.
I'd be worried about choking the cat using a leash! Or the cat getting entangled in it on the way home...it's way too dangerous!
Ditto on all the previous comments...push the carrier in or use a big thick towel and burrito that angry cat. If you've got any techs or assistants worth their salt they can deal with a fractious cat. Leashes are NOT the answer.
ooh I have never used a bathmat, we have them around the clinic too for the older cats that can't stand on the exam table real well. That's an awesome idea! I was thinking the same thing with the leash but I have only been working very PT lately so I didn't know if I had missed something :P
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I can't imagine using a leash on a fractious cat, it sounds dangerous to me :x I've had to use a net sometimes, but even that I like to avoid using.
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Ditto on all the previous comments...push the carrier in or use a big thick towel and burrito that angry cat. If you've got any techs or assistants worth their salt they can deal with a fractious cat. Leashes are NOT the answer.
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