JD wrote:

Well, at least we managed to hold onto him I guess! However, by the time we
were done the first night, his head was pretty soaked. Guess I squirted a
bit much. I had to chase him down & wipe him off. He looked cute though,
his hair was all spiky. Unforutnately, I had been aiming in his ears...

"Gary" wrote in message ...

When I tried something like that for Troni, here's how it went: "...squirt
it in
her ear..." - ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!!! Cat explodes out of kitchen sink,
knocking everything off the counter, slinging stinky stuff everywhere! End
of
story.

Gary






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There's a trick I used with emus that I'm thinking just *might* work with cats.
We had one particular emu, #171, that I named "The Ballistic Bitch From Hell".
NO ONE could handle this emu (I was the best handler there, and I couldn't begin
to handle her). I've seen this bird run sideways on a fence to keep from being
caught.

Well, one day, she had a gaping injury on her thigh (probably from fighting with
the other 19 emus). Since there was NO WAY to handle her to administer first aid
(without injuring her worse as well as anyone who got near her), so I did the
standard thing by just isolating her. This keeps the others from pecking at her
open wound while it heals.

It turns out that we had a special, spring loaded, multi shot vaccination
syringes. It was about the size of a hand gun, and it held about a dixie cup of
liquid in it. And, it shot real accurately (no needle). It was for mass
inoculation of cattle or something.

So, after practicing with water, I mixed up some medication for her wound and
loaded my gun (for emu). From about ten feet away, I was able to apply that
medication to that wound.

So, I am wondering.... if something similar could be used for cats? Just a fast,
measured dose of *whatever* they need in their ears? After what I went through
with Troni, it would be worth a shot (pun intended ).

Gary




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