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Kate and Jack's Excellent Adventure (and Arthur's Not-So-Excellent Adventure)
I just couldn't let the kittens go on any longer without shots,
defleaing and deworming, at the very least. So I finally found someone to take me to the Petco so I could get them taken care of. And I wanted to take Arthur along, because the vet there is the same one who diagnosed his asthma, and the Depo shot did not work, so I wanted to know what to do next. One friend said she could do it, but not until 7:00 pm (the clinic is from 6-8 pm). I called around, and they said they are not always there until 8; it depends on how many people show up. So I called another friend, who could not be here until 6:30. Still didn't think that would get us there in time comfortably, so I called my ex-DH, and he was able to come at 6:00 pm. Yeah! So he arrives and I go to put Arthur in his carrier. Unfortunately, the last time Arthur was in that carrier was to get snipped. And I think he has a very good memory. Heh. He's usually a loving little cat, who loves to ride on my shoulder and nuzzle my face. But try trimming his claws, and he turns into the squirmiest, wriggliest, most stubborn little guy you could imagine. Little did *I* imagine it would be the same for the carrier. I tried. He scratched. He ran. I tried. He scratched. He ran. I screamed "Grab the carrier! No, grab the cat! No, grab the carrier!" as he went up and down the stairs and I chased him. Finally, with about six nasty scratches on me and bleeding everywhere, I managed to get him into the carrier and slap on a bunch of band-aids. Then I easily put the kittens in their carrier, and we were off! They weren't very busy, but there were some people, and the vet and staff were still there. He determined they are about 3 months old, so I was a little off thinking they were 4 months by now. And I sexed them right -- yeah! Kate really is a girl and Jack really is a boy. He thought they were both sweet and adorable, but he just took in two more kittens himself, and has eight now, so they're still with me for now. The kittens behaved perfectly, and got their distemper shots (too young for rabies, the vet said), and their first worming meds. They gave me worming meds for the second dose 10 days later, and gave me Frontline to put on them for the fleas. Then Dr. Beer checked out Arthur. "Poor guy," he said. He recommended I put him on 5 mg of Prednisone twice a day to start, and then try to back it off to once a day. I have some Pred left over from before Sabra died, so I could start him on it right away. It seems like a lot to me, so I am actually putting him only on one a day right now. And he's just as happy about pills as he is about carriers and claw trimming :-( And after he scratched me to ribbons, I had the foresight to bring my claw trimmers and ask the vet "Would you be so kind as to trim his claws?" He didn't have his trimmer, so I brightly said "I brought mine!" lol! I had to hold Arthur up while he trimmed them, and of course, get a couple more good, bleeding scratches on me in the course of it. We got home just fine, and of course Arthur was a bit spooked. It took him all of two or three hours to go back to his nuzzling, loving self. And the kittens were sore and tired and off their food for the night, but the next day, they were right back to being the little rowdy destruco-kitties they usually are :-) And Arthur did better taking his pill yesterday. He is a very smart little guy,and I hope he is realizing it is making him feel better, and I won't have to wrestle him so much in the future to get it down him! And Kate and Jack didn't lick off their flea medication, and are right now contentedly curled up in their large carrier, napping. ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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Next time take a towel and wrap the cat up in let the cat tear the towel up
instead of you Next time put the carrier out a day or two before or in fact leave it out so they get used to the smell. At the shelter we either use the paralyzing grip like the mother cat does but we cradle arm carry them or we wrap them in a towel in case they have an bathroom accident. Worse comes to worse we use the needle proof latex gloves that the cops use we don't like to sedate them unless we have to |
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Kate and Jack's Excellent Adventure (and Arthur's Not-So-Excellent Adventure)
An excellent adventure all around, I see. Good on ya, and God bless you.
Lily & her mama Jazz, RB -- Irulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time wrote in message ... I just couldn't let the kittens go on any longer without shots, defleaing and deworming, at the very least. So I finally found someone to take me to the Petco so I could get them taken care of. And I wanted to take Arthur along, because the vet there is the same one who diagnosed his asthma, and the Depo shot did not work, so I wanted to know what to do next. One friend said she could do it, but not until 7:00 pm (the clinic is from 6-8 pm). I called around, and they said they are not always there until 8; it depends on how many people show up. So I called another friend, who could not be here until 6:30. Still didn't think that would get us there in time comfortably, so I called my ex-DH, and he was able to come at 6:00 pm. Yeah! So he arrives and I go to put Arthur in his carrier. Unfortunately, the last time Arthur was in that carrier was to get snipped. And I think he has a very good memory. Heh. He's usually a loving little cat, who loves to ride on my shoulder and nuzzle my face. But try trimming his claws, and he turns into the squirmiest, wriggliest, most stubborn little guy you could imagine. Little did *I* imagine it would be the same for the carrier. I tried. He scratched. He ran. I tried. He scratched. He ran. I screamed "Grab the carrier! No, grab the cat! No, grab the carrier!" as he went up and down the stairs and I chased him. Finally, with about six nasty scratches on me and bleeding everywhere, I managed to get him into the carrier and slap on a bunch of band-aids. Then I easily put the kittens in their carrier, and we were off! They weren't very busy, but there were some people, and the vet and staff were still there. He determined they are about 3 months old, so I was a little off thinking they were 4 months by now. And I sexed them right -- yeah! Kate really is a girl and Jack really is a boy. He thought they were both sweet and adorable, but he just took in two more kittens himself, and has eight now, so they're still with me for now. The kittens behaved perfectly, and got their distemper shots (too young for rabies, the vet said), and their first worming meds. They gave me worming meds for the second dose 10 days later, and gave me Frontline to put on them for the fleas. Then Dr. Beer checked out Arthur. "Poor guy," he said. He recommended I put him on 5 mg of Prednisone twice a day to start, and then try to back it off to once a day. I have some Pred left over from before Sabra died, so I could start him on it right away. It seems like a lot to me, so I am actually putting him only on one a day right now. And he's just as happy about pills as he is about carriers and claw trimming :-( And after he scratched me to ribbons, I had the foresight to bring my claw trimmers and ask the vet "Would you be so kind as to trim his claws?" He didn't have his trimmer, so I brightly said "I brought mine!" lol! I had to hold Arthur up while he trimmed them, and of course, get a couple more good, bleeding scratches on me in the course of it. We got home just fine, and of course Arthur was a bit spooked. It took him all of two or three hours to go back to his nuzzling, loving self. And the kittens were sore and tired and off their food for the night, but the next day, they were right back to being the little rowdy destruco-kitties they usually are :-) And Arthur did better taking his pill yesterday. He is a very smart little guy,and I hope he is realizing it is making him feel better, and I won't have to wrestle him so much in the future to get it down him! And Kate and Jack didn't lick off their flea medication, and are right now contentedly curled up in their large carrier, napping. ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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And after a trip like that you should be drinking a very large drink and
breaking out the iodine as a chaser I would brought the popcorn to watch that get the cat episode |
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Thank you so much for taking such good care of Arthur, Kate and Jack.
Lots and lots of purrs for Arthur to start feeling much better really soon, best wishes for Kate and Jack to find their onetruehome(s) and hugs for you, Ginger-lyn, Polonca and Soncek wrote: I just couldn't let the kittens go on any longer without shots, defleaing and deworming, at the very least. So I finally found someone to take me to the Petco so I could get them taken care of. And I wanted to take Arthur along, because the vet there is the same one who diagnosed his asthma, and the Depo shot did not work, so I wanted to know what to do next. snip |
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Kate and Jack's Excellent Adventure (and Arthur's Not-So-Excellent Adventure)
Saw a tip on getting a cat into a carrier once (though I haven't tried
it, yet). Take the carrier and sit it upright, like on a chair, with the opening at the top, gate open. Lift your cat high above it, and also gently hold the scruff of his neck and now lower him into the carrier. He will have no idea what he is being lowered into because he won't be able to see what he is going into. I saw it done by a professional cat boarder and she says it works every time. |
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Kate and Jack's Excellent Adventure (and Arthur's Not-So-Excellent Adventure)
Then Dr. Beer checked out Arthur. "Poor guy," he said. He recommended I put him on 5 mg of Prednisone twice a day to start, and then try to back it off to once a day. I have some Pred left over from before Sabra died, so I could start him on it right away. Make sure that medication hasn't expired from age. Poor Arthur. --Fil |
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Kate and Jack's Excellent Adventure (and Arthur's Not-So-Excellent Adventure)
wrote in message oups.com... Saw a tip on getting a cat into a carrier once (though I haven't tried it, yet). Take the carrier and sit it upright, like on a chair, with the opening at the top, gate open. Lift your cat high above it, and also gently hold the scruff of his neck and now lower him into the carrier. He will have no idea what he is being lowered into because he won't be able to see what he is going into. I saw it done by a professional cat boarder and she says it works every time. That is pretty much how we do it. Though I can't scruff a cat. But we do put the carrier on end and lower the cat into it rear end first. Jo |
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