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Just make sure you test the trigger pressure on the trip plate a few times before you deploy the trap. Its very easy to misjudge the pressure and set it too high. Tap the trip plate with a hanger or short stick to make sure it trips with very little pressure. Good luck, Phil, Hi Thanks very much for all of the advice,it has all proved to be invaluable.After a 4hour round trip last night to go and collect the trap,I was exhausted this moring,but did test it a couple of times on one of our own cats,until I was satisfied that I wouldn't get it wrong,or hurt her in any way.At 9.30,I heated some canned cat meat up, then as sure as eggs are eggs,she turned up @ 9.45 to see what was on offer today.I waited until I could see that she was clearly in the trap, then triggered it & went straight out to see that she was ok.Appart from a huge amount of growling and spitting & hissing at me,I could see that she was fine,so went back in to,call my vet,Lola.She very kindly came straight out to me & took one look at her & asked me to help her restrain her(I knew those welding gloves would come in handy one day!),whilst she administered a sedative to calm her down. Once done,Lola shaved the area so that we could see it,& as we thought, the collar was actually embedded into the poor things neck.It appeared to be similar to a dogs collar,having no elasticated strip mechanism to release a bit of give if it got caught-Please everyone,note that these are highly dangerous!!As soon as she put a bit of pressure on the site,it exploded with puss & blood,& the abcess started to weep.I got on with cleaning the site with warm saline soloutin,whilst she gave the cat a shot of antibiotics, then she started to stitch the site up again after it was thoroughly cleaned and disinfected;she also treated another gash on her leg that was infected as well whilst she was restrained.Poor, Poor cat! After fitting her with a restraint collar,I asked if she was going to take her into the clinic for observation,but she didn't think it was nessacery,telling me that I was perfectly able to keep an eye on her,so we put her straight out in to one of the outside runs with heated housing,so that she doesn't feel totally threatened or is too alien to her either.This way we can keep an eye on her,but leave her in peace too. The vet has left me with a weeks supply of antibiotics,& advised me to call her if there any problems in the meantime.If not,I am to take her back to clinic in just under a week when she will have her stitches removed & be spayed at the same time whilst she is under anasthetic, to kill two birds with one stone so to speak.(It looks like she has recently weaned a litter by the look of her teats) The cat is on a mixed wet & dry diet(antibiotics go into the wet food because she doesn't leave a scrap!!).I have been out there a few times just to have a quick peep @ her,& she is eating and drinking normally,so I am really pleased with her progress.When it came time to settle my account with Lola, she didn't charge me a single penny for coming out or treating her either-How is that for generositiy & festive spirit?!!!!!!! All she charged me for were the shots she had & the antibiotics too.If there were an award for vet of the year, she would get my vote every single time.I thanked her of course! I really was so grateful to her. When we take her back & she is spayed, I intend to hang on to her & If there is any hope of rehabilitating her,I intend to keep her until she is, then try & home her;if she is not,I have two options.Take her down to the shelter, or release her.I am inclined to do the later of the two.My reasoning for this is that I very much doubt that she would ever be homed.If I release her, at least she knows where to come at dinner time,& I can rest asurred that @ least only she will come to dinner, rather than her & all of her offspring too for the next possible 6or so years of breeding that she would appear to have left in her. If you have other thoughts or ideas on this,I would gladly accept advice.I am no expert,I just know how to care for them. last but by no means least,thank you very much for the advice and support that you offered Phil.I don't think that I would have actually had the confidence to go ahead without it,& we could have lost this little one for sure.Seaons greeting's to you & yours & to all @ the shelter too.With Gratitude, Sheelagh |
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sheelagh wrote: snip With Gratitude, Sheelagh whew! THANK GOD FOR PHIL |
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addicted wrote: sheelagh wrote: snip With Gratitude, Sheelagh whew! THANK GOD FOR PHIL Thank god for anyone who is kind enough to give anyone the confidence required to do something they wouldn't other wise have had the confidence to try. HAPPY XMAS BARRY & the furballs too,LOL!;o) S. |
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on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:07:34 GMT, "sheelagh"
wrote: Thanks very much for all of the advice,it has all proved to be invaluable WOW, Sheelagh! GREAT WORK. That little girl is so fortunate to have chosen your home to visit. I hate to think of how much pain she must have been enduring with that collar embedded in her neck. It makes me sick to think that someone put a collar like that on a cat and abandoned her. What a lovely thing you have done, your vet, too! -- Lynne http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it/ |
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Thanks very much for all of the advice,it has all proved to be invaluable WOW, Sheelagh! GREAT WORK. That little girl is so fortunate to have chosen your home to visit. I hate to think of how much pain she must have been enduring with that collar embedded in her neck. It makes me sick to think that someone put a collar like that on a cat and abandoned her. What a lovely thing you have done, your vet, too! -- Thank you for your kind words Lynne,but to be honest, the real hero's are the ones that inspired me to me believe in myself,& the vet who so kindly did the real work for no fee too.I am just glad as you say that the right cat came to right community feeding bowl,& that I didn't foul the whole operation up !!Lola was brilliant too-not any old vet would be so kind as to do that,would they? As I type, she is fast asleep & oblivious to the happy ending she has caused.I wouldn't have been able to live with myself knowing that I didn't interveen if you understand what I mean? I hope that you have an excellent day tomorrow too with you and your's and your feline family too, Hugs n stuff, Sheelagh |
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sheelagh wrote: Thank you for your kind words Lynne,but to be honest, the real hero's are the ones that inspired me to me believe in myself how sickening why can't you just be yourself I have no idea what sheelagh is saying in any of her posts I have no idea what sheelagh thinks about stuff or anything you got ****ing toilet paper hanging from your skirt, your press-ons are due! your roots are showing, your peg leg is losing its suction CAN ANYBODY BE REAL? poor thing, all she wanted was a friend bookie will be your friend if you want friends sheelagh, it starts with being yourself this way, ITS NOT TIRESOME TO BE AROUND YOU |
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On Sat 23 Dec 2006 06:40:51a, Wendy wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav : I have no doubt that a drop trap would work, but I wonder how you would get the cat into a carrier for vetting? Phil may have explained before, but I probably missed it. http://www.alleycat.org/pdf/droptrap.pdf Thanks, Wendy. Excellent description, and brilliant design. -- Cheryl |
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On Sat 23 Dec 2006 08:37:39p, Phil P. wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav newsRkjh.1870$%M1.1628@trnddc08: Butt the transfer cage door to the trap's transfer door and raise the doors at the same time- most cats run right into the transfer cage because they think they're escaping from the trap. If the cat doesn't run into the cage on her own, I use two dowels to guide her in. After seeing the design, it looks simple! Good to know. If I'm using a carrier instead of a transfer cage, I butt the carrier (with the door open) to the trap's transfer door. I remove the transfer door of the trap and use it to block the carrier doorway after the cat goes in the carrier. Then I slide the transfer door out as I'm closing the carrier door. Its a lot simpler than it sounds. I'd go for a havahart trap, I wouldn't recommend Havaharts--they're unreliable and poorly made. Tru-Catch, Safeguard, and Tomahawk traps are made much better and have better triggers. The Tru-Catch has the best trip plate of all the traps and has more room inside than other traps the same size-- makes a better recovery cage, too. The 36D fits inside RB 36 duffle bag perfectly- makes an excellent trap cover and great camouflage. I haven't used any other type, but good to know there are others. Thanks for the explanation. -- Cheryl |
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On Sun 24 Dec 2006 01:07:34p, sheelagh wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav roups.com: Thanks very much for all of the advice,it has all proved to be invaluable.After a 4hour round trip last night to go and collect the trap,I was exhausted this moring,but did test it a couple of times on one of our own cats,until I was satisfied that I wouldn't get it wrong,or hurt her in any way.At 9.30,I heated some canned cat meat up, then as sure as eggs are eggs,she turned up @ 9.45 to see what was on offer today.I waited until I could see that she was clearly in the trap, then triggered it & went straight out to see that she was ok.Appart from a huge amount of growling and spitting & hissing at me,I could see that she was fine,so went back in to,call my vet,Lola.She very kindly came straight out to me & took one look at her & asked me to help her restrain her(I knew those welding gloves would come in handy one day!),whilst she administered a sedative to calm her down. Once done,Lola shaved the area so that we could see it,& as we thought, the collar was actually embedded into the poor things neck.It appeared to be similar to a dogs collar,having no elasticated strip mechanism to release a bit of give if it got caught-Please everyone,note that these are highly dangerous!!As soon as she put a bit of pressure on the site,it exploded with puss & blood,& the abcess started to weep.I got on with cleaning the site with warm saline soloutin,whilst she gave the cat a shot of antibiotics, then she started to stitch the site up again after it was thoroughly cleaned and disinfected;she also treated another gash on her leg that was infected as well whilst she was restrained.Poor, Poor cat! snip Congrats! It just takes a little persuasion when you're clearly an animal lover such as yourself. You couldn't let that poor cat suffer and you did what you had to do to get her, and you got her quickly. Kudos to you and your vet for her pro bono work on this cats behalf. Turns out to be a very happy holiday for her and for you. And for those of us reading. Thank you. -- Cheryl |
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"sheelagh" wrote in message oups.com... Just make sure you test the trigger pressure on the trip plate a few times before you deploy the trap. Its very easy to misjudge the pressure and set it too high. Tap the trip plate with a hanger or short stick to make sure it trips with very little pressure. Good luck, Phil, Hi Thanks very much for all of the advice,it has all proved to be invaluable.After a 4hour round trip last night to go and collect the trap,I was exhausted this moring,but did test it a couple of times on one of our own cats,until I was satisfied that I wouldn't get it wrong,or hurt her in any way.At 9.30,I heated some canned cat meat up, then as sure as eggs are eggs,she turned up @ 9.45 to see what was on offer today.I waited until I could see that she was clearly in the trap, then triggered it I don't understand. If you were using a Tru-Catch the cat would have triggered the trap when she stepped on the trip plate- you didn't have to tigger it. How did you trigger it?? & went straight out to see that she was ok.Appart from a huge amount of growling and spitting & hissing at me,I could see that she was fine,so went back in to,call my vet,Lola.She very kindly came straight out to me & took one look at her & asked me to help her restrain her(I knew those welding gloves would come in handy one day!),whilst she administered a sedative to calm her down. Once done,Lola shaved the area so that we could see it,& as we thought, the collar was actually embedded into the poor things neck.It appeared to be similar to a dogs collar,having no elasticated strip mechanism to release a bit of give if it got caught-Please everyone,note that these are highly dangerous!!As soon as she put a bit of pressure on the site,it exploded with puss & blood,& the abcess started to weep.I got on with cleaning the site with warm saline soloutin,whilst she gave the cat a shot of antibiotics, then she started to stitch the site up again after it was thoroughly cleaned and disinfected;she also treated another gash on her leg that was infected as well whilst she was restrained.Poor, Poor cat! After fitting her with a restraint collar,I asked if she was going to take her into the clinic for observation,but she didn't think it was nessacery,telling me that I was perfectly able to keep an eye on her,so we put her straight out in to one of the outside runs with heated housing,so that she doesn't feel totally threatened or is too alien to her either.This way we can keep an eye on her,but leave her in peace too. The vet has left me with a weeks supply of antibiotics,& advised me to call her if there any problems in the meantime.If not,I am to take her back to clinic in just under a week when she will have her stitches removed & be spayed at the same time whilst she is under anasthetic, to kill two birds with one stone so to speak.(It looks like she has recently weaned a litter by the look of her teats) The cat is on a mixed wet & dry diet(antibiotics go into the wet food because she doesn't leave a scrap!!).I have been out there a few times just to have a quick peep @ her,& she is eating and drinking normally,so I am really pleased with her progress.When it came time to settle my account with Lola, she didn't charge me a single penny for coming out or treating her either-How is that for generositiy & festive spirit?!!!!!!! All she charged me for were the shots she had & the antibiotics too.If there were an award for vet of the year, she would get my vote every single time.I thanked her of course! I really was so grateful to her. When we take her back & she is spayed, I intend to hang on to her & If there is any hope of rehabilitating her,I intend to keep her until she is, then try & home her;if she is not,I have two options.Take her down to the shelter, or release her.I am inclined to do the later of the two.My reasoning for this is that I very much doubt that she would ever be homed.If I release her, at least she knows where to come at dinner time,& I can rest asurred that @ least only she will come to dinner, rather than her & all of her offspring too for the next possible 6or so years of breeding that she would appear to have left in her. If you have other thoughts or ideas on this,I would gladly accept advice.I am no expert,I just know how to care for them. last but by no means least,thank you very much for the advice and support that you offered Phil.I don't think that I would have actually had the confidence to go ahead without it,& we could have lost this little one for sure.Seaons greeting's to you & yours & to all @ the shelter too.With Gratitude, Sheelagh Great news! Well done! You've probably saved her life- and many more lives after she's neutered. Phil |
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