sleeper hold for cats

You support the cat with a hand on its bottom while
placing the right side of its neck on the other elbow.
At that stage it is conscious , purring, and can't move.

Or does this only work with my 2 cats? If so, why?

"Simon Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
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You support the cat with a hand on its bottom while
placing the right side of its neck on the other elbow.
At that stage it is conscious , purring, and can't move.

Or does this only work with my 2 cats? If so, why?



You cats are gentle and like being held. Or at the very least are
gentle enough not to struggle and scratch and bite you. I hope they
like it, though. If a cat in such a hold did struggle, what could you
do but tighten your elbow on its neck? Not nice.

"Simon Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
...
You support the cat with a hand on its bottom while
placing the right side of its neck on the other elbow.
At that stage it is conscious , purring, and can't move.

Or does this only work with my 2 cats? If so, why?



You cats are gentle and like being held. Or at the very least are
gentle enough not to struggle and scratch and bite you. I hope they
like it, though. If a cat in such a hold did struggle, what could you
do but tighten your elbow on its neck? Not nice.

You support the cat with a hand on its bottom while
placing the right side of its neck on the other elbow.
At that stage it is conscious , purring, and can't move.

I think you mean letting it lie in the crook of your arm while supporting its
bottom. My female hates being held but sometimes if she is sleeping on my
chair I quietly go over to her and pick her up. As I sart to put her in that
position I gently scratch her head and neck, and she becomes docile. then, I
sit down on the chair and continue to hold and stroke her like that. She seems
to go into a trance and closes her eyes. At this time, I can even grab her
rear paw with the hand of the arm I am holding her with, and with the other
hand, clip a few rear nails. Usually, after as long as ten minutes of her in a
trance, she opens up her eyes and looks at me. The look says . . . "WWWait a
second, what the heck are you doing", and she flips over and jumps away.
Everytime.

You support the cat with a hand on its bottom while
placing the right side of its neck on the other elbow.
At that stage it is conscious , purring, and can't move.

I think you mean letting it lie in the crook of your arm while supporting its
bottom. My female hates being held but sometimes if she is sleeping on my
chair I quietly go over to her and pick her up. As I sart to put her in that
position I gently scratch her head and neck, and she becomes docile. then, I
sit down on the chair and continue to hold and stroke her like that. She seems
to go into a trance and closes her eyes. At this time, I can even grab her
rear paw with the hand of the arm I am holding her with, and with the other
hand, clip a few rear nails. Usually, after as long as ten minutes of her in a
trance, she opens up her eyes and looks at me. The look says . . . "WWWait a
second, what the heck are you doing", and she flips over and jumps away.
Everytime.

On 19 Dec 2003 02:01:59 GMT, (GovtLawyer) wrote:


You support the cat with a hand on its bottom while
placing the right side of its neck on the other elbow.
At that stage it is conscious , purring, and can't move.

I think you mean letting it lie in the crook of your arm while supporting its
bottom. My female hates being held but sometimes if she is sleeping on my
chair I quietly go over to her and pick her up. As I sart to put her in that
position I gently scratch her head and neck, and she becomes docile. then, I
sit down on the chair and continue to hold and stroke her like that. She seems
to go into a trance and closes her eyes. At this time, I can even grab her
rear paw with the hand of the arm I am holding her with, and with the other
hand, clip a few rear nails. Usually, after as long as ten minutes of her in a
trance, she opens up her eyes and looks at me. The look says . . . "WWWait a
second, what the heck are you doing", and she flips over and jumps away.
Everytime.

I've never clipped the rear nails of any cat I've had. Just the front.
And the current two guys aren't having much of that. The long hair (my
first) is really tough because I can't even find the nails. I can sure
feel them though.

On 19 Dec 2003 02:01:59 GMT, (GovtLawyer) wrote:


You support the cat with a hand on its bottom while
placing the right side of its neck on the other elbow.
At that stage it is conscious , purring, and can't move.

I think you mean letting it lie in the crook of your arm while supporting its
bottom. My female hates being held but sometimes if she is sleeping on my
chair I quietly go over to her and pick her up. As I sart to put her in that
position I gently scratch her head and neck, and she becomes docile. then, I
sit down on the chair and continue to hold and stroke her like that. She seems
to go into a trance and closes her eyes. At this time, I can even grab her
rear paw with the hand of the arm I am holding her with, and with the other
hand, clip a few rear nails. Usually, after as long as ten minutes of her in a
trance, she opens up her eyes and looks at me. The look says . . . "WWWait a
second, what the heck are you doing", and she flips over and jumps away.
Everytime.

I've never clipped the rear nails of any cat I've had. Just the front.
And the current two guys aren't having much of that. The long hair (my
first) is really tough because I can't even find the nails. I can sure
feel them though.