Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for September 11, 2016

Oh sweet boys, if you only knew back then how many more times you would be subjected to being hostages!

I couldn’t tell if this was old or new until I noticed The Man’s hair…

Probably as Georgia is moving again, the cats are doing the same thing right now!

Only this time the conversation is more along the lines of “what, this again?”

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Georgia is on brief hiatus til they are settled in from moving

Neither of our kitties could/can stand being in the carrier. The first would moan the entire time. The current one meows as loud as felinely possible – she can be heard outside a car with the windows closed (based on the astonished/dirty looks I get as we go by).

Years ago I had a 28 pound cat named Igor. He was not fat, he was just huge. One day I noticed him limping, and found a small perfectly round hole in his rear flank, that was obviously swollen and infected. I thought he had been shot with a BB gun. I needed to take him to the vet, but the only cat carrier I had was for a normal sized cat, not him. I stuffed him into it anyway. Any port in a storm, as they say. Anyway, got him to the vet and when she went to take him out of the crate he would not come out. She picked up the crate and started dumping, much the same as you would dump cat food out of a can. And he came out of that crate much the same way as cat food comes out of a can. The vet could only laugh and commented on how hard it was to get him out of the crate. I laughed back and said “Not nearly as hard as it was getting him into it”.

The good news was that he wasn’t shot. He had been bitten by another cat and it got infected. The vet explained that it’s quite common, and although people often say that a cat or dog’s mouth is cleaner than our own nothing could be further from the truth (which makes sense, given their “tongue as toilet paper” policies). A bit of antibiotic cleared it right up. Needless to say I bought him a larger crate.

“What in cat’s name is a car??!?” Good ol’ Elvis — always right to the heart of things.

Reminds me of our 1996 move from Overland Park, KS to North West Tucson, AZ with 3 cats & a Wheaton Terrier. In our 1984 240 Volvo SW with flip down metal screen securing back area. Had a cat box in the back area, one by one each cat was given free range of secure back area to use cat box. Wheaton in back seat. 3 story motel allowed us to keep cats & dog in our room. Happy comfortable trip for all.

My black and white cat decided long ago that she was not getting into her carrier without a fight! I dread when I have to take her to the vet. Her sister on the other hand is like, fine, let’s just get this over with!

My cat hated the carrier cage but we found that if we put him in a harness and on a leash we could get him to go into a soft sided carry-on bag that my husband owned. He was fine as long as he was in the luggage. Our vet was close by so we could the bag over a shoulder and walk or bike him to the vet. At the vet we let him out of the bag and left the leash on him so we could retrieve him if there were any hiding places he could get into. Usually he would jump out of the bag and go explore the room, hissing at any cats in cages and boldly walking up to any dogs of any size. Also he would stop on the scale on his way around the room so we made a note of his weight because he would not want to sit there again after the one time per visit. He got along fine with dogs but did not care for cats at all.

Oh my sweet cats – I don’t think Woman would ever betray you!

My cat, Suny, LOVES all animals. When I take him to the vet with his harness and leash on I let go of the leash and he goes up to the other animals and says, “Come on, let’s be friends”. He particularly likes the large dogs such as great dains. He does not hiss at them or attack them; all he wants to do is just make friends. I love Suny.

Jingle Bell Katt braces her front legs against the doorway of her carrier when I’m taking her to the vet. I have found if I have my hubby hold the carrier on end I can dump Jingle in tail first then shut the door. She’s not happy but doesn’t complain much once she’s in the carrier.

Of my two cats, one goes into the carrier unhappily and sits like “What crime did I commit to be punished like this?” The other won’t go in the carrier. Period. I mean, he braces his paws on the sides and won’t budge. So after I carried him in wrapped in a blanket, the vet told me if you pick up the cat by the scruff of the neck (as though you’re a mother cat) often the cat will go limp like a kitten being carried.