Close to Home by John McPherson for March 25, 2023

probably still isn’t prepared

Like the cats names.

Haven’t seen Bleeb for a few days. I hope Frick and Frack didn’t get him.

True story I get my thick coat and gloves on when it comes time for the vet visit.

Not ready enough there’s flesh showing on your arms

He only thinks he’s ready.

He’s not really ready until he has them secured in their carriers.

That’s about it! I had to plan about 20-30 minutes before I left to get Tigger in the cage. Finally I ended up picking him up,grabbed his back legs and put him in standing up! Then treats followed!

Are they feral? My mom lives in Florida and has told some stories about how untameable feral cats are.

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The best way to put the cats in their carrier is to pick up the cat by the chest, with your hands just behind their front paws, and hold the cat away from you. Now the cat is powerless. Have the carrier so the door is pointed up, and drop the cat in, then close the door. You don’t even need to wear all that protection. Ignore all the yowling.

Yup, finding ’em is always the first order business. Somehow they know.

We throw treats in the cage. Works every time. (I know, I know….we are BLESSED!)

We would lure the cat into the bathroom. Close the door and the fun??? would begin.

Frick and Frack. Comedic Swiss ice skaters, Click and Clack. Car Talk guys.

Are those gloves? If not I suggest welding gloves

They look like gangsta cats

They’ll go for the unprotected throat

We leave the crates out with their blankets and crate toys inside. Sometimes we will put treats in there. When it’s time for their appointments we have no problems at all. They love their vet and her assistants. We had a visit earlier this year from my cousin who is a farm vet and she said they were all in good shape. They like her as well. It is a mellow clowder.

Hope he’s completed his survival course training.

Last time I took a cat to the vet, he showed his fury by peeing in the taxi. The vet suggested I line the taxi with a towel next time; I told her that the way the cats fight being put into the taxi, the towel just gets bunched up.

He’s got cage tag team cats, he knows…

He is a one-man “SWAT” team.

I unzipped the top of their carrier and put it on the washer and then would get mine from the bedroom. I would carry her into the laundry room and put her in the carrier and zipped it up. She protested all the way to the vet, hid in my arms from the vet, and was silent on our way home. I would put the carrier onto the kitchen floor and unzip the flap. She would hesitate at first but then made a mad dash back to the bedroom where she stayed until later in the day to eat and use the litter box.

sweat

Frick and Frack the Scratch-It Brothers from the famous pet oriented radio show “Cat Talk”!

Oh Honey, you need welder’s gloves too.

Come on, man, where’s you’re dart gun?

That wouldn’t be near enough for our only slightly socialized void. He’s a big guy, too.