[Felvtalk] Getting the med IC...

[Marsha]

Funny how some are so quick to learn the word "treat", or "milk", or 
"mouse", but when you talk sweetly to them and try to comfort them while 
you're doing something that helps them...doesn't always work so well.  Sigh.

Marsha

On 10/30/2015 6:24 AM, dlgegg at windstream.net wrote:
> Wouldn't it be nice if we could talk to them and explain why we are doing this, like it is for your own good.
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> ---- Margo <toomanykitties2 at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> I was once trying to give an injection to a very unhappy cat. He was being carefully restrained by three people, and he was winning, big time. I asked where/how it should be given, and the vet hollered "IC". I looked at her, and she said with gritted teeth "In Cat".
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>>           My most successful method of dealing with difficult cats is either a screen door, or a vertical upholstered surface. Scruff the cat, and get them to attach their front claws to either the screen or fabric, at a level of about your shoulder. Lower the rest of the cat (claws still attached) and you'll find that you have pretty good control. I can usually release the scruff, tilt their head back, and have two hands to tilt his/her and get the meds in successfully, but it has to be quick. They're so worried abut hanging on, they're at least a little off their game. I'm right handed, so I scruff/hang with my left, so my right hand has good access...
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>> Just a thought...
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>> Margo
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