No cat really appreciates to go to the vet. Nevertheless, if we are sick, or hurt, it is essential that our human can take us to him quickly. To let us go in the PTU, it’s easy : a treat at the bottom and hup ! Here we go !

Pixie 24 mai 2014

But all the cats are not also cooperative as us. A colleague of Claire, for example, has a very wild cat : she can pet him, but not carry him. She saw that he had an abscess on a cheek, but impossible to catch him.
There are nevertheless various tricks which the human can do to facilitate the task :

• Leave the PTU with arrangement permanently (without the door) : we use them as hiding place or as bed. They are familiar objects, and it avoids that we hide immediately as soon as we perceive them.
• If your cat can go out freely, close the door when he’s inside as soon as possible, even the day before. Claire missed some appointments early in the afternoon because our angel Loupi had not came back “as usual” at about 11 am in the morning…
• Once inside, if your cat hides under the bed, start the vacuum cleaner in the room : we’re so much scared of this thing that we’re immediately going to leave the room ! Close doors one after the other to confine the cat in a single room (or in the less possible rooms).
• Put the cat in the PTU ; be firm, and close immediately the door.
• For the most contrary cats, you can try to capture them in an old pillowcase : roll the pillowcase as a sock. Put the head of the cat inside coming from above and be VERY fast : slide the pillowcase around the body and especially the back legs, and wrap the cat. Hold firmly the closed pillowcase and slide the wrapped cat in the PTU. Close immediately the door. Don’t worry, the cat has enough air to breathe, and he already probably went out of the pillowcase during the 2 seconds which was necessary to you to close the PTU.

You’re now a traitor in the eyes of your cat : good dose of cuddles and some treats should be able to arrange that once back home !