Thread: Vet visit

I am off to the vets on saturday with Zack to get him weighed. He does stand on my scales but since the flight incident and the resulting injuries he freaks when he is put in his cage to go to the vets.

The vet suggested I put him in his cage and drive to the vets. weigh him, put him back in and bring him home fortnightly for a while and hopefully he will get the idea that the trips are not so scary after all!!!

As she said " you might want to try and get him used to the cage before he is a really big cat as it would be fun trying to get a fighting adult male MC into a cage"

Any other suggestions.

ps - wont go in there for treats or toys - well not yet anyway

How about a car harness! If he starts liking trips in the car then he may see it as fun, have the vets got a back door so you could walk him straight in on a harness that would take out the need for a carrier.

I would get some Feliway spray for the carrier & spray it an hour before hand also throw toys in the carrier & he will get used to going in to it after the toys & hopefully not be scared of it by the time you need to use it

Thanks for that

I am not confident with the harnesses - have had a cat get out of one before and the vet is on a very busy road with only front entrance. Probably being paranoid but if he is in a cage then he cant get out.

What is the feliway spray - I have never heard of it. Is it something I can get in Aust.

Originally Posted by Heather2mc

What is the feliway spray - I have never heard of it. Is it something I can get in Aust.

Feliway is a calming product, it's available as a spray or a plug in. Many people use it around bonfire night or if they have a highly strung cat!

It's made by a company called Ceva. If you check their website it should say if it available in Australia.

I would think so do a google there is a small travel bottle available here so cheaper if it dosent work but it does for our scardy cat

Shimba hated having to go in carrier as he was always sick so we have worked on him by doing some trips,short & long on his harness in the car & putting him in carrier when we arrived at destination & some trips he has been put in straight away & now seems a lot happier.He always has one of his favourite mouse's in there & that is the only time he sees it....mean old mum. Has your carrier got a top opening to it,I find them a lot easier to use because instead of you & the cat having a struggle to unhook all those extra legs that appear { I am sure ther are more than four on some occasions } & keep hooking round everything to stop them going in you can just firmly scoop them up,drop them in,top closed,done !