Penelope is agressive at the vet

Penelope will be perfectly sweet, and then the moment she smells anyone who works there it is like a switch is flipped and she starts hissing, and will swat at and attack everyone. She has been tucking her tail again, and it has been for a little while. She still eats, drinks, pees, poos, and plays normal. The vet doesn't think it is necessary at this point to stress her out more by forcing an exam on her. But If she needs to be examined at the vet and she acts like that still, she will need to be sedated. I would like to avoid this if possible. Are there any tricks anyone has to keep her calm, or should I just sedate her. She was never this way when she was younger, I don't know what changed.

Side note: Both girls are the exact same weight at 6lbs even! I wondered if Delilah would even make it to 5lbs for a while, let alone catch up to Penelope.

Pffftttt good luck on that one with having torite in them 

Rosie used to be fine at the vets until a vet we never saw before a few years ago scared her when he was giving her her yearly shot. I used to always hold them at the front so they couldn't see him coming with the needle, but on this particular day he didn't wait like l asked him to and she gave him such a scratch on his hand it was dripping blood on the floor.

Now thanks to him she's wary of their vet, and he had to sedate her earlier this year to take bloods because he said being a tortie she's not the easiest  .

My cat, Farley V was a horror at the vet.  He wasn't that friendly with us so you can imagine what he was like.

I would give him a sedative pill before leaving for the vet, but when they are that wound up, it didn't help much.  The vet would attempt to wrap him in a towel, but you cannot give that good an exam that way.

I can completely relate to your problem.  Do not dismiss the sedative your vet recommends.  Sometimes that is the only way to give a thorough exam and its for their own good.

I would probably go with a sedative.  I would even consider a pill that I could give an hour or so before leaving.  Once she's wound up and panicked it would take a heavy duty sedative.

First off, YAY for Delilah and her 6 lb. weight! That IS a feat in itself! Good job, momma. :heart3:

Something just clicked in Penelope's little brain and she is done with the vets. I have never had a cat such as that though, lucky me, I guess. I would definitely go with the sedative. Anything holistic or homeopathic she will run through like water. Once that adrenaline kicks in, nothing really works except hardcore drugs. Even with that, she may still fight. The towel or cat bag will be good to have on hand. OH Penelope, we never knew you had it in you. :lol3:

I guess it is the sedative it is. It started with the first vet I took her to here. She hated that vet, she has not behaved at the vet since. The vet did everything she could to keep her calm. She let her go back in her carrier and decompress for a while and came back, Penelope went right back into the aggression. They covered her in a towel and she was even trying to attack through the towel. Needless to say she was not examimed much.

We are starting by sending a video of her to the vet, and are going to go from there. Less stress on Penelope for now.

Delilah is huge now. Well huge compared to what she was, she hit a random growth spurt a few months ago and surprised everyone. I need to post a current pictures of the girls.

Yes, you do!

I'm sorry poor Penelope has such a bad time of it at the vet.

But way to go Delilah!

I can sympathize.  Swanie is a big cat - not just overweight, but big.. with correspondingly big paws.  He doesn't like the vet one little bit.  He can be fine, and the minute she walks in the room he starts to hiss and growl.  He is also very fast with his paws and will scratch, and also bite.  At home he's a little love bug - unless you do something to tick him off, and then if you're not careful you will get scratched or bitten (lightly). They tried the towel thing and he went ballistic.  The only option if we want him to have his exam is sedation.

CatNamedPanda said:

. I need to post a current pictures of the girls.

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YES!! YOU DO!!! I think we needto see how BIG Delilah is now! :rub: