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So about 2 months ago a cat showed up in my yard. I did what any crazy cat lady would do and bought a trap and brought her inside. The weather here at the time was spiking over 110 degrees and storms were getting bad so I knew she needed shelter. Didn’t know about tnr at the time but she is a tnr kitty.
Since being inside it took about a month until I could pet her and boy did she LOVE it!! She gets scared of people moving around her and she tends to hide but she is showing a ton of progress on that and I am able to pet her everyday!
Her first vet visit was hard and ended in her legitimately trying to climb a wall and scratching the crap out of me. She did ok at the vet they’re working with her limits. A week later a rash showed up on her head so had to take her back.. it took 25 minutes of chasing and traumatizing her to catch her and turned into a week of me not being able to pet her. This week is her next vet visit to get her booster shots and be checked for leukemia. They’ve talked about the possibility of having to sedate her. Which is great for them but I can’t give her anything to calm her before the appointment Incase they do have to sedate her which also means no food.
Any ideas on how to calmly get her into the cat carrier? Picking her up seems to be the main issue. I’ve been trying to feed her in a kennel so I could shut her in there the night before and not chase her as much but I’m kinda scared to stick my head into the kennel with her.
Since being inside it took about a month until I could pet her and boy did she LOVE it!! She gets scared of people moving around her and she tends to hide but she is showing a ton of progress on that and I am able to pet her everyday!
Her first vet visit was hard and ended in her legitimately trying to climb a wall and scratching the crap out of me. She did ok at the vet they’re working with her limits. A week later a rash showed up on her head so had to take her back.. it took 25 minutes of chasing and traumatizing her to catch her and turned into a week of me not being able to pet her. This week is her next vet visit to get her booster shots and be checked for leukemia. They’ve talked about the possibility of having to sedate her. Which is great for them but I can’t give her anything to calm her before the appointment Incase they do have to sedate her which also means no food.
Any ideas on how to calmly get her into the cat carrier? Picking her up seems to be the main issue. I’ve been trying to feed her in a kennel so I could shut her in there the night before and not chase her as much but I’m kinda scared to stick my head into the kennel with her.