I just learned of a horrible situation with one of our foster kitties who we recently transferred to a Petsmart adoption center, in hopes of improving his chances of adoption.
This cat has always been the most loving and gentle little boy and has never lifted a paw to anyone. He has been a foster in our system almost one year. His foster mom had been sick, so he had not been getting to enough shows and we felt he deserved better. So we transferred him. The new group loved him and said he could not get enough petting, hugs, and brushings.
Last Monday he got his rabies shot at the Banfield clinic. On Saturday they took him back to the clinic (at the store) where he had a claw trim.
A volunteer with 20 years experience carried him from the clinic to the adoption center. As she was about to put him back into his cage (a large 2-cage area) he completely freaked out and bit her.
She did not want to drop him and have him running through the store in his state, so she held onto him. He bit her 13 more times before she was able to get him in the cage.
I have heard that rabies shots can induce aggression and fear-agression responses and am wondering if anyone has had any similar experiences.
Poor little Chazz is on quarantine now and will be euthanized unless we can find him a mercy home. He is such a good boy by nature. And the volunteer had to go to the hospital since one of the bites went into the bone. She had been his caregiver and does not hold ill will toward him. The entire situation was completely without warning.
This cat has always been the most loving and gentle little boy and has never lifted a paw to anyone. He has been a foster in our system almost one year. His foster mom had been sick, so he had not been getting to enough shows and we felt he deserved better. So we transferred him. The new group loved him and said he could not get enough petting, hugs, and brushings.
Last Monday he got his rabies shot at the Banfield clinic. On Saturday they took him back to the clinic (at the store) where he had a claw trim.
A volunteer with 20 years experience carried him from the clinic to the adoption center. As she was about to put him back into his cage (a large 2-cage area) he completely freaked out and bit her.
She did not want to drop him and have him running through the store in his state, so she held onto him. He bit her 13 more times before she was able to get him in the cage.
I have heard that rabies shots can induce aggression and fear-agression responses and am wondering if anyone has had any similar experiences.
Poor little Chazz is on quarantine now and will be euthanized unless we can find him a mercy home. He is such a good boy by nature. And the volunteer had to go to the hospital since one of the bites went into the bone. She had been his caregiver and does not hold ill will toward him. The entire situation was completely without warning.