At the shelter we don't scruff unless it's really necessary and tbh I've never been comfortable scruffing an adult cat, especially since we get plenty of bigger cats and overweight cats as surrenders. We pick up the ones that allow us to and for anyone else we try bribery methods to get them back in their enclosures at night. For most cats this works. But we have a handful that are tricky. Because we don't scruff as routine I'm really not confident with my scruffing skills. I prefer to lift cats but of course it's not as easy (for me) if the cat wasn't taught early on that being lifted was safe.
My questions are- can adult cats learn to be lifted up? How do you move an obese angry cat (other than toweling)?
My questions are- can adult cats learn to be lifted up? How do you move an obese angry cat (other than toweling)?