I took my 10 month old kitten today and he was a little scaredy cat! Although he was really well behaved once we'd gotten him out of his pet carrier. What is your cat like when they see the vet?
2007-06-01 09:02:16 · 28 answers · asked by Sparklepop 6 in Pets ➔ Cats
my cat is 2 years old and acts very well on visits to the vet. I dont even use a cat carrier. she sits in the passenger seat on the way there and in my lap in the vets office.
2007-06-01 09:06:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Cats are as different as people! Some don't mind the vet, some hate it. I had one cat who always seemed to know when I planned to take her to the vet, and would disappear until after I cancelled the appointment.
I often wonder whether she understood the phone call to the vet to make the appointment and made a mental note of the date and time. I have no other explanation for how she knew!
Eventually I would manage to capture her and get her there and she howled the entire time and glared at the vet, the technicians, the billing clerk, the other customers.
Her son, on the other hand, would tolerate being poked, prodded, etc and would take revenge by refusing the cat treat that was offered when the appointment was over.
I don't know that there is any way to change your cat's vet behaviour - just accept his reaction the way it is. It is also possible that his discomfort is with the carrier, not the vet.
The same cat who was so well behaved for the vet loathed being in a carrier.
2007-06-01 09:47:30 · answer #2 · answered by marguerite L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stangely enough he acts like the best behaved cat in the world, he has even been known to purr when he is getting his temperature taken (the little weirdo!!).
He loves going in his little cat carrier and once we get to the vets he starts off by looking especially pretty for the vet nurses. He is a little flirt!! Its really funny because he really doesnt like people he doesnt know!!!
People who say that women are hard to work out have never had a pet cat!!
2007-06-01 11:19:40 · answer #3 · answered by Lady Claire - Hates Bigotry 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sick cat (who has kidney failure) is terrible at the vet's office. He hates going in the carrier, hates the car ride, and growls at everyone. When I first took him, the vet could barely do the exam because my cat was so hostile. Hissed, spit, and growled the whole time. He was even worse than that when they had to take his blood.
The two kittens we just got did okay yesterday for their first visit. Just cried a little in the car, but once they came out of the carrier, they were very good for the vet gettting their first jabs. Poor babies! Barely made a peep. Did good for their ear cleaning too.
2007-06-01 10:42:15 · answer #4 · answered by Very Confused 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems that any time I've had to take any of my cats to the vet, it's a production getting them into the carrier and out of the carrier. Usually once out of the carrier, they seem docile and cooperative, unless they are getting poked or prodded. My oldest cat usually enjoys a stroll around the room before the vet comes in, but everyone else seems to prefer the comfort of the carrier.
2007-06-01 16:56:32 · answer #5 · answered by CakeOrDeath? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They whinge the whole time they are in the car !
Once out of the car they are quiet and when they get into the examining room they just want to investigate everything - I have had cats that went straight across his pc keyboard, cats that got in the cupboard, cats that climbed in the scales and lay down and several that are fascinated with the sink for some reason !
When the vet catches hold of them ( even the miserable ones) they go all purry and loving.
2007-06-02 00:44:22 · answer #6 · answered by Debi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My two kittens are surprisingly well behaved. The only time they have been to the vet is to be snipped or to have a needle, so i thought they would hate it after that. But i have two very curious little kittens who are more interested in trying to see what on the bench and in another room than worrying about what the vet will do to them. We also have a great vet who will let them wander around while she talks to us about our kittens. The worst thing about going to the vet is when they have to get thier temperature taken. Its not nice where it gets stuck! My oldest is on a harness and leash and my youngest in a carrier when we go. It is sometimes a hassell to get them in, but once we bribe them, its fine.
2007-06-01 13:59:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have two 7 month old kittens and they were a little sick in the beginning of their lives (we rescued them from the shelter) and we were going at least once a wekk with one or the other and sometimes even both. They are doing better health wise now, but from going to the vet so often they are totally comfortable with it, they like their cat carriers, and now we are training them on harnesses and leashes to go outside around the house with us and so we can just walk them into the vet. Oh, they are so cute and fun!! Sounds like your little guy did quite well, once in awhile we have to pry them out of their carriers...lol. Good luck with the little one!!
2007-06-01 09:40:38 · answer #8 · answered by Laura A 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My Scamper, a four year old neutered male former feral, is a model patient.
In the waiting room he sits right next to me on the bench unless I tell him it's OK to go and meet and greet someone who's expressed an interest in him, or I put him up on the counter to schmooze with the front office staff, which he loves to do.
In the examining room he likes to explore, but he's friendly and sociable with the doctors and nurses. He loves being the center of attention so much that he tolerates the poking and prodding without complaint.
The staff tells me that when he's been admitted, he's been a sweetheart to have in the ward, always friendly and sociable, always cooperative and with purrs and head bonks for everyone.
I think he understands that what happens there has to do with taking care of him, probably because the first time he was brought to the clinic was when he was first rescued and he was taken there to have a painful injury attended to. He remembers how they fixed him up and made him feel good, and he remembers that I found him there and adopted him into his forever home.
2007-06-01 09:24:06 · answer #9 · answered by Mick 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My cat doesn't like going in a carrier he cries unless you pet him through the bars on the door. But while at the vets he is more calm. He sniffs around the exam room until it is time for his check-up. But, when he is restrained he does not like that at all. That is probably the worst part. He just doesn't like being held down, cats are free- spirited so they don't like being restrained.
And that's how my kitty Spike is when he goes to the vet.
2007-06-01 09:34:57 · answer #10 · answered by Jess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Years ago, I lived on a farm. We had two cats and several other animals. We used to have the vets come to us once a year. Everything was fine until it was time for the cats to be examined and vaccinated. Those two tabbies nearly took the vets apart!! We had to take them in to the vets office where they were more demur off of their own turf.
It's 15 years later and we still have the Tabbies. Different vets though. =P
2007-06-01 09:11:38 · answer #11 · answered by Daniel T 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋