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  • azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Everyone tells me similar experience with taking cat to a vet. For me, vet is actually the lightest part, but the transport and putting cat into a case is a nightmare, no matter where we go.

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      8 months ago

      A way of getting a cat into a carrier I’ve found is, wrap the cat in a blanket and then have someone else go get the carrier, so they don’t know what’s happening until it is too late

  • idunnololz@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Ours cry on the way to the doctors office but is completely calm once we are there and on the way back.

    He was returned back to the adoption center a few times. I wonder if he’s traumatized from that and is afraid he’s getting out up for adoption again but he’s calm once he realizes he’s not.

  • limelight79@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    I moved and took my cat to a new vet near my new house. That vet was not great with him, kind of rough, and we could hear dogs barking constantly, so he was already stressed before the vet even started.

    I’ve never seen that cat so upset. But I got him home, he left the carrier, went a few steps, and flopped on his side, and I knew all was forgiven.

    I never took him back to that vet - I ended up taking him to the previous vet instead. Much longer drive but they were already familiar with him and his issues, and were much better with him, so it was worth it.

    When we adopted another cat, we started using a different vet local to us that we still use (the first cat passed away years ago).

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    8 months ago

    I’m very lucky chubby cat accepts all her fates with quiet confusion, including being placed into a carrier and being at the vet.

    Her brain just lags so much by the time she’s processed the indignity she’s onto something else she must now process quietly.

  • misterdoctor@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Just saw both your posts separated by another unrelated post and thought I found a glitch in the matrix when she showed up again