Furthermore, they may associate the setting eg, a veterinary clinic with previous unpleasant experiences. The goal of professionals when handling cats in these situations, therefore, must be to reduce this stress as much as possible, and not to escalate it, in order to improve cat welfare but also to protect staff. As mentioned above, being handled in a professional setting is usually a stressful situation for a cat.
Therefore, cats will cope much better when they feel that they have the option of retreat open to them, and as such, like to maintain a sense of being in control.
The act of scruffing entirely removes the option of retreat and sense of control for a cat. Therefore, it serves to escalate their feeling of stress, leading to distress, anxiety and fear. When a cat is experiencing anxiety or fear and is not able to avoid or retreat from the situation, they will commonly exhibit aggressive behaviour as a last resort.
As scruffing is usually used when people are fearful that they may be bitten or scratched by a cat, it is actually counterproductive. Furthermore, research has shown that cats struggle more when being heavily restrained than when being more lightly restrained, 1 further demonstrating that heavy restraint such as scruffing is counterproductive.
Queens will carry kittens by the scruff if they need to move them to safety eg, return them to the nest or move them to a new nest site. This is often the reason given by people defending the use of scruffing. However, being scruffed as an adult cat by a human is an entirely different matter to being carried gently by the scruff of the neck as a kitten by its mother.
Being scruffed as an adult can be highly intimidating, and, as explained above, may lead to negative emotions such as fear and distress. Good luck! Excellent…my cats were so used to seeing the kennel at times they would even go in and take a nap. They need to have safe places just like any other pet. Try treats in an open crate before putting treats in a crate that will close before heading out to the vet.
I have a multi-cat household, and each one is different fm the next. Some complain the whole way there min drive and others quietly ride along. One of mine was a road kitty. His nose is boogered up fm hitting the Jersey barricade that separated lanes of traffic on the interstate. It was a Sunday after church when I returned for him.
He was up against the barricade when I got back, hence the name! LOL I crept up behind him and snatched him up and pressed him into my chest while wrapping the towel fm church around him.
I put him into the back of my pickup that has a camper shell just abt the time the police came to find out why I was on the road. Satisfied, Good Sense and I headed home. He was scared to say the least. Today, many years later, he will actually sit in my lap and allow me to run a comb thru his fur. He will not allow flea spots or nail trimming. Bottom line, have help if you can get it. Pressing the kitty close to you lets him feel your heartbeat and smell your breathing.
These can have a calming effect. The sooner they see you as belonging to them, the better. Totally disagree. It is the only way to manage a feral cat coming out of anesthesia after a spat or neuter. Cats are not harmed. They are saved. I have seen people scruff fully grown cats and I wanted to smack the human! This just seems downright mean to me and all it does is break any trust you have with the cat. The towel method works with many cats, but not if they very large, or so it seems to me.
My cat, Bear, weighs 15 lbs and he is not fat. To corral him to get in his carrier for a vet visit, what I did was buy a top opening cat carrier, which makes it a lot easier to get this big kitty into! No, it wasnt cheap but it was worth the peace of mind.
I had tried to get him in an ordinary carrier with a front sort of door. I had a friend of mine who had one big cat and only one carrier — a front loader. She solved the problem by turning the front to face UP and put the cat in back feet first. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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