Learning about cat restraints. One of the students brought in her very amiable cat, Sandy. This is a restraint that we sometimes use in general practice for cranky cats - not like Sandy :-)
Hi Sunita! We would have needed such a restraint when our cat had damaged his tail! He had been bitten by another cat and the wound got infected. The vet advised us: Just keep the wound open by cleaning it thoroughly twice a day! What a struggle we had with our furious cat, trying to implement the instructions!
So my question is? How do you manage when the problem is in the belly or in a paw or at the tail and you can't to sedate the animal?
The answer, as always, is with difficulty! With this bag, any of the paws or tail can be left out to treat. The body is very difficult if the cat is very cranky. As a rule, I will always sedate or anaesthetise anything that I consider a risk to handlers. Cat bites and scratches can be very nasty, and potentially cause permanent injury/disability. So I am not willing to put myself or the nurses at risk, and would always err on the side of caution. Sometimes that is compromising to the cat, which is not ideal, but we are always weighing up the risks.
What do you mean by restrictions cat? Is it that it is locked with their paws and legs and the ability to more easily manage the cat as possible are injured or sick Here in Sweden we catch cages for the cats that are very difficult to handle. What you have looks like a straitjacket that prevents the cat to move. Agree with the above comments that it is extremely difficult to handle , for example a feral cat . One must feed it into the catch trap and then take it to the vet for treatment.
Hi Sunita!
ReplyDeleteWe would have needed such a restraint when our cat had damaged his tail! He had been bitten by another cat and the wound got infected. The vet advised us: Just keep the wound open by cleaning it thoroughly twice a day! What a struggle we had with our furious cat, trying to implement the instructions!
So my question is? How do you manage when the problem is in the belly or in a paw or at the tail and you can't to sedate the animal?
Margareta
Hi Margareta,
ReplyDeleteThe answer, as always, is with difficulty! With this bag, any of the paws or tail can be left out to treat. The body is very difficult if the cat is very cranky. As a rule, I will always sedate or anaesthetise anything that I consider a risk to handlers. Cat bites and scratches can be very nasty, and potentially cause permanent injury/disability. So I am not willing to put myself or the nurses at risk, and would always err on the side of caution. Sometimes that is compromising to the cat, which is not ideal, but we are always weighing up the risks.
Sunita
What do you mean by restrictions cat? Is it that it is locked with their paws and legs and the ability to more easily manage the cat as possible are injured or sick
ReplyDeleteHere in Sweden we catch cages for the cats that are very difficult to handle. What you have looks like a straitjacket that prevents the cat to move. Agree with the above comments that it is extremely difficult to handle , for example a feral cat . One must feed it into the catch trap and then take it to the vet for treatment.