Choice of hospital
Make sure the environment is clean and quiet.
Confirm whether the equipment is advanced and complete.
Whether the attitude of the staff is cordial.
It is best to separate the waiting rooms for cats and dogs and listen to the opinions of other owners. When you start raising cats, it is recommended to choose a nearby pet hospital in case of emergency.
Cat preparation before seeing a doctor
Usually, you should master the health status of cats.
Keep symptom data.
When the cat is abnormal, take photos/videos to record the symptoms. You can put vomit or excrement in a plastic bag. If it's diarrhea or vomiting, use a cold-keeping agent to cool down. Let doctors know the situation better and increase the accuracy of diagnosis.
Make an appointment with a veterinarian
Try to avoid going to the hospital when there are many people.
Relieve the mood of seeking medical treatment
Your mood will affect the cat.
Cats can sense our emotions. Take the cat to the hospital, first of all, the owner should keep calm.
2. Let the cat get used to being fiddled with at ordinary times
During the socialization period of 1-3 months, cats should do more touch training, such as raising paws, touching iio, breaking their mouths, checking their ears and touching their stomachs. Get used to contact. Can make the diagnosis and treatment smoother.
3. Get the cat used to the empty box
As a means of transportation to take cats to the hospital, air boxes can usually make cats more familiar.
The specific method can be to put snacks to induce the cat to enter the air box and hold the cat for half an hour as if nothing had happened. Train once a week (or more frequently).
4. Put snacks and "safety blanket" in the air box.
Things with the familiar smell of cats, such as the cushion on the plush toy cat bed that cats often play with, have their own flavor, which makes cats feel safe and relieve stress.
5. Familiarize cats with cars
You can also take more cats for a ride every day. The journey takes a few minutes to dozens of minutes to minimize noise, turn off the stereo and avoid too many horns.
Relieve the mood of seeking medical treatment
waiting time
Try not to let cats contact other cats and dogs. You can take a blanket with you to cover the air box to prevent the cat from seeing strange things and make it feel more secure.
Or distract the cat and let it have something to do, such as playing with a cat stick and eating snacks.
When I see a doctor
1. Ask the doctor to touch the cat warmly, and the excellent doctor will take the initiative to appease the cat. First impressions are very important. If there are many tests, try to start with less stress and give the cat an adaptation process.
It is recommended to use a detachable air box, so that the doctor can let the cat hide at the bottom of the air box for inspection.
3. Communicate specifically about cats.
Focus! !
When did something unusual happen, such as the state and frequency of appetite excretion, the food eaten, the weight and frequency of feeding, the amount of drinking water, and the cat-smelling personality. Informing the doctor about the overall situation (vitality) can make the diagnosis and treatment smoother and avoid unnecessary expenses.
Relieve the mood of seeking medical treatment
After going home for medical treatment
Attention, cats! !
Cats are very sensitive to smells. Cats that have been to the hospital are contaminated with strange smells, which may make other cats in the family have an attack.
I suggest you stay in the air box for a while after you go home and observe the reaction of other cat members. If there is nothing unusual, you can let it out. If there is unfriendly behavior.
Put the cat back to a separate room from the hospital and isolate it for 24 hours (water, food, litter box). Other cats will accept it and reintegrate it into the big family.