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[TBoneTX 49,713]

5 hours ago, Lemonslice said:

I love her little blotched face 🥰

Wipe off the chocolate now, LS ma'am!

Bad negligent non-de-chocolating LS ma'am!

4 hours ago, Lemonslice said:

The only thing that is problematic is to bring black-nose to the vet.

With each of mine (single ones over the years), I've had to serve food or treats, then grab them from behind (firmly grasping all paws) and throw them into the pre-positioned carrier.  Cat T-B. #1 (14 years gone as of May 9  ) was expert at perceiving this intended tactic.  With her, and with #2 and current #3, I subsequently put out the carrier several days ahead of actual need, to dull their suspicions.

[Lemonslice 5,444]

12 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Wipe off the chocolate now, LS ma'am!

Bad negligent non-de-chocolating LS ma'am!

With each of mine (single ones over the years), I've had to serve food or treats, then grab them from behind (firmly grasping all paws) and throw them into the pre-positioned carrier.  Cat T-B. #1 (14 years gone as of May 9  ) was expert at perceiving this intended tactic.  With her, and with #2 and current #3, I subsequently put out the carrier several days ahead of actual need, to dull their suspicions.

My little weirdos love their carrier, I am lucky.  They just run in when I take it out - both squeezing themselves in.  

 

I am sorry you are missing Cat T-B. #1.  Cats (pets) are great and are really part of the family life and memories.  

 

I bought them new catnip and it was delivered Friday (with food). I had heard that some brands were more potent, so I got the good stuff.  They are REALLY hyper and enjoying it lol (brand is Yeow? not sure of the spelling)

Edited Monday at 03:54 AM by Lemonslice

[TBoneTX 49,713]

Current Cat T-B. (#3) actually jumped into her carrier to investigate it when she was new.  But she learned.  She now screams nonstop when we do the short drive to the vet.  She's long overdue to a trip to the beauty salon for a 4-wheel manicure.

[Pooky 4,123]

Our guy, G-mo, was perfectly happy in his carrier. Crossed the country in it. Was always comfortable curled up inside.

 

We left it at the vet’s a few weeks ago, because he wasn’t coming home in it.
 

😢

[TBoneTX 49,713]

5 hours ago, Pooky said:

We left it at the vet’s a few weeks ago, because he wasn’t coming home in it.

For Cats T-B. #1 & #2, we took the carrier home without the most important part.   

 

Cat T-B. #1 will be gone for 14 years as of May 9.  Still miss her.  The crawling/toddling Mini-B. pulled her long tail and laughed, laughed, laughed.

[Pooky 4,123]

7 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

For Cats T-B. #1 & #2, we took the carrier home without the most important part.   

 

Cat T-B. #1 will be gone for 14 years as of May 9.  Still miss her.  The crawling/toddling Mini-B. pulled her long tail and laughed, laughed, laughed.

We got G-mo as a kitten and he was part of the family for 17 years. It was too hard to keep his carrier. 😢

[TBoneTX 49,713]

13 minutes ago, Pooky said:

he was part of the family for 17 years

That's a very long life.  Mine didn't make it anywhere near that.

14 minutes ago, Pooky said:

It was too hard to keep his carrier.

100% understood.

[Lemonslice 5,444]

On 5/4/2026 at 12:21 AM, TBoneTX said:

Current Cat T-B. (#3) actually jumped into her carrier to investigate it when she was new.  But she learned.  She now screams nonstop when we do the short drive to the vet.  She's long overdue to a trip to the beauty salon for a 4-wheel manicure.

Do you think she would let you do her claws at home?  I call them paw-dicures   Plenty of tutorials on how to do it.  

 

Wish me luck going to the vet for an annual exam tomorrow.  

[mam521 3,065]

I was missing my Old Lady something fierce yesterday.  She's been gone 7 months, but she was my soul cat baby for 18 and a half years.  I have photos of her laying just out of reach of Kid1 when she was an infant.  They really did grow up together.  

 

@Lemonslice Devon Rex's?  My friend had a Devon.  She thought she had 2 of them, but I swear the second one was a Cornish Rex.  We used to chuckle about his moobs (man boobs) lol! Her female was more the size and shape of yours where as the boy was longer and more lanky.  I joke that their wavy fur reminds me of the perms the little old ladies used to get - the tight waves that seem to go on forever.  

 

Animals know when you're not as calm as you're trying to behave.  I will say around fireworks time, the older cats were chill and unbothered, the dog was a little bit nervous but we were unbothered so now, as long as she's in the house, she's chill.  Monty cat is still nervous when people start popping them off.  As long as he's curled up with me, he's OK though.  

 

Frank used to ride in a backpack carrier with no issues.  We used to walk the trail that way.  Then he went through a period of peeing every time we tried to stick him in his carrier.  We got used to taking him outside, allowing him to roll on the concrete and then get ready to shove him in the carrier.  He'd start to pee, so you'd have to dodge the stream.  Absolute nightmare.  Anyway, he wasn't eating properly last month so I had to take him to his soul vet (yes, his vet absolutely adores him...she LOVES to see him and has such a soft spot for him).  We took him out to roll, expecting him to pee, but he didn't actually fight the carrier and by Frank standards, went in reasonably uneventfully.  I had to take him back a couple of days ago (he started Solensia shots, which have made a dramatic improvement in his life - he has arthritis in his back and this definitely helps) to get his monthly shot and we went in a bit more reluctantly, but no pee and no real arguments and he only complained once on the drive.  

 

@TBoneTX I'm with @Lemonslice - have you tried either suspending Miu or purritoing Miu for a pawdicure?  If you search "cat restraints for grooming" on Amazon, all the options come clear.  Or, if she's that big of a challenge to you, have you searched somewhere like NextDoor to see if there's a vet tech that would come to you?  Or even a mobile groomer could be of use. 

 

 

[TBoneTX 49,713]

22 hours ago, Lemonslice said:

Do you think she would let you do her claws at home?

No way, sad to say LS ma'am.

22 hours ago, Lemonslice said:

Wish me luck going to the vet for an annual exam tomorrow.  

Luck, LS ma'am.

 

Cat T-B. needs her annual very soon, too; 4-wheel manicure is included in the outrageous price.

[TBoneTX 49,713]

11 hours ago, mam521 said:

I was missing my Old Lady something fierce yesterday

That's hard, mam ma'am.

11 hours ago, mam521 said:

have you searched somewhere like NextDoor to see if there's a vet tech that would come to you?

Not recently, mam ma'am... and probably as expensive (or more so) than the vet.

11 hours ago, mam521 said:

a mobile groomer

Probably even more expensive, and they focus on dogs.

11 hours ago, mam521 said:

he wasn't eating properly

Into a doctor's office burst a panicked man.

He had a celery in his left ear, a rhubarb in his right ear, and a carrot up his nose.

"What's the matter with me, Doc?" he cried.

"You're not eating properly," said the doctor.