The start of our holiday is nearly here and while Dee is at work it was left to yours truly to take the cat to the cattery.
So the day starts off with her usual feed at 6.30am following which she goes out to do whatever cats do. An hour later she comes back in and the outside doors get shut.
Around 10, she starts fussing to be let out again so cue the time to take her to the cattery. I managed to bring in the cat basket without her seeing it and caught her easily as she was sitting in the living room and put her in basket.
Went out to put her bed etc in the car, came in and she had escaped.....one of the catches on the top of the basket was a bit loose and she had managed to squeeze through the smallest of gaps.
Managed to grab her but this time she had sussed what was going to happen but after a bit of a struggle managed to get her back in the basket and secured (as I thought) the top. Look at my hands and they are covered with blood where she has scratched me !! so time to look out the savlon and a plaster. Look round and there she is again behind me and before I could react she is up the stairs and hiding under the bed - usually that means we don't see her for hours !!!
Had a look at the basket and this time she had managed to override both catches on the top so after making it secure...again...put on a pair of gloves (to protect from more scratches) and went upstairs armed with a cat treat to try and attract her. Fortunatly she was quite near the edge of the bed and no matter what mood she is in a treat never fails and as she went for it managed a firm grip on her and returned her to the basket, turning the main door towards the freezer and placing a bag of heavy cat litter on the top to avoid any further escapes while I finished getting ready
so after around an hour, it was mission accomplished
Stan
So the day starts off with her usual feed at 6.30am following which she goes out to do whatever cats do. An hour later she comes back in and the outside doors get shut.
Around 10, she starts fussing to be let out again so cue the time to take her to the cattery. I managed to bring in the cat basket without her seeing it and caught her easily as she was sitting in the living room and put her in basket.
Went out to put her bed etc in the car, came in and she had escaped.....one of the catches on the top of the basket was a bit loose and she had managed to squeeze through the smallest of gaps.
Managed to grab her but this time she had sussed what was going to happen but after a bit of a struggle managed to get her back in the basket and secured (as I thought) the top. Look at my hands and they are covered with blood where she has scratched me !! so time to look out the savlon and a plaster. Look round and there she is again behind me and before I could react she is up the stairs and hiding under the bed - usually that means we don't see her for hours !!!
Had a look at the basket and this time she had managed to override both catches on the top so after making it secure...again...put on a pair of gloves (to protect from more scratches) and went upstairs armed with a cat treat to try and attract her. Fortunatly she was quite near the edge of the bed and no matter what mood she is in a treat never fails and as she went for it managed a firm grip on her and returned her to the basket, turning the main door towards the freezer and placing a bag of heavy cat litter on the top to avoid any further escapes while I finished getting ready
so after around an hour, it was mission accomplished
Stan
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