Posted on 03/17/2017 12:23:59 PM PDT by Kaslin
>>> Hubby had bought a contraption like a butterfly net, with a zipper at each end. After 15 minutes of flying around the house chasing Darth, she was caught. Zip! Turn the cage up on end with the door on top. Hold the net over it. Unzip the bottom zipper and drop the cat in the cage.
How or where did hubby find such a handy catcher of wild things?
I don’t need one at the moment, but it just sounds like a good tool to have available. For some reason, birds have always been drawn to my basement (or enclosed porch in a previous house), where they would trap themselves & flutter about in a panic.
This is the video he watched to get the technique right. It’s the net he used, too. (I was wrong when saying there’s a zipper at both ends. Zipper end is at the bottom. The top is the opening that snaps shut using the handle.)
It worked!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZDVBaNV1Ak
>>> He needs to get some kitty sedatives for next time. Of course that means getting a pill down a cat’s throat... But there are pill shooters for cats, work well with some cats. Other cats, you can do it once... then they’re wise to it.
On that particular subject... Use the cat’s own grooming habits against him/her. Crushed said pill into powder & mix into a slurry w/ critter gravy or hairball formula such as sold in the pet supplements section of Walmart. Or heck, non-scented petroleum jelly like Vaseline. Use your fingertip to swipe it onto the cat’s front leg where she’ll inevitably lick it off.
This assumes a daily petting routine in which the kitty comes to you voluntarily for loving, of course. If she’s a wild child whose only handling results in unpleasantness for her, good luck.
OK, that is really cool. But expensive. Yet they sell the net replacement for much cheaper, and I bet I could rig it to work w/ the extendable pool pole & paracord I already have. Hmmmmm
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