HANDLING CATS PROPERLY

Another good one man I love your blogs and posters as well they are very educational.

It breaks my heart if I see anyone not handling a cat right and it might be because they dont know how to.

Ed

Thank you for your kind comments.

I think most regulars who come to PoC are kind and knowledgeable about cats, but someone may come along sometime who doesn’t know how to treat cats properly. I always hope their cats have a better life through those people reading my articles or seeing the posters and learning something new.

I wish animal care was taught in schools.

Ruth :

I always enjoy reading your articles giving new perspectives/lessons on caring for our special purry/furry friends.

One of our rescues,Keke, was a large, gorgeous Russian Blue. My mother was visiting us & Keke loved her. As I picked him up she gave me a scolding lesson on how NOT to pick him up. Sweetie, think about how you could literaly pull his front legs out of joint, Keke’s a large heavy cat, always place your hand(s) underneath his butt for 2 reasons:

1 Keke will feel secure & relaxed.

2 You won’t be pulling his legs out of joint or worse.

That was in 1986 & I still hear her everytime I’m about to lift any cat.

A cat lover/rescuer/helper for OVER 50 yrs

keenpetite

Southeast Arizona (USA)

Thank you Ruth. This is so helpful. You are a great source of information, both visual and otherwise.

dw

I saw that video Ruth and was very angry,I hate people who move cats with their legs or feet or any object come to that.I once saw a woman move her cat with a walking stick and it really upset me.

Poor little cats,it’s just pot luck if they end up with someone who cares enough to learn about cat care or someone who thinks they know it all anyway or someone who doesn’t care at all,those sort just want to posess a cat.

This is an important piece of cat care that it often overlooked Ruth, so I’m glad you’ve done this article and another really good poster. Even those who consider themselves cat lovers can sometimes make the basic mistake of picking a cat up in a way that could at least cause discomfort to the cat and at worst cause injury. I well remember seeing someone some years ago picking a cat up under the “armpits” like a child and cringing at the thought of how that must feel to the cat. Likewise round the tummy must feel very uncomfortable to a cat, particularly one with a full tummy. And picking up by the scruff though domne by mother cats is very different when done to a fully grown and heavy cat. A little bit of thought is all that is needed, putting ourselves in our cats place and imagining what would be the best way to do such things as lifting, dosing with medicines etc is so simple.”Do as you would be done by” isn’t a bad maxim to keep in mind.

Ruth I love your educational articles on cat care and your posters too.

It astounds me how so many people who say they love cats are ignorant about the simplest things to do with them, just basics like how to lift them.

A lot of cats must live fearful or miserable lives because of the lack of knowledge of their owners.

Well done for trying to educate a few.