Does your cat always know when it's going to the vet?

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I saw cartoon about cats learning to detect when their owners want to bring them to the vet's. I had cats most of my life, and they did know when they were going to the vet. I know this sounds stupid, but I made the vet appointment at work, so the cats couldn't hear. I had 3 cats, and the day of the appointment, they disappeared. One was hidden under a stuffed chair, one hid behind the dishwasher where I couldn't get him. I don't know how they knew it, but they did.
Did you have clairvoyant cats, who knew when they were supposed to go to the vet?
 

Mine gets spooked when she sees me bring out the carry cage. She absolutely HATES going in that cage. It's always a struggle getting her in there. After the appointment's over, they just pop her back into the cage and she doesn't seem to mind at all when they put her in there :unsure:
 

I'm sure she does because that's the only time she leaves the house in a carrier. But she never gets excited or agitated. And she continues to amaze me with how calm and good she is at the vets! She never makes a sound, even when she's gotten her shots. One thing I had started doing (out of necessity) since she was little, was putting her in her carrier here in the house when it was time for me to eat and take my meds or use the computer.

Often she would get the zoomies, be running and jumping all over the place and even almost hopped in my plate a couple of times. She's used to the carrier; sometimes she just chills in there for a while after I open it. After I started doing that I saw a video that said it's actually good to put them in the carrier at home so they are not freaked out when they have to be put in there to go somewhere.
 
Mine did not like to go ANYWHERE. Once on the way to the vet I decided to leave her out of the carrier for the drive thinking she might be more comfortable with that. She litterally climbed to the top of my head and attached herself with imbeded claws. I had to have help removing her. I never tried that again but putting her in her carrier was always a struggle.
 
We have two cats and when we board them at the vet's office when we travel I take out the carriers a couple of days before so they don't get suspicious. It usually takes two of us to round them up. Bugsy is easy because he is a little overweight and lazy. Andy is skittish. He senses when we are both fully dressed and have shoes on and approach him that something is up. :ROFLMAO:

Taking them to the vet is a horrible experience. Once I gathered both of them up myself. No problem. But when I got to the vet's office they were closed for a meeting, so I went back home. Bugsy gets carsick so he throws up every time. He had thrown up in his carrier. I made the mistake of letting him out so I could clean it, and he went behind the couch. I finally caught him. Andy stayed in the carrier, but he rattled it so hard that a screw came out. When I took them to the vet, Andy had peed in the carrier.

They are both sweet male cats and the staff knows them and pampers them. They always get two cages that open so they can visit. There is an aquarium in the cat room so they can watch the fish. They are always calm when I pick them up, but both absolutely hate going to the vet.
 
I keep the carriers by the door in case there is ever an emergency. If they have been sitting there for some time, I clean them a couple of days before. They know them and the sound of the door.

Juniper I can get easier, even if she goes behind the bed.

Talia, the calico is another story. I think I give off some kind of signal she tunes into. I've chased her around the apartment. Giving her the vitamin B12 shot once a month, she knows it. If she ever gets diabetes, I won't treat. My former calico was diabetic, never knew the needles.
 
Remy said:
I keep the carriers by the door in case there is ever an emergency. If they have been sitting there for some time, I clean them a couple of days before. They know them and the sound of the door.

Juniper I can get easier, even if she goes behind the bed.

Talia, the calico is another story. I think I give off some kind of signal she tunes into. I've chased her around the apartment. Giving her the vitamin B12 shot once a month, she knows it. If she ever gets diabetes, I won't treat. My former calico was diabetic, never knew the needles.
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Yes, some cats sense it. They are really intuitive souls.
 
My vet uses Feliway diffusers in their exam rooms & was impressed how well it worked with one of my cats staying calm. I have a spray bottle of Feliway & put a puff inside the crate before we go. I've also used the Feliway diffusers in the house in the past when the younger cats were picking on the older one. It calmed everyone down.
 
I bring my cat’s carrier out a couple days before a vet appointment & leave one of the zipped sides open so he can enter to grab one of the treats i toss inside throughout the day. Then on the day of appt i lurk til he steps in for his treat…& then sorta kinda gently push his lil kitty butt all the way inside while QUICKLY zipping up the carrier. Does he know he’s on the way to see the vet? Probably, since it’s the only place he ever goes. But he calms down quickly on the ride to the office & is mostly a model patient once we get there.
 
DebraMae said:
Mine did not like to go ANYWHERE. Once on the way to the vet I decided to leave her out of the carrier for the drive thinking she might be more comfortable with that. She litterally climbed to the top of my head and attached herself with imbeded claws. I had to have help removing her. I never tried that again but putting her in her carrier was always a struggle.
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I did the same with Mike. No cage. He squirmed under the car seat and clenched his paws around a spring. I'm at the vet and I couldn't get him out of the car. I missed the appointment.
 
I made a fatal mistake of taking TWO cats to the vet for shots. I didn't have carriers, but I foolishly thought I could take two of them in the van, grab one when I got there, take him in, hand him over and then go back to the van for the second one.

Up until then, they had been very laid-back kitties, getting along just fine.

Unfortunately, they both wanted to be in my lap (and my face) and they were highly incensed that the other one wanted to be there also.

There was a lot of hissing, yowling and swatting and the whole van was full of floating puffs of cat hair. I'm sneezing so hard it's a wonder I don't run off the road.

So, I got there and made my second big mistake..... I had one cat firmly clamped under my arm, but couldn't shoo off the other cat. I got the *brilliant* idea of also clamping the other one under my other arm and just get it over with in one fell swoop.

Surprisingly, they calmed down and we made it into the office. But, before the aide could take one cat from me a loose dog headed toward me.

The dog owner, who was sitting there, said , "Don't worry, he loves cats." Unfortunately for me, my cats didn't like dogs. They promptly turned on super-feline cat strength and proceeded to claw their way up my body, presumably thinking they would both fit on top of my head, wreaking havoc on the way.

By the time I was rescued by the aides, I was bleeding from at least a dozen scratches and maybe a bite or two. Or three. Or four.

The vet loaned me a couple of carriers for the trip home with the strong admonishment, "DO NOT DO THAT AGAIN!"

I didn't.
 

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