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Oct 30, 2013 · Some cats seem to react poorly to almost any type of restraint, including scruffing, which creates a dilemma in the veterinary hospital with regards to the safety of personnel and the ability to perform procedures that are in the patient’s best interests. The worst of these “offenders” simply must be sedated.
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Feline Restraint Techniques: Minimal restraint techniques: Some cats will be amenable to minimal restraint. It’s important to not use the maximum restraint with all cats from the start of the procedures. Cats often benefit from minimal restraint techniques. Over-restraint can cause the cat to feel threatened, leading to escape attempts.
Feb 13, 2019 · Lip licking, holding the ears to the side and back, respiratory rate, and pupil dilation increased during full-body restraint. Cats restrained with passive restraint were 6.1 times as likely to stay on the examination table after being released. The study appeared in the July 2018 issue of Applied Animal Behaviour Science. Animal welfare. Canine.
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At times it may be necessary for you to restrain your cat. If your cat is docile and used to being handled, it shouldn’t be a problem. However, if the cat is upset, angry, hurt or sick, or just doesn’t want to be handled you will need to use some special techniques. This is, above all, to ensure that both you and the cat are kept safe and sound throughout the process.
Place a muzzle on the cat for full-body restraint. Then, lay the cat in the middle of a towel and pull one end of the towel snugly over the cat’s body. Fold the towel on the other side to make a “kitty burrito.”
Assess how much restraint is needed.
Keep in mind that the least amount of restraint you can use, while also effectively restraining the cat, is generally the best way to avoid severely upsetting the cat. For instance, if you can simply pick your cat up and move it away from a bad situation, you should do that.
For quick painless procedures, such as giving a pill or drops in the ear, the cat’s scruff can be used to restrain the cat. As long as you do not attempt to lift the cat by the scruff, it is a perfectly acceptable means of restraint. This technique should only be used when the cat is resting its body on a flat surface such as a table, floor, or counter. The loose skin on the back of the neck can be gripped in one hand to restrain the cat.
Using your dominant hand, grasp the loose skin (the scruff) in a firm grip as the cat is facing away from you. This gives you a secure grip on the cat and it is thought that this may have a slight calming effect on a cat as long as it isn’t too upset.
To safely restrain a cat there is some equipment that you will need. These include:
A muzzle: There are specific muzzles made for cats which are different from muzzles used on dogs. Generally they are a “full face” type muzzle which keep the cat’s from seeing while the straps Velcro in place behind the ears.
A towel: Thick bath-sized towels can be used to keep cats tightly bound so their feet cannot claw at you.
Place a muzzle on the cat.
Feb 14, 2022 · A study reported on the Vet Record website entitled: Getting a grip: cats respond negatively to scruffing and clips, examined these four methods and concluded that full-body restraint and clip restraint (clipnosis) “resulted in the greatest number of negative responses”. Scruffing resulted in fewer negative responses while “passive restraint showed the least number of responses”.
Jul 10, 2018 · Because many cats are stressed at the time of presentation, physical examination and laboratory results may reflect this, making interpretation difficult; for example, is the blood glucose, heart rate and blood pressure elevated due to a disease process or stress? 6 if feline friendly handling techniques have failed, it is in the best interests of the patient to forego physical restraint to ...
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Scruffing the cat by the neck is one way to control the cat without hurting it Consider giving pain medication if the patient is painful or if pain is expected to be induced during a procedure Consider chemical restraint/sedation if the patient is overtly aggressive, nervous, or difficult to handle as it may be safer for both the patient and the handler
