Feline Cage Removal and Restraint

Question 1

What should you do before opening a cage door?

Answer 1

-Determine the cat’s receptiveness
-Close the door to the room
-Approach slowly
-Talk softly
-Listen to cues

Question 2

What are the audible receptive cues?

Answer 2

Meowing, purring, chirping

Question 3

What are the audible non-receptive cues?

Answer 3

Growling, hissing, chattering, screaming

Question 4

What are the receptive postures?

Answer 4

Approaches cage door, aches back, rubs on cage, rolls on back

Question 5

What are the non-receptive postures?

Answer 5

Crouching, hiding at the back of the cage, slinking, striking

Question 6

What are receptive eyes?

Answer 6

Eyes are normal width or partially closed, iris visible

Question 7

What are non-receptive eyes?

Answer 7

Eyes darting, open wide, pupils dialated

Question 8

What is the receptive eat position?

Answer 8

Ears erect

Question 9

What is the non-receptive ear position?

Answer 9

Ears back

Question 10

What is receptive tail movement?

Answer 10

Erect, relaxed, slow wave as tip

Question 11

What is non-receptive tail movement?

Answer 11

Thumping, flicking, rapidly twitching tail

Question 12

What is receptive paw movement?

Answer 12

Kneading, curling paws

Question 13

What is non-receptive paw movement?

Answer 13

Raising paw, striking

Question 14

How to get a cat out of a carrier

Answer 14

-Open door
-Tilt downward
-Let the cat step out

Question 15

How to get a cat out of a cage

Answer 15

-Open the door enough to stick an arm in
-Try to stroke the cat’s head and back to gauge receptiveness

Question 16

How handle a moderately non-receptive cat

Answer 16

-Scruff and restain front or back legs
-Use bite gloves
-Towel wrap

Question 17

How to handle a non-receptive cat

Answer 17

-Remain aware of claws and teeth
-Wait for cat to calm down, don’t try to calm it
-Distract cat so you can touch it without being injured
-Move calmly and quickly to retrieve cat

Question 18

How to handle an outwardly aggressive cat

Answer 18

Use a…
-Scratch shield
-Clam shell
-Net
-Bite gloves
-Snare/noose
-Induction box

Question 19

How to use a scratch shield

Answer 19

-Remove items from cage if possible
-Slide scratch shield upright to cage
-Compress cat against back of cage
-Inject through holes in shield

Question 20

How to use the clam shield

Answer 20

-Remove items from cage if possible
-Pull handles apart to open
-Enclose cat in clam shell
-Pull handles together to close
-Can inject through netting

Question 21

How to use a snare/noose

Answer 21

-Hold handle of snare
-Place snare around neck
-Pull snug
-Use snare to pull cat forward with one hand
-Scruff w/ other hand

Question 22

How to use an induction box

Answer 22

-Dump from carrier into induction box or scruff and place in
-Quickly place lid and hold down
-WILL PUT CAT TO SLEEP USE IN EXTREME CASES

Question 23

What is non-manipulative restraint?

Answer 23

Keeping the cat in one place to it can be examined or a procedure can be done

Question 24

How to scruff

Answer 24

Grasp nape of neck will all fingers of one hand

Question 25

What does a cat muzzle do?

Answer 25

Intended to keep cat from biting but may also obstruct vision

Question 26

What does an elizabethan collar (e-collar) do?

Answer 26

-Prevents self-mutilation -Can be used to protect people from bites

Question 27

What does a cat bag/sack do?

Answer 27

-Prevents cat from scratching -Can be used to restrain cats for procedures or anesthesia -Many cats feel more comfortable in it

Question 28

How to stretch a cat

Answer 28

-Scruff with one hand -Hold hind feet with other hand and pull caudally -Brace forearm that is scruffing along the back

Question 29

How to restrain a compliant cat for femoral venipuncture

Answer 29

-Place upturned hand under the jaw -Wrap thumb under its ear and around to the back of the head -Fingers of the same hand wrapped under jaw and up the side of the face toward the back of the other side

Question 30

How to restrain a non-compliant cat for femoral venipuncture

Answer 30

Stretch the cat

Question 31

What does the other hand do during the femoral venipuncture restraint?

Answer 31

-Lightly hold tail in your palm and bring it against the abdomen in a caudial to cranial direction -Grasp the foot of the up leg between your thumb and the index finger side of your hand and push it toward the abdomen -Set the pinkie side of the hand on the down leg and slide it to the abdomen to scoop that cat's fat pouch -Once you reach the abdomen, use the pinkie side of the hand to press down on the medial aspect of the 'down' thigh

Question 32

How to restraint for cephalic venipuncture

Answer 32

-Place hand across the front of throat -Scruff instead if necessary -Use elbow of same arm to press cat's body against you side with other hand -Reach thumb across foreleg, press, roll cephalic vein laterally

Question 33

The cephalic vein runs on the...

Answer 33

Medial aspect of the forelimb

Question 34

What is another name for femoral venipuncture?

Answer 34

Medical saphenous venipuncture

Question 35

How to restrain for jugular venipuncture in sternal recumbency

Answer 35

-Hold cat's forelegs as the elbow -Pull forelegs straight down off over the table edge -At the same time, place finger of the other hand under the cats chin and lift upward to make a straight line from forefeet to chin -Keep fingers out of way of jugular vein

Question 36

How to restrain for jugular venipuncture in lateral recumbency

Answer 36

-Hold cat's forlegs at elbiw -Press forelegs down against chest/abdomen -Raise head to make a straight line from feet to chin

Question 37

In what positions can jugular venipuncture be done?

Answer 37

Sternal recumbency, lateral recumbency

Question 38

How to do a pretzel hold

Answer 38

Hold hind foot and scruff in the same hand

Question 39

What is the pretzel hold used for?

Answer 39

People who need to restrain a cat for themselves to give an injection

Question 40

Why should the pretzel hold be done only when necessary?

Answer 40

Cats may become upset and harder to restrain when done