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Feline Cage Removal and Restraint Flashcards

1
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What should you do before opening a cage door?

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

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What are the audible receptive cues?

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Meowing, purring, chirping

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What are the audible non-receptive cues?

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Growling, hissing, chattering, screaming

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What are the receptive postures?

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

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What are the non-receptive postures?

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

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What are receptive eyes?

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Eyes are normal width or partially closed, iris visible

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What are non-receptive eyes?

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Eyes darting, open wide, pupils dialated

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What is the receptive eat position?

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Ears erect

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What is the non-receptive ear position?

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Ears back

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What is receptive tail movement?

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Erect, relaxed, slow wave as tip

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What is non-receptive tail movement?

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Thumping, flicking, rapidly twitching tail

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What is receptive paw movement?

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Kneading, curling paws

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What is non-receptive paw movement?

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Raising paw, striking

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How to get a cat out of a carrier

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

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How to get a cat out of a cage

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

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How handle a moderately non-receptive cat

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

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How to handle a non-receptive cat

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-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

18
Q

How to handle an outwardly aggressive cat

A

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

19
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How to use a scratch shield

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

20
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How to use the clam shield

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-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

21
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How to use a snare/noose

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

22
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How to use an induction box

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-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

23
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What is non-manipulative restraint?

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

24
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How to scruff

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Grasp nape of neck will all fingers of one hand

25
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What does a cat muzzle do?

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Intended to keep cat from biting but may also obstruct vision

26
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What does an elizabethan collar (e-collar) do?

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

27
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What does a cat bag/sack do?

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

28
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How to stretch a cat

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

29
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How to restrain a compliant cat for femoral venipuncture

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-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

30
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How to restrain a non-compliant cat for femoral venipuncture

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Stretch the cat

31
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What does the other hand do during the femoral venipuncture restraint?

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-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

32
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How to restraint for cephalic venipuncture

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-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

33
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The cephalic vein runs on the…

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Medial aspect of the forelimb

34
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What is another name for femoral venipuncture?

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Medical saphenous venipuncture

35
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How to restrain for jugular venipuncture in sternal recumbency

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-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

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How to restrain for jugular venipuncture in lateral recumbency

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

37
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In what positions can jugular venipuncture be done?

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Sternal recumbency, lateral recumbency

38
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How to do a pretzel hold

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Hold hind foot and scruff in the same hand

39
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What is the pretzel hold used for?

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

40
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Why should the pretzel hold be done only when necessary?

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Cats may become upset and harder to restrain when done

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