I knew this was going to be traumatic, but I guess it could've been worse!
For her appt.'s last year when she was little it was a struggle to catch her to get her into the cage. She's now settled to the point where I can approach her slowly, pat her, and pick her up. So now she's going to hate me for putting her through the vet trauma.... When she first when in the cage she kept walking backwards in circles trying to back out of the cage I guess
Anyway, so in the car, DH had her on his lap (in the cage), and she was meowing the entire way - not her usual cute little mew, but a big, loud "I am so freaked out" meow.
We dropped DH at work, then she was on the passenger seat next to me, and was pretty settled the rest of the trip.
At the vet's she was shaking the whole time and pretty much just froze. I held her as much as possible, and she just melted into my chest shaking away
It was nice to cuddle her though... If only she'd let me cuddle her like that without her being so scared!
She passed with flying colours though, everything checked out fine - yayyyyy!!!
So no more trauma for another year hopefully! As soon as we got home, she ran to her safe spot behind the couch, but she should calm down soon enough to come and get some treats for being so brave
For her appt.'s last year when she was little it was a struggle to catch her to get her into the cage. She's now settled to the point where I can approach her slowly, pat her, and pick her up. So now she's going to hate me for putting her through the vet trauma.... When she first when in the cage she kept walking backwards in circles trying to back out of the cage I guess
Anyway, so in the car, DH had her on his lap (in the cage), and she was meowing the entire way - not her usual cute little mew, but a big, loud "I am so freaked out" meow.
We dropped DH at work, then she was on the passenger seat next to me, and was pretty settled the rest of the trip.
At the vet's she was shaking the whole time and pretty much just froze. I held her as much as possible, and she just melted into my chest shaking away
She passed with flying colours though, everything checked out fine - yayyyyy!!!
So no more trauma for another year hopefully! As soon as we got home, she ran to her safe spot behind the couch, but she should calm down soon enough to come and get some treats for being so brave