6 Tipos de GATOS EN EL VETERINARIO 😼🏥 | ¿Qué gatunalidad tiene tu michi en la consulta? 🐾

Come from a colony or a semi feral. The statue cat. You might never have thought in your life, if you don't live with one, that there's a cat that has the worst time in the doctor's office, even though you see that it stays still, doesn't do absolutely anything. And you might think that it's a good cat. It's actually terrified inside. They don't know what to expect. They don't know what's coming. In fact, it's not that they're alert like the shy one at the back of the carrier might be, but rather, when you open the top lid of the carrier and go to handle it, the cat, well, practically doesn't even look at you. It's not aware of its surroundings. People with little experience might think that it's a cat that behaves well at the vets. And it's true that it doesn't show any type of trait that could be aggressive or that would draw your attention, but it's true that what the cat is really suffering from is stress at that moment. For these cases, I do highly recommend that you always have the carrier set up at home, okay? So that it doesn't cause more stress when you have to go to the doctor's office, and that every time you come back from the vet, clean its carrier, its cage, its carrier thoroughly, give it a good scrub with hot water and neutral soap, let it dry and put it in the sun. When our cats have a bad time in a place, they are able to perceive the smells and pheromones that have been released during that moment of stress. So as I was saying, if you only use the carrier for something that terrifies the cat, such as going to the vet, every time you put it in, it will relive that whole experience. It will become more and more nervous, and that will not make the experience any easier for us vets. Well, let's see. They are not the easiest to deal with because it is true that in general, they will remain quiet, especially if we do some manipulation or something that does not bother them too much or that does not cause them much harm. But there are some that, for example, when they are going to get a vaccine, that little prick causes them to have an exaggerated reaction because at that moment they stop being like a statue and suddenly they attack. And with this type of cat, so that they do not have such a bad time in the consultation, we vets have a supreme rule, the sooner the procedure we're doing is over, the better. And since these cats literally freeze like statues you can't do a good examination because, for example, it's very difficult to walk around with the stethoscope. Of course, if you have to listen to their little heart or their little lungs, which you can hear down here, you have to move them. They're in the box made up like a block. And it's usually a bit complicated. If your cat behaves like this, they freeze like statues. I hope that these tips I just gave you, plus the idea of using the carrier on your legs in the waiting room, which I mentioned earlier, can also be useful, will help you a lot when you go to the doctor's office. Leave me a comment and let me know. The unruly cat. This is the type of cat that we veterinarians tend to be a little afraid of, or, well, maybe a lot, because it's the classic one that won't let you touch it at all when it arrives at the doctor's office and is simply showing off its fierceness. That's why I call him the Untamed one, because he says, look, you stay where you are. I'm here, but if you come any closer, you should know that I'm going to show you what's good. When they put the carrier on the table, you can already hear the snorts from outside. You look through the door and the first thing you see is his face with his ears back, snorting at you, saying, hey, don't go too far. The poor guy really has a hard time quote. Obviously, vets in general are quite used to this type of cat. Well, there may be some who don't have much experience with cats. Perhaps not so much. But in any case, if you have noticed that your happy companion does not behave this way when you go to the consultation, I am going to give you a super important piece of advice, well, fundamental, which is that under no circumstances should you open the carrier at the beginning when you arrive at the consultation, because the cat will probably escape and go to look for a more stable shelter than the carrier where it can gain strength and it will not be very easy to get it out. Look, I am going to tell you an anecdote. Once when I was at the clinic, there was an assistant who was doing her internship and, well, logically, she was just finishing her training at that time, but she still did not have much contact with cats or much experience. So, well, when they put the carrier on the table, she, out of ignorance, opened the carrier, removed the lid, and, well, the jackhammer that the cat made was something out of a movie. But then he went under a piece of furniture and it was very difficult to get him out of there because he obviously didn't want to come out. So you can imagine the situation. The cat was overwhelmed under a piece of furniture. His family was also very overwhelmed, and, well, the lady was yelling, which didn't help to keep everyone calm either. And I was also very overwhelmed because it was impossible to get the cat out of where he had gone. Little by little we managed to calm the situation. We tried to keep the environment a little calm. We all went outside to see if the cat would come out from under the furniture on his own. At first he didn't want to come out, but anyway, we left the carrier on the floor, and in the end, when he got into the carrier, we were able to get the whole situation back under control. But anyway, these cats, as I say, are not strangers to the office. It is quite common to have some of these, and you may also recognize them because sometimes we veterinarians wear very, very thick gloves to handle cats, because they are prepared to defend themselves with all their weapons. So if we do not use those gloves, they can hurt us. So, apart from not opening the carrier, which is my fundamental and most important piece of advice, I also have to give you another piece of advice, or at least talk to you about how we can help these cats to have a better time in the consultation. I companion a little sedation, do not receive it very well because they think it is a bit excessive. But really, when a cat comes in with a lot of stress before it has a bad time in the clinic, we prefer to give it a little sedation so that we can do the handling, the procedure, whatever it may be, as quickly as possible. And the cat does not have such a bad time. Well, I've said it a few times already, especially on the secondary channel, but I'll repeat it here. Sedation is a safe procedure, quite common, and veterinarians are very used to carrying out this type of procedure. In addition, we are constantly supervising the cat, and if we opt for this solution, it is because we truly believe that it is the best thing for it, the chameleon cat. Well, if you thought that the statue cat couldn't be more unpredictable, you were wrong. There is one that even surpasses it, which is precisely the chameleon cat. Why do I call it that? Well, because it is a cat that can display a very sociable, very friendly temperament when it arrives at the consultation. But suddenly everything changes in a matter of seconds, and it defends its territory and defends Itself, as if there were no tomorrow. This is a cat that can confuse even the most experienced veterinarians, because when they arrive at the clinic, you see them from outside the carrier, they even meow at you. You put your little finger in there and they try to rub against it a little bit, and, well, everything seems to be going great. But when you least expect it, bang, there they go. They swipe at you with their paws, and I in particular, am the one I fear the most, because they are super unpredictable. Because there is also something that happens once that change has occurred, the one that has made them distrustful and that has made them, well, show that aggression. There is no going back. He is no longer the adorable cat he is again, because he has clearly begun to distrust the situation, and for that reason is very, very complicated to redirect him, because he is a cat that has already left the carrier, is out exploring, and if possible, if he is no longer comfortable, he may end up hiding and it will be very complicated to handle him later. It is not that this cat is the most common, but perhaps he is the one that leaves the biggest mark on us veterinarians, as I have said. And that is why you will see that especially vets who perhaps do not have much experience with cats, think that all of them are going to be a bit like this. And I tell you that it is not like that. There are only a few cats, but hey, when you meet them, you remember them for the rest of your life. My recommendation with this type of cat is that if you have ever seen them behave like this in the office, notify the vet as soon as possible. Not because your cat is going to be bad from the start, but because it's much better to be prepared and know what you're dealing with. Why? Because I, for example, don't do the same with cooperative cats as I do with opening the door and letting them out. Instead, I prefer to handle them inside the carrier as much as I can. It's true that inside the carrier they let themselves be touched, petted and all that, but if, for whatever reason, the situation gets a bit complicated, at least they are well controlled in a place where they can be handled. And now let's move on to the last type of cat, the explorer cat. You might say, hey, this one sounds a bit like a cooperative cat to me, because you said that the cooperative cat leaves the carrier on its own and so does the explorer. But the difference between these two cats is that while the cooperative cat stays on the examination table looking for affection, cuddles and the vet's hand. The explorer doesn't do that. It leaves its carrier and takes over the entire environment. It starts looking in every corner of the office, sniffing everything, rubbing itself against everything, all the equipment, everything it finds. In other words, it leaves its trail everywhere in the clinic. It's true that these cats are sociable, but perhaps we tend to see this type of behavior more in young cats. If you'll allow me, I'm going to use the expression naive. The fact that they are so young leads them to be much more extroverted, to not have so many qualms about looking everywhere in the clinic, and to let themselves be seen much more. And this inexperience makes them perhaps a little more trusting. And many poor things don't know what to expect. Well, perhaps if that first experience at the vet isn't very good, because whatever it is, I don't know, anything happens that doesn't lead to a good memory in the future, they'll change their cat behavior and become one of the other five. I've spent the entire video giving you advice, but now comes a piece of advice that I give to myself or to us vets. We have to try to make these cats that are explorers, that are trusting have a good time that first day at the clinic so that we can try to turn them from being explorers to becoming increasingly cooperative. And if you also want to encourage this type of behavior in your cat to be cooperative, to be affectionate with the vet, approach the cat, pet it in the office, make it feel close to you so that it knows that its trusted human is nearby and that it won't leave it there alone. Poor thing, helpless. You can bring him a little toy, distract him, give him a treat if the vet allows it, because you shouldn't do anything that would force the cat to fast. Bring blankets so he can smell his surroundings, his home, and feel comfortable. All of that will help you a lot. I have to say that when it comes to working with them, they may make your afternoon a little more fun, but they make the consultation a little longer. Why? Well, because once you see that he's enjoying himself, that he's running around sniffing everything, you let him in, go and chat with the family without caring at all about what the cat is doing, because he's having fun, even though we're there to work and do something, there always comes a time when we have to put him on the table, even though he wants to keep walking around. And so, an important tip for any type of cat when going to the vet's office is to first, always stay calm and not get nervous because your cat can sense it. Second, in the waiting room, make sure your cat always senses you're close by. Place the carrier on your lap with the door facing your belly. Third, make short visits to the vet, especially when your cat is little. That will help him get used to those situations. Fourth, as I always tell you, synthetic feline facial pheromones are your friends both at home with the diffuser plug and in the car with the spray. They help a lot. And six if you know your feline companion's cat nature in the office, tell the vet before doing anything. And with all these tips, I hope that the next time you go to the vet's office everything goes smoothly and now it's your turn. If you haven't already, tell me in the comments what your cat is like at the clinic. The cat is a bit of an explorer. Also, if you like the video, remember that you can give us a like Subscribe.