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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 08:51 AM
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Cats have their own special way of showing their displeasure...
As I found out when I took Mischief in for his annual rabies shot this week.

Hubby made an appointment at a place clear across town and Mischief no likey car rides.

So while hubby was driving, kitty decided to show his displeasure by jumping on my shoulder and defecating on me.

Note to self: Cat-carriers are your friend.
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 08:56 AM
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1. Was it spite or fear?
I've never had that happen. I do use a cat carrier but once carried a cat on my lap for 30 miles when we moved when I was a kid. She was as good as gold.

I just took mine in for their shots too. I always talk soothingly to them when they're in the car and turn the carriers so they can see each other (at least then they know they're not being singled out).
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 08:59 AM
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9. It was probably fear....he was VERY vocal about the car ride.
It was my own fault, but we had very little time to get to the vet and I didn't have time to go get the carrier out of the basement.

Hubby said the vets just fawned over Mischief and how purdy he was and how siamese and sweet he was.

Meanwhile I am cursing my olfactory lobes in the car.
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 08:57 AM
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2. Eeewww
my cat used to like to crawl behind the brake pedal while in the car. Needless to say I bought a cat carrier.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 09:02 AM
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11. Mariko used to weave herself in and out of the steering wheel
when she wasn't in a cat carrier.

That made for a very exciting drive.
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 08:57 AM
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3. your kittie pitched a loaf on you?
that's a new one. Mine usually just pees in my shoes, although we have recently come to an understanding. She doesn't pee in my shoes when she's mad at me and I don't ignore her when she's having a bad fur day.

Well, clearly you scared the crap out of him.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 09:11 AM
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13. I can honestly say I felt "shit upon"
LOL
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meti57b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 08:57 AM
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4. Definitely agree! Cats must be imprisoned while being transported in a car
They know they are not going to anywhere they want to be and will take revenge on the hapless driver!
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 09:01 AM
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10. Orange jump suits and 2 kinds of Fancy Feast!
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 08:58 AM
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5. Cats ALWAYS have the last word or in this case, action.
I would not trade my bunch for anything!!!
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 08:58 AM
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6. Hey the cat was thinking ahead......maybe the Vet needed a stool
sample.

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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 08:58 AM
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7. My dog does that when she gets on the exam table.
#1 and #2 all over the place. And then she is so gassy. I know I shouldn't be embarrassed, but I can't help it.
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kedrys Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 08:59 AM
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8. Get the kind with two doors, one on top and one on the end
Much easier to top-load a cat, and they figure out the side exit is the fastest way to get out once they're home.

We have one for each of our cats, and they've never been easier to transport. Only one of them likes the car (out of 7), so we can take them with minimum damage to us.
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pansypoo53219 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 09:09 AM
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12. so far only 2 pee accidents
and they only cry(meow heads off)when being trasported. i don't use a carrier. they get leashed. damn cats weigh too much. and they have to be civilized.
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 09:14 AM
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14. Cat carriers, gotta have 'em!
our past cats have let their displeasure of being in the car to all in earshot...and our part of the metro area.
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Allenberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 09:15 AM
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15. Both of mine get put into carriers.
My female is very vocal, and sometimes the male will try to mimic, but he's actually not afraid. He's well behaved when its just him in the car.
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 09:17 AM
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16. Oreo did that on me....
about 11 years ago when I first moved to Dallas from Austin to go back to school.

I had the U-Haul all ready to go, and no kitty carrier to put her in. I was carrying her out to the truck and she peed all over the front of my shirt.

Fortunately, I'd thrown a change of clothes into an overnight bag, so just grabbed another T-shirt to change into.

And thank God it was January, so it didn't get super hot and disgusting. It was chilly and cold, so it wasn't bad.

I also learned during the trip that she got carsick. A LOT.

As soon as I could get a carrier I did!
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Love Bug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 09:28 AM
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17. Last time I took one of my cats to the vet she peed in the carrier
Edited on Fri Jul-08-05 09:29 AM by Love Bug
She had peed in the carrier in the car and the vet assistant took her to clean her up. You should have heard the yowling coming out of the back room! When I went in there she was wet from her bath and wrapped in a towel with the "I want you all to die!" expression! lol The vet asst was good, tho -- by the time I left she had kitty purring.
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