Angry Cat at the Vet | Fractious Cat Restraint
Summary
TLDRIn this veterinary video, Megan and her team tackle the challenge of examining an aggressive cat named Max, who has a history of being difficult at other hospitals. They use a cat muzzle for safety and a blanket for restraint, ensuring efficient procedures. After a thorough check-up, including blood work and an oral exam under sedation, Max is successfully treated without incident, showcasing the team's expertise in handling tough cases.
Takeaways
- 😾 Max is an angry cat with a history of being aggressive at veterinary hospitals.
- 🏥 Megan is preparing to examine Max, who has been vomiting and losing weight, and will need to draw blood.
- 🐾 Megan emphasizes the importance of using a cat muzzle for restraint, highlighting its ability to allow the cat to breathe freely.
- 🛠️ The team is equipped with all necessary tools and a plan to work efficiently and safely with Max.
- 📦 Megan prefers to modify the carrier to control the extraction of Max, avoiding potential escapes.
- 👐 Megan explains the technique of pinning Max's head without scruffing to prevent trachea compression.
- 🤝 Teamwork is crucial for handling an angry cat, with clear communication to avoid injury and ensure a smooth process.
- 🩺 A quick physical exam and urine sample are collected, with attention to Max's ability to escape from the muzzle.
- 💉 Megan opts for a butterfly catheter for drawing blood to minimize the risk of injury to Max during potential struggles.
- 💊 Max is sedated for a thorough oral exam due to concerns about dental disease, requiring careful handling post-sedation.
- 🛌 Max is moved back to his carrier for recovery, minimizing the need for additional handling and reducing stress.
Q & A
Who is the main character in the script and what is her role?
-The main character is Megan, who appears to be a veterinary professional dealing with an angry cat named Max.
What is the primary issue with Max the cat?
-Max has been vomiting and losing weight, which is why he is at the veterinary hospital for examination and blood tests.
Why has Max been fired from other veterinary hospitals?
-Max has been fired from other veterinary hospitals due to his history of being angry and potentially aggressive.
What special equipment does Megan use for restraining Max?
-Megan uses a hard plastic cat muzzle that allows Max to breathe, scream, and hiss unobstructed, which she considers the best invention for cat restraint.
Why is a big, thick blanket used in handling Max?
-A big, thick blanket is used to help restrain Max effectively, as a regular towel would not be sufficient for a cat of his temperament.
What is the importance of having a plan and good communication when handling an angry animal like Max?
-Having a plan and good communication ensures that the examination and procedures are carried out efficiently, minimizing stress and potential injury to both the animal and the handlers.
How does Megan intend to get Max out of his carrier without causing him to bolt?
-Megan plans to take apart the carrier to create a controlled environment for extracting Max, avoiding the risk of him escaping or running into other animals.
Why does Megan avoid using the scruff method on an angry cat like Max?
-The scruff method can restrict breathing when used on an angry cat that struggles more as pressure on the trachea increases, so Megan chooses to pin Max's head down instead.
What is the purpose of keeping the environment dark for Max during the examination?
-Keeping the environment dark can help calm Max down as he won't be able to see the handlers moving around and anticipate their movements.
Why is it important to weigh Max before proceeding with further medical procedures?
-Weighing Max provides essential information for dosage calculations if sedation or medication is required during his treatment.
What safety measures are taken when drawing blood from Max?
-Megan uses a butterfly catheter to minimize the risk of lacerating Max's vein if he struggles during the blood draw.
How does the team handle Max after the blood draw and before the oral exam?
-The team moves Max into a kennel with the blankets still on him, ensuring he is secure and comfortable until he is ready for the oral exam.
What sedative is used for Max's oral exam and why?
-Dexdomitor is used for Max's oral exam because it provides heavy sedation, allowing for a thorough examination without causing undue stress or injury to Max.
How is Max's recovery from sedation managed after the oral exam?
-Max is allowed to recover in his own carrier without being disturbed, ensuring a safe and stress-free environment for him to regain consciousness.
Outlines
😾 Dealing with an Angry Cat: Max's Examination
Megan introduces the video with a focus on handling an aggressive cat named Max, who has been vomiting and losing weight. Max has a history of being difficult with other veterinary hospitals. The plan is to examine him and draw blood, requiring significant restraint due to his temperament. Megan prepares by getting a cat muzzle, which allows the cat to breathe freely, and a thick blanket for additional restraint. She emphasizes the importance of efficiency and communication during the procedure to minimize stress and potential injury to both the cat and the staff.
💉 Managing Max's Medical Procedure and Sedation
The second paragraph details the process of weighing Max and conducting a physical examination, including collecting a urine sample. Megan discusses the importance of being prepared for potential sedation if needed. Throughout the procedure, she and Sarah work together to restrain Max, using a butterfly catheter for blood drawing to minimize injury. After the examination, Max is moved to a kennel with care to avoid triggering him. Later, due to concerns about dental disease, Max is sedated with dexdomitor for an oral exam. Megan explains the strategy for safely moving an angry cat and the importance of quick, decisive actions. The sedation is reversed, and Max recovers in his carrier, concluding the successful treatment without injury to the staff or further distress to the cat.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Angry Cat
💡Vomiting
💡Weight Loss
💡Veterinary Hospitals
💡Cat Muzzle
💡Restraint
💡Efficiency
💡Physical Exam
💡Urine Sample
💡Sedation
💡Dexdomitor
💡Oral Exam
Highlights
Introduction of Megan and the task of handling an angry cat named Max.
Max's history of being fired from other veterinary hospitals due to his anger.
Preparation for heavy restraint due to Max's known aggression.
Use of a cat muzzle as an effective restraint tool for angry cats.
The importance of the cat's ability to breathe while muzzled.
Efficiency in handling Max with two people working on him.
Preparation of all necessary tools and equipment before handling Max.
Communication with the doctor to streamline the examination process.
Disassembly of the carrier for controlled extraction of Max.
Avoidance of using the scruff method due to breathing issues with angry cats.
Technique of pinning the cat's head without scruffing.
Max's reaction to being handled and the use of darkness to calm him.
Weighing Max to determine the correct dosage for potential sedation.
Protecting the doctor from potential harm during the examination.
Use of a butterfly catheter for safe blood drawing.
Moving Max to a kennel with caution and maintaining control.
The decision to sedate Max for a thorough oral examination.
Quick and decisive action when removing Max from the kennel for sedation.
Max's recovery after sedation and the successful completion of the treatment.
Transcripts
Hi, I'm Megan. Today we're going to deal
with an angry cat. This is Max, and he's
been vomiting and losing weight, and so
he's here today so we can examine him,
and draw some blood. He has been fired
from other veterinary hospitals, and so
we know that he has a history of being
angry. He's in here kind of growling at
us and preparing for the worst. So, we are
getting set up. Since I know he's angry,
we're just going to assume that we're
going to need some some pretty heavy
restraint on him. So I've got a cat
muzzle out. In my opinion, this is the
best invention for cat restraint ever.
It's a really hard plastic, kind of
patent-y and it goes over there, you know,
his face is going to go in here and we
tighten it down behind his ears but he
can still open his mouth, he can scream,
he can hiss, he can breathe unobstructed,
which i think is a problem with other
cat muzzles. When they can't open their
mouths, they feel like they can't breathe.
That becomes a real problem. So goal
number one is going to be and try and get
this on his face. I also have a big
blanket. This is not a cat that a towel
is going to help with, so we've got a big
thick blanket. Sarah is going to help me,
so there's going to be two of us working
on him, and the goal is just going to be
to be as efficient as possible. I have
everything ready. I have a thermometer, I
have a scale, everything I'm going to
need to draw blood work. We don't want to
anger him and then have to shuffle
around and find our supplies. Also kind
of on board with the doctor so she knows
exactly the order that we're going to do
things. She's got a plan in her head, we
don't want to get this angry cat, out do
a bunch of stuff, put him back, and then
have the doctor come back five minutes
later, oh by the way, do you mind doing
this? So just make sure there's a lot of
communication when you have an angry
animal so that you can get everything
done, get him put away, and on his way. This is a carrier that opens from the top, but
I am going to just take the carrier
apart. This is kind of a small hole for
us to get our hands in and drag him
out of, so I'd rather just you know we'll
kind of pop all these, and then when
we're ready we'll take the top off, get
the blanket on him, and pull him out. I'm
not a big fan of dumping cats out the
front, just in case he bolts and we lose
him- that's not a good situation.
You don't ever want to have to pull
a cat out from under cupboards, or you
know under a shelf, or under a cage or
anything like that. Certainly excaping
out the front door, running into some
dogs. All bad news. So we want to be as
controlled as possible. I don't know, now something's
up buddy, okay. All right, he wants to go hide
in there. Okay,
so I am just gonna pay attention to
where his head is. So I've got my hand
just kind of around his neck, to control
his head. This cat, it's never going to do
us any good to scruff him. I think a
scruff is a really good tool when you
need to kind of immobilize a cat if he's
struggling a little bit when you're
trying to get blood. But when a cat is
really angry and you scruff them, and you
pull tighter and tighter and they
struggle more and more, they actually
can't breathe anymore. It puts enough
pressure on their trachea. So when I have
a really angry cat I don't scruff at all.
I'm just going to kind of pin his head
down. So I know his head is right here.
Just pin his neck down so that he can
turn and bite through the blanket if he
wants to, but, just control that head. We'll
kind of get his feet under the blanket
as we need to and then just go from
there. So a lot of angry cat restraint is
just holding them down to the table,
which Sarah is going to do. So now I'm
going to turn him so his head is facing
towards me and we're going to get the
muzzle on. There we go. Okay,
So just kind of feed his head in there,
make sure the straps get behind his ears,
and then cinch it down.
It's not impossible for him to get this
muzzle off, if he gets his back legs up
there, he can certainly flip it off over
his head. But now I know that his teeth
are covered, and he still has a lot of
room to breathe in there. He's still
growling. Oftentimes just getting things
dark, it's going to help him. He's not
going to, you know, be able to see us
moving around and, you know, anticipate
movements toward him. So we'll just kind
of leave him in the dark, and next we'll
get a weight. Max, he's just kind of gone limp
here, which is in our favor. Okay, no
bolting. All right, 14 pounds. Okay. All
right, now that he has a correct weight,
if we do get in trouble and we need to
move to sedation, we've got that
important piece of information and we
can just move right to it. So Sarah's got
his front half, I just have some hands on
his back feet. These cats can do some
really good damage with back claws when
they start bunny kicking, so it's my job
to protect the doctor, and so far so good.
All right, so we got a quick physical
exam done. He gave us a good urine
sample, so that's always helpful. He has
been able to get out of his muzzle. This
is, you know, we all need to be talking
to each other. If I see that happen, I
need to make sure Sarah knows his teeth
are out so she's going to be careful
with that. If he's struggling and I'm
close to losing his back legs, if Sarah's
restraining him for something and she's
about to lose control of him, just let
everybody know. You've got to yell it and
say I'm losing it, so whoever is close to
his face can step back if he does escape
and get off the table,
that's better than, you know, having one
of us get bit by a cat. You know, we can
find him, retrieve him, and get him back.
But nobody wants to go to the hospital.
So I'm going to draw blood from this cat.
I don't anticipate him behaving very
well so I'm going to use a butterfly
catheter. This
is a 23 gauge butterfly catheter. The
reason that I like these is that it
gives him the opportunity to struggle a
little bit, and I'm not gonna lacerate
his vein. You know if I've got this
syringe on it and he moves around it's
pretty easy to cause some trauma there.
Okay, so we're gonna move him into a
kennel now, and that's where he'll hang
out until his owner is ready to come get
him. So we're not going to take any of
the blankets or anything off of him,
we're just going to pick up the whole
mass, and just move him into his kennel.
So Sara's still got a good hold on his
head, so I'm just going to kind of help
with the back end here and we'll use an
entire queen's bed worth of laundry to
get him picked up. All of that bedding in
there will be helpful and it's time to
pull him back out again. We'll use all
the same big blankets and then get him
out of here.
So we're back with Max, and after further
discussion with the owner, we do want to
do a good oral exam on him. There's some
concern for dental disease, and he
obviously is not going to let us get a
good look without some heavy sedation. So
we're going to give him some dexdomitor,
and in order to do that we're going to need to get him out of the cage. So he
is already aware that I'm going to do
something that he doesn't like. The key
to getting angry cats out of a kennel is
to just do it very quickly and be very
decisive about it. The more I flinch and
kind of move around he's going to learn
very quickly what's going on and he's
going to be able to get around it, and
perhaps escape or cause injury. So I have
another nice thick blanket I'm just
going to go in, cover him with this
blanket, again find where his head is
going to kind of put my hands on either
side of his neck and then just scoop him
up and go from there.
Okay and now we're just gonna kind
of wait, until he calms down enough. So
we've done our oral exam, and we reversed
his dexdomitor, and he's now picking
his head up and moving around on his own.
So I'm going to let him recover the rest
of the time in his own carrier so that
we don't have to get him out of a cage
again. Oh buddy, okay, all right so he's
looking good, he's definitely aware of
his surroundings. Lock him in here, and
now he is ready to go. We have
successfully treated him and none of us
got injured and he is no worse for the
wear.
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