1. Cats
Restraint

2. Oxygen
Cats

3. Characteristics Cats are not dogs
Sharp claws-cat’s first line of defense
Tiny mouth, sharp teeth
Aren’t as treat oriented as dogs
If treats – remember they don’t particularly like sweet flavors
Characteristics

4. Carry a cat…securely

5. Scruffing a cat

6. Pilling a Cat

7. . Come from behind your cat, gently holding the top of the head in your palm with thumb and middle finger resting on the bony prominence between the ear and eye.

8. Hold the head up with neck slightly extended.

9. Insert the tip of a pet piller in the gap behind the canine teeth, aiming diagonally to the back of the throat toward the opposite ear. Push the pet piller toward the back of the throat and depress the plunger, ejecting the medication to the back of the throat.

11. Cat restraint bag

12. Blood Draw
Definition: A procedure performed for the purpose of obtaining a blood sample

13. Venipuncture locations
Jugular Vein
Cephalic Vein
Medial Saphenous Vein

14. A cooperative cat…most times it doesn’t happen this way 

15. Restraint for Jugular Vein

16. Jugular Vein

17. Cepahalic Vein

18. Lateral recumbancy

20. Saphenous Vein (medial)