As you walk past
a few cat cages at the shelter, you'll notice that some cats meow for special attention, while others simply lie back and gaze at you with a bit of apprehension.
Not exact matches
Results of this study suggest that, in traditional individual
cage settings,
cats that are not accustomed to living with other
cats may experience more stress in the initial
few days of attempting to adjust to shelter existence.
We allow all our
cat guests individual time to play outside their
cage in the feline - friendly appointed room for a
few hours each day.
It's also prompted by stress, increased when a
cat moves into a shelter and is then confined to a small, metal
cage, its litter box located only a
few inches from its food and water.
Additionally,
fewer community
cats in shelters increases shelter adoption rates as more
cage space opens up for adoptable
cats.
One of Arizona's
few all - breed dog AND
cat rescues with the goal of creating a
cage - free facility and reducing the euthanasia rate of Maricopa and Pinal County.
In these situations the
cats are almost viewing each other as strangers, but we have been able to help with reintroductions — sometimes by confining one
cat to a «kitten pen» (a wire mesh
cat cage that has space for a bed, litter tray and food bowls) for a
few days so that the
cats can see each other and get used to each other but not actually get at each other.
The
cages in the unit are generally used to carry adoptable dogs and
cats to various locations around the county, but for a
few days they held and transported family pets while families picked up the pieces of their lives.
Never confine a lactating female
cat to a
cage or trap — her kittens need to feed every
few hours and she will be a risk for mastitis if she can't nurse her kittens
Also,
fewer community
cats in shelters increases shelter adoption rates, as more
cage space opens up for adoptable
cats.
Portalizing a
few cages and showing the resulting happy, healthy
cats can serve as the basis for fundraising to do a little more.
Volunteers help clean the
cages and feed, medicate, and provide TLC to the many
cats in a small, stuffy room cooled only by a
few fans.
Finally, if you can get the
cat to Animal Services and it's not tame and can't be easily handled, it will be kept in a
cage for a
few days per their policy and then killed.
Such behaviors make these
cats unadoptable, and after a
few frightening days alone in a
cage, most will be euthanized.
Additionally, if the urine concentrating ability of your
cat's kidneys isn't a crucial piece of information your vet is looking for at that particular time, your vet may also give your
cat a dose of subcutaneous (under the skin) fluids and sit them in a
cage for a
few hours while those fluids work their way through your
cat's kidneys and arrive in their bladder as urine.