Sentences with phrase «frightened cat»

A cardboard box is not suitable as frightened cats can easily break out of them.

Consider buying or renting a humane cage trap for a missing cat, as many frightened cats will hide close to home and not respond when called.

Move quietly and slowly so your movements will not frighten cats away.

We also make house calls for frightened cats.

It imitates the pheromone that a mother cat releases to her kittens, helping to calm frightened cats.

Heavy rain during the night brought many more very frightened cats back to their sleeping chalets last night.

Never leave the traps unattended — move far enough away so you don't frighten the cats, but stay in the general area.

Assessing the cats throughout the three day period was beneficial in eliciting key behaviors from shyer and more frightened cats.

For a shy or easily frightened cat, for example, stick with basic toys, such as feathers on a wand.

McMillan says that frightening a cat even with something as harmless as a cucumber could lead to serious injury as the cat's «reflex fear reaction is very forceful and the cat could crash into furniture or land on something injurious.»

Offer tempting foods such as canned tuna or rotisserie chicken to coax frightened cats into returning.

Make sure that other pets stay out, and that any family members who enter the room remember to close the door behind them and to move softly and quietly, so as not to startle an already frightened cat.

Wagging tails or frightened cats dashing through the house can easily topple over a candle or carved pumpkin, causing burns or a fire.

Aerosol cans often frighten cats, so treat them with pump bottle sprays.

Water / mist spray bottle training is not recommended because your cat might consider it a game which will reinforce the unwanted behavior, or frighten your cat resulting in aggressive behavior.

Some cats purr to indicate contentment or pleasure, but badly frightened cats and severely ill cats also purr.

Frightened cats usually stay close to the warmth and protection of the house, rather than bolting into the open.

Noisy areas near washing machines, furnaces, or under stairs, may frighten the cat away from the box.

Joe is a very frightened cat, but has become very friendly with the volunteers after we changed his room.

Drop your head toward the floor, mimicking the shape of a frightened cat.

While I hide inside with my frightened cats, I thought I would take the time to reflect on what it means for me to be an independent, or self - published, author.

This is because some frightened cats will bolt out of the carrier and run.

Punish or frighten your cat.

The outrage one would feel seeing those videos is how the frightened cat videos should be viewed.»

You need to contact an arborist, someone with the training and expertise to safely climb a tree and retrieve a frightened cat.

We teach caregivers to never trust a frightened cat, always keep them in the trap before and after surgery, and always use the divider when cleaning the trap or replacing food and water.

Additionally, do not place boxes near noisy appliances like washing machines or heating units that may frighten your cat.

A change in your cat's environment, whether it involves moving to a different home or bringing in a new housemate, can frighten your cat.

This is so that we can safely inject the cat through the trap without physically removing it, which eliminates the risk of our staff by being bitten or injured by the frightened cats.

When you look at a frightened cat in a shelter or veterinary clinic cage, she'll be in a corner with her back against the wall.

Could this be frightening your cat and causing her not to feel comfortable to eat?

A frightened cat would be impossible to catch in the wilderness.

We can offer advice and assistance on trapping a wary or frightened cat.

Not only are there no dogs to frighten your cat, our entire center is designed to nurture and support a cat's health and healing process.

With a longer lead - anything more than 6 feet - a frightened cat might shimmy under a car, jump over a fence or dive around a corner.

With a longer lead — anything more than 6 feet — a frightened cat might shimmy under a car, jump over a fence or dive around a corner.

Covering the trap: 1) calms the frightened cat and lessens his risk of injury, and 2) prevents the spread of any disease between cats at the clinic.

Unless the rule has been changed, cats are required to be out of their carrier during screening and a frightened cat can be difficult to restrain in your arms.

Remember also that it is not only dogs that can hurt cats, frightened cats can inflict nasty scratches to inquisitive puppies and dogs, and a scratch on the puppy's eyes could be serious.

Frightened cats may stay silent and hidden but are more likely to come out of hiding after dark.

Any type of environmental «booby - trap» to stop a dog from eating cat feces from a litter box must be attempted with caution because if it frightens your dog, it's likely to frighten your cat, as well.

In these cases a sudden and unexpected noise can be successful, but remember — the sound should be unconnected with the person and should not be used to frighten the cats but rather to startle them.

... On the frightened cats who escaped from a five - alarm fire and our rescue team helped bring back to safety (page 14).

We are not receiving many applications to adopt from what we would consider suitable homes — some obstacles to adoption are financial ability to seek medical care, small children who might get scratched by a frightened cat, other pets in the home, age of the cat, or the adopter's insistence to declaw.

Frightened cats may purr to communicate submissiveness or non-aggressive intentions.

Being brought into an animal care facility can be frightening for any cat which can make it difficult to determine whether or not a cat is truly unsocialized or a socialized but frightened cat.

Offer a safe retreat because a frightened cat always looks for escape.