When we were taking Gypsy in for her tests she was still very feral.
We tried to dose her with a sedative to calm her enough to put her in a
carrier. She was so drunk that we thought it would be easy. Not so.
It seemed like her being that drunk only made her more upset. She was
fighting so hard that we were very lucky she didn't hurt herself, (my
poor husband did get bit!). I think not being in control of her body
made her even more anxious about the capture. The next time we took
her to the vet, we didn't sedate her. It was actually easier to
capture her, and she didn't try to bite either of us. I would either
knock her out with enough medication to keep her sedated until they do
the blood work, (ask your vet), or use the Feliway and Rescue Remedy to
help calm her. If Buddha is as feral as it sounds, and because she's
been through so much lately, I'd think about having a house-call vet
come. Give her the RR, (you can use it like a transdermal on the
inside tip of her ear, don't get it in her ear canal), put her
somewhere that's been heavily sprayed with Feliway and wait for her to
be calm. Then have the vet sedate her, then take the blood. That will
save her the stress of a car ride and having to go to the vet's
office. Just my 2 cents. Nina Hideyo Yamamoto wrote:
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