Pet owners try in every way to make the lives of their pets more comfortable and to save themselves from unnecessary troubles.
For example, by calling a veterinarian to your home. Inexperienced cat owners think that this will be better for their pet.
They say that it is easier for him to endure the procedure at home, since everything is familiar.
But experienced owners who are interested in the character traits and life of their pets are in no hurry to call a veterinarian to their home.
What a cat owner should remember
The owner should always remember one thing: a cat is not a person. It is a person who is more comfortable undergoing a medical procedure at home, since he knows what is happening and, most likely, called the doctor himself. The person knows that the doctor has come to help. That he will not come again just to mock. That the doctor is in the house is safe.
For the cat, everything looks different. An enemy comes to her territory who wants to kill her.
In the animal world, physical pressure on other animals can occur in two situations: either they want to kill you or subdue you. Cats don't give each other injections, don't bandage each other's paws, and strangers don't take each other's temperatures or look into their mouths to check their tongues and throats.
A stranger is always a danger. Especially when he starts exerting physical influence. If this happens in a veterinary clinic, the cat experiences stress, but when she returns home, she calms down because she feels safe there.
And what happens at home? Not only is a stranger invading her territory, which she considered safe, but the owner is helping him. This is not just a one-time stress for the animal. This is an experience from which she will draw conclusions for the future.
After the vet leaves, the stress does not go away, because now the cat understands that its territory is unsafe. The enemy can invade at any moment. And the next visit to the vet confirms this. The owner, who should guard the territory and protect, lets the enemy in himself, and even helps him. The cat no longer feels safe. This is not just an instinct. There is real confirmation of this.
Often, after several procedures at home, cats become anxious, sometimes aggressive. The pet, trying to protect itself and its territory, attacks guests, believing that they pose a threat.
The connection with the person also suffers, because the pet understands that the owner not only did not protect, but also helped the attacker.
Of course, if your pet has been properly accustomed to veterinary procedures since childhood and has a calm, phlegmatic character, you can try calling a veterinarian to your home. At least for those procedures that will not cause discomfort.
But if the cat is wary, unfriendly to strangers and does not tolerate veterinarians, it is better not to risk it and go to the clinic. The stress from visiting the doctor will pass, and at home the pet will feel calm and relaxed.
