another cat related post, very skippable

[raincitygirl]

I have a cleaning service twice a month, and if I could afford it, I would have them every week, but I can’t, so I don’t. I have successfully convinced my cleaning ladies to wash my windows when they come next week. They don’t usually do exterior windows, but as a special concession to a longstanding client, they’re going to do it if the weather permits. Now comes the hard part, getting Young Miss Weaver into her carrier that morning before I go to work. I’m scared she’ll make a run for it if they’re washing the windows and have the sliding door open. And she’s so skittish around strangers that they’d never coax her back inside.

Mum says I’m overreacting and she’d never run TOWARDS the strangers. She thinks I should just put up a sign for the ladies, warning them to be careful not to let the cat out. I’m worried I would be a nervous wreck all day imagining her getting out and never finding her way home again. She’s not remotely streetwise. And she’s not microchipped yet (I plan to have it done at her annual checkup in September), and her ear tattoo is very blurry. Getting her into the carrier is a nightmare, though, and I usually have to crush up tranquilizers in her food in order to catch her and shove her in the carrier. She finds being in there very traumatic, and if she had to be in there all day would be doubly traumatized. So do I traumatize her terribly or do I risk her darting outside and getting herself lost?

Comments

[wanderer]

Any chance of shutting her into your bedroom and asking the cleaning ladies to let her out/close her out of the bedroom when they're working on the window in there? Or borrowing a larger crate from someone.

[raincitygirl]

I'm going to borrow a larger crate. Thanks!

[lexin]

I don't know what to suggest; I'd probably traumatize her with the crate, rather than lose her outside. As the choice, that seems the lesser of two evils.

I'm with wanderer though, and maybe you can find a bigger crate.

Less convinced by the idea of trying to convince the cleaners not to let her out when they do the windows. That only works in the case of my fur child, Smokey, because the flat door is never open for more than a few seconds, she's not that keen on going outside to start off with and she can be easily convinced not to bother. Plus, she doesn't like my cleaner so won't go near her, even go get out.

Borrow a bigger crate would be my vote.

[raincitygirl]

Thank you. I'm going to do just that. A friend has a large crate I can borrow.