http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/09/18/moving-day-what-to-do-when-the-cat-say-id-rather-not/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts led by Dr. Marty Becker. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:59:08 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/09/18/moving-day-what-to-do-when-the-cat-say-id-rather-not/comment-page-1/#comment-127986 Nancy Nielsen Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:47:04 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/09/18/moving-day-what-to-do-when-the-cat-say-id-rather-not/#comment-127986 My Granny was a source of home remedies of all sorts; during the depression it was often a case of do-it-yourself medical care. Her approach to moving the cat was to put it in a box, cover the box with a light cloth, assign one child to monitor the box until it was safely inside the new home. But then, instead of just releasing the cat to explore and find its way in the new place, Granny immediately buttered the cat's paws. She buttered them liberally and the cat, or course, sat down to clean the mess. It took a while. Whatever the reason, we never had a cat wander or even seem distressed by a move. My Granny was a source of home remedies of all sorts; during the depression it was often a case of do-it-yourself medical care. Her approach to moving the cat was to put it in a box, cover the box with a light cloth, assign one child to monitor the box until it was safely inside the new home. But then, instead of just releasing the cat to explore and find its way in the new place, Granny immediately buttered the cat’s paws. She buttered them liberally and the cat, or course, sat down to clean the mess. It took a while. Whatever the reason, we never had a cat wander or even seem distressed by a move.

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