Sometimes the simplest things seem so difficult...

[boscibo]

So that is why I'm asking for advice here. It is so hard when they're your own cats.

Isabel is scheduled to be spayed Wed. That means no food/water after 10 PM the night before. No problem. However, the first thing I do in the AM is feed all the cats canned. Izzy is the loudest and most demanding when it comes to this and I can't give her any Wed. morning.

1. Should I put her in a separate room and feed the others?

The downfall to this is she will know, and I will feel like a monster.

2. Don't feed any cats until she is packed up and ready to go to the vets?

She will still know, but will be in the carrier, to be whisked off on a great adventure, and hopefully won't care. Plus, the whole time I'm having my coffee and breakfast and getting ready for school I'll be harrassed, and again feel like a monster.

3. Feed the cats when I get home at 3 in the afternoon. I'll have put their dry food down before I leave.

Then they all will be mad at me.

[Laura's Babies]

I didn't feed any of mine until I had dropped the unlucky one off at the vet. Here they want them there BY 8:30 am so that isn't much of a problem.. Then I came home and fed the rest of them. I don't eat until a lot later in the day myself so there is no problem with me eating in front of the unlucky kitty either.

[Grace]

Last Vet visit like this was for Red's teeth cleaning. We had to be there at 8 am.

I got Red in the carrier, and in the car - then came back in and fed the rest. If anyone was bothered by this, it's been long forgotten.

[Lizzie]

I do the same as the other posters, take one (or more) to the vet, and then come back and feed the rest. If I have to rush to work directly from the vet, I prep everthing to the point of opening cans, pop the vet-bound cat into carrier and car, then run back in and put out the wet food. I wouldn't isolate because that's like a double strike against you in her eyes. Good luck!

[boscibo]

I can't come back - I have class at 9 and the vet's is between here and school - I won't have time. Otherise I would for sure do that!

I think I'll put her in a room by herself, feed the others, pack her up when it is time, put down the dry, and go.

Thanks!

[catmandu]

I Know That Thats Tough As I Had To Keep Some Of The Cats Away From Food Overnight Before They Went In For Operations.
I Find That The Easiest Thing To Do Is To Take All The Food Up,as Often They Wont Miss Thier Meals Until The Cat Thats Going Is In The Carrier.

[jenluckenbach]

I think I'll put her in a room by herself, feed the others, pack her up when it is time, put down the dry, and go.

Thanks!

that is what I would do.

As a matter of fact, in my own personal case each cat eats in their own seperate carrier. soooooo... The poor unlucky one goes happily in but gets no food. I always apologize profusely.

[kb2yjx]

I,too, put the fasting cat in another room, while the others eat!!! It has always worked out well.