How to pick up a cat?

[Gee]

I've just gotten a new kitty, and i dont think im picking her up
right. I've read stuff online how HOW to, but i cant find any sites
with pictures/illustrations.

Can someone point me someplace with depictions of how to do this
without hurting the cat or causing her discomfort?

Thanks

[Kelly]

I don't know of any sites with pictures.... I'm sure there are introductory
cat books out there that do. A simple description is to lean down, put your
hand under the cats chest... lift up slightly.... then put your other hand
under the cats back feet, and lift that cat fully up... holding him/her
against your chest.

Kelly

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[Fruklass]

>Gee unlisted is worried about how to pick up a kitten.

As long as you don't lift yuor kitten by a leg, tail, ear, or head, you're not
likely to do it wrong. You could put your arms around the entire cat and lift,
or put one hand under the belly and the other around the whole animal, or put
one hand on the lower back with your fingers straddling the tail and then
quickly up-end the kitten so it's lying on its back along your arm, or...

[Charles Kincaid]

"Kelly" <kros...@uoguelph.ca> wrote in
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>I don't know of any sites with pictures.... I'm sure there are
>introductory cat books out there that do. A simple description is to
>lean down, put your hand under the cats chest... lift up slightly....
>then put your other hand under the cats back feet, and lift that cat
>fully up... holding him/her against your chest.
>
>Kelly
>
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That is how I do my two cats. I have NEVER picked up a cat by grabbing
the skin at the back of the neck. My "boy" cats weighs nearly 20 pounds
an I am afraid that I would hear a rip and the blood would be everywhere.
No, no! At that weight he would tear my arm off. <G>

I had to work a cat show for a bussiness associate who could not make all
the sessions. I had to "ring" her three Siamese. (One made her GNC that
day.) You pick up the cat as described but instead of clamping the cat
to you, you move your hand under the cats front leg joints and back legs
joints forcing the cat to extend the front legs all the way ou and the
back legs all the way out. The cat can't jump from that position and you
can carry them into a stressful situation more easily especialy if
holding the cat high to be above potential obstacles.

Kittens always get one-handed. Right under the chest. Put your other
hand on the back. Pick it up an inch or two (5 to 10 CM) and pause
briefly. This gives kitty time to adjust to being off the ground. Then
smothly rise and flip the cat on its back an cradle in your elbow.

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ATB

Charles Kincaid