Kitty capsule or calaboose?

After watching THE NEW INVENTORS programme as I often do on Wednesdays, I am always left feeling quite chuffed about those clever and creative people who come up with such glaringly obvious ideas to make life simpler or safer.  Following up tonight's programme with a bit of prowling on the web, I found a whole website where such people can publicise their inventions and seek out interested sponsors and/or manufacturers.

Having a bit of a thing about cats - and more specifically, any measure that keeps them in their place - naturally this one took my eye. 

But if you read carefully you will find this is not just the carry-box it appears to be; its main function is to temporarily confine the creature in order to administer medication or other other bodily treatments.  Such a simple but clever concept!

It's probably not necessary to purchase a manufactured box; I like the idea of being able to recycle some of those tough cardboard containers that are so difficult to break down for disposal.  Depending on the individual cat's size and shape, they could be boxed up into a shoe box ... or a pizza carton ... or the container the new toaster came in.  Ollie, of course, would require something bigger again.  I have a printer box in my garage that might do the trick.

And just think, these boxes could have other uses too ... 'Scratch the furniture once more and it's into the Kitty Box you go!'   

Not having any experience of cat handling, I'm not sure how easy a task it would be to persuade Kitty to voluntarily hop in.  But fortunately it's never going to be my problem.

Comments

[elsewhere]

Probably handy until the cat pees...

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Speaking of cats, Zlade philosophically says that like Tangled Pussy, he has become a thing of the past.

[Zlade]

Is there a hole at the back in case the Vet prescribes a suppository?

[Ronni Bennett]

You're just never gonna let up on cats are you, Jude. It always makes me laugh. This box idea is intriguing for Ollie who won't let me clip his claws even when I catch him in a dead sleep. Maybe I can fashion one with just paw holes and none for the head to keep his teeth out of the way while I clip.