A mild restraint and chronic venous catherization system for cats.
An inexpensive and minimally restrictive restraint system for cats is described which protects any temporary connections to chronic physiological implants during recording sessions and permits free movement of the head and extremities for behavioral studies. Procedures for constructing and implanting a chronic indwelling venous catheter device are also described which allows, directly with a syringe of via a connector system, for intravenous drug infusions in cats. These catheters have remained intact and relatively free of infection for a period of months before tissue rejection begins at the site of the subcutaneous implant.
D000818:Animals; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002415:Cats; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D007103:Immobilization; D008722:Methods