Cat Temperature

- Use a rectal thermometer, which has a rounded, stubby tip. Shake it down first by holding it between your thumb and index finger and snapping your wrist.

- Apply Vaseline or mineral oil to the bulb.

- Restrain the cat. It is advisable to have someone hold the back end of your pet while you hold the tail and the thermometer, so that your pet cannot move from side to side or up and down and break the thermometer.

- Lift the tail, gently slide the thermometer into the anus, and leave it in for three minutes.

- Remove the thermometer and read the mercury level.