Every summer when it's time to take my cat for his annual check-up at the vet, I have an extremely difficult time getting him to go into the cat carrier. He is a very large cat and puts up quite a fight. I try to lure him with cat treats but it doesn't trick him. (The vet's office requires that I bring him in a carrier). Any suggestions?|||One of my cats hates getting into the carrier too. Since treats don't work for her either, there's a few things I do to help make the process easier:
First, I take the carrier out of the closet about a week (or even just a few days) before the office visit. By putting it in the living room with the door open, I find that she gets a bit less panicky. Since she associates the carrier with the vet and the car ride (both of which she isn't fond of), when she's been around it for a few days, she doesn't run away or start scratching when I approach to pick her up. I also try to leave it out in the living room for a few days after the office visit, hoping the remove the association with negative experiences. Maybe one of these days she'll just go in it on her own!
But, since she won't do that, I grab a towel and wrap her up in it, securely and tightly, but not too tight that I'm hurting her. I call it the "kitty taco!" She can't move her legs as freely, so I can just plop her in there without much of a fight. Plus, I think being swaddled a little helps reduce her fear/anxiety.
I always make sure I have a treat for her once she's in, even though she frequently rejects eating it, again in the hopes that one day she'll do this on her own!
If possible, a carrier that opens both in the front and on top can make the whole process easier. The top-loading door works great for putting the cat in, and the front-loading door is best for letting kitty come out on his/her own when you get home from your adventure!
Good luck to you!|||Get one of those cat carriers where the top comes off. Unceremoniously put him in and put the lid on.|||my cat is scared of them to, we usually try to put him in backwards so he does not see what is happening, or you could set the carrier up so you could lower him into it and then just close it real fast|||It is indeed hard...no cat likes getting into the carrier, they just hate it! Since they're so good at splatting out their paws and claws and wiggling around, I have found this way to work best, after getting advice from my vet's office. Try to quietly sneak up to the cat with a large pillow case...a cotton one. If you can slip the pillow case over his head and shoulders quickly then it's easier to bring it on down over his whole body and scoop him up, like in a sack He won't be able to scratch you through the fabric once he's in there but he'll be able to breathe. Then put the sack into the carrier, making sure you leave that end open (don't tie it), so that he can crawl out. Voila. Works the best for me.|||check this out|||How well I know.Whenever we have an adoption at Pet Smart I get
the privilege of loading the reluctant traveler into the carrier.
Trying getting a cheap beach towel and wrapping that around your cat
prior to placing him in the carrier.Hope this helps.|||They sell these great cat carriers that are like pop up laundry hampers (I bought one at target for about $12). They don't look like cat carriers and they're soft and netted so it isn't as scary as the big metal and plastic ones. They zip closed, so all you have to do is get him to sit on the unzipped carrier, hold him there and zip it up around him. I put a towel in mine too to give my kitty a little bed.
I also have a regular plastic/metal cat carrier that has a top door and a front door so I can pick them up and put them in with gravity working for me!
If all else fails - leather jacket and gloves!|||but a paper bag over its head then when its trying to take it off quickly shove it in and lock the cage its works|||this may not be practical in your home. but my cat was exactly the same, we would bring out the carrier and he would run,lol. so i just left the cat carrier out all the time. would put treats in it every so often so it wasn't unusual for him. then when it came to vet time. in goes a treat he goes to get it and i could close the door with out a fight. if you cant keep it out all the time, just bring it out every so often, leave a treat in it and leave the room so he knows its ok to go in to get it, then he will get used to it just being around and not be so scared going into it when its vet time.|||put a harness on him n tie a stout string on to the harness n pull it thru the cage where he'll have to go in as u pull on the string|||I used to have this problem in the past as the sight of the carrier reminds them of the vet!,
so what i do these days i just leave the carrier with the door open where they can see it every day and they have calmed down now as they just ignore it most of the time and,
they even go inside to look and even sleep and to groom each other so when the time comes to go to the vet they are calm and walk in as they now have happy memories of the carrier!
i even leave their toys in it and they play hide and seek with each other so really the carrier is a fun place and holds no fear for my girls!
so i suggest you try this trick but don't be surprised if he gets nervous when he first sees it, but don't force him to approach it or he will come to resent it even more just leave it about so that he can become familiar around it,
and as time goes by he wont be bothered about it,this trick has worked for me with quite a few cats i have owned so i hope it works for you,
look at it from his view the box appears and reminds him of the vet,but when its about all the time it just doesn't matter and is not scary as he would see it about all the time.|||turn it side ways. then put its favorite toy or treat towards the back of the carrier. once the cat is in zip it up. then slip another little treat in there just for being a good cat. that simple. hope it helped!!|||A larger carrier might help.
We have some cats who don't like going into carriers. We are able to get them in by putting them in rear end first.
I don't think they realize what is happening until we have them 1/2 or 2/3 of the way into the carrier and, by then, it is too late.
You can also try leaving the carrier out in hopes that your cat might take to sleeping in it. That might then make it easier to get him into for any trips.|||The easiest is to get the carrier all set up with the door open. Then go get a pillowcase, find the cat, scoop the pillowcase over him quickly and get both cat and pillowcase into the carrier before he's able to work his way out of it.
It's a little undignified, but it works like a charm.|||I have a soft carrier that zips on the top. I unzip the top and place it on tom of my cat. This kind of scoops him into it. Then I just zip it up quickly and done deal.
Hope that helps|||Cattle prod
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