Getting Cat into a Carrier.

alipops1986

Hello All,

We're going away tomorrow for 3 wks. Cattery is booked for today.

My cat is 2yrs old, not been in the carrier for over a year and has never been to a cattery.

Operation, get her into carrier, began at 9am so far no joy. She's now not interested in treats or tuna. Is lashing out and hissing at us!

We've decided to retreat back and just get on with breakie but i'm now v concerned about what if we can't get her in her basket?!

Any help/advice is welcome,

Thanks,
Alipops x

keystone

1. Put carrier on floor with door at the top facing upwards and open.

2. Catch cat.

3. Scruff cat.

4. Drop cat into open carrier.

5. Close and secure door.

6. Return carrier to normal position on floor.

7. Make cup of tea and consume with satisfaction.

Cheers

Morganarla

^^ What keystone said!

If cat splays legs when dropping it in, get a second person to hold the legs in

Be swift and firm about it, don't give them any choice in the matter!

WestonDave

As above - confidence and speed is the key. Messing around and being wary of getting scratched results in a nervous cat wondering what you are doing that is more likely to lash out. The only change I would make to the above is if the cat is clearly not happy about being in the carrier, then get her in just before you are ready to leave, and once she is in, get going so she can be released at the other end sooner. No sense in prolonging the pain.

patchwork_cat

Yes to stand the carrier on its end is the easiest. My advice to prevent this happening again is leave the carrier out. When I bred kittens I used to leave a carrier out and the kittens would go in to sleep and play etc. they are now very easy to get into a carrier, which makes life much easier for their new families .

alipops1986

patchwork_cat wrote: »

Yes to stand the carrier on its end is the easiest. My advice to prevent this happening again is leave the carrier out. When I bred kittens I used to leave a carrier out and the kittens would go in to sleep and play etc. they are now very easy to get into a carrier, which makes life much easier for their new families .

I've left the carrier out for the last 3/4 weeks in preparation - never had a problem like this before with the carrier.

Also, we're ready for the off to the cattery whenever we can get her in the carrier. We're going to leave it a while and then try again, with the new technique.

Olokia

If the cat still lashes out, you could try wrapping him in a towel.

Meepster

I used to have this problem. Always took forever to get my cat into the carrier, would hiss, scratch, bite, ANYTHING to get away.

After one attempt, I had to go get a towel to stop the blood that was pouring from my hand. To say i was none too pleased would be an understatement. Went back in the room 5 mins later to find her asleep in the carrier :mad:

From then on, I'd simply put the carrier on the floor and within half a hour she'd be in it, no tantrums and no fuss (and more importantly, no blood loss)

I miss my Tigger

kittykarate

Either the scruff and drop method, or another one that can work with mine is to put cat carrier with door open on edge of a table or worktop. Pick up cat and face towards open cat carrier door. Cat goes, "put me down human" and hops into cat carrier. Shut door and go "Bwahahahahaha"

alipops1986

The stand off continues. We've not really had much progress and missed the morning slot for the cattery.

We shall be resuming the operation about half past 3 - hoping to get her to the cattery before it closes at 6pm.

At the moment she's hiding behind all the photos and vases in the bay window - looking massively unimpressed.

We're going to try the towel technique later - it's just me and my partner are wimps, once she starts hisses/swiping for us, we chicken out.

This is really putting a downer on our holiday preparations (

Wesker

I've always found putting them in backwards helps. They cant see where they are going then