Re: What Types Of Machinations Do You Employ To Ge... - Page 4

MrsLorraine · ‎07-05-2012

On 3/27/2014 focksie said:
"We have carrier with a top entry, so getting him in there isn't a problem, he just acts very suspicious when he sees it"

We keep the carrier in a closet so have the same problem. As soon as our cats even hear the sounds that the carrier makes when we take it out of the closet, they skedaddle. It's good that you took it out a few days in advance of the appointment. Leave it out near your cat's favorite place. Make the carrier a positive experience. Put a comfy towel inside. Put a few Temptations bits inside the carrier every day. Let kitty go in and get the reward. Pay no attention to her when she's doing this. After doing this, we found that our cats actually sat inside the carrier during the day.

I've tried that but in my case it doesn't work; Boo refuses to have anything to do with kitty treats.

kdgn · ‎03-09-2010

My cat hater her carrier box. I kept in the closet and when it was time for a vet visit I'd scoop her up, hold her as the box was removed from the closet. I'd plop her in, shut the lid and off we went.

I never took the box out in advance because if she saw it I'd never be able to locate her. She stopped getting vaccinations when she was around 6. No point if she was never outside and never exposed to other cats. The vet agreed. So I'd take her in about every 12-18 months for a checkup. Making a two hour round trip to the vet stressed her and me out...she howled going both ways.

akaburtonfan · ‎12-08-2013

We have two large cats and the only way we can get them in carriers is to take the top half off, put them in and then very quickly put the top back on and close all the latches. If we take one cat to the vet for something, we have to take the other as well otherwise we spend the next 2-3 days with one cat hissing and spitting at the other until the smell from the vet wears off. Thankfully they're very healthy cats and don't have to go to the vet often.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

Butt first! We always had a front-opening carrier and it took me years to figure it out. But if you put the carrier up on a table or counter, then pick up the cat and back him in it works really well.

SeaGal · ‎03-09-2010

On 3/27/2014 CelticCrafter said:
Last time I had to do it, it was an emergency and I prayed my husband didn't come home before I did, find the house as if it had been ransacked, no me and no car in the driveway.

I had furniture moved, chairs overturned to use as barricades, fur all over the place!

${#emotions_dlg.w00t}$ ${#emotions_dlg.lol}$

eta~ as funny as this is I have to say, I hope your kitty was OK.

kittymomNC · ‎08-09-2012

I'm with chickenbutt! I had a black male who was long and lanky and had long legs. When I tried to put him in the carrier, he put out all four legs and spread himself out with one paw on each corner - he looked like a huge black spider holding onto the carrier! I finally started picking him up very quickly (door open on carrier) and pushed him in backwards before he knew what was happening! I wish I had been able to get a picture of him holding on to the carrier - it was hilarious! ${#emotions_dlg.wub}$

I have a little female who has kidney disease and has to go to the vet twice a week. Although she is really good about actually getting into the carrier and going for her treatments, she got it figured out at one time when I was going to get her and put her in--I'd look around to pick her up and couldn't find her! I almost missed several vet appts because of that. I finally learned to get ready and continue going about my usual business so she doesn't suspect anything (I never figured out what had clued her in)--then I swoop her up and stick her in! ${#emotions_dlg.wub}$

Cyndog · ‎10-08-2010

It's a nightmare, ha, ha. Some of my cats don't fight me, but there's a couple that I pretty much put on a hazmat suit for. Long sleeves, gloves, otherwise I get pretty scratched up. Always dread when I have to put cats into carriers. Haven't missed a vet appointment yet, but many times I thought I was going to.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

Kittymom - Yup, that's what would happen with me too - cat sees him/herself coming toward the crate and out comes arms and legs like a spider! When you go 'butt first' they have no defense and are in the crate in a flash.

Then comes the awful part - crying all the way to the doctor's office (the cat, mostly, not me - mostly).

kittymomNC · ‎08-09-2012

On 3/27/2014 chickenbutt said:
Kittymom - Yup, that's what would happen with me too - cat sees him/herself coming toward the crate and out comes arms and legs like a spider! When you go 'butt first' they have no defense and are in the crate in a flash.

Then comes the awful part - crying all the way to the doctor's office (the cat, mostly, not me - mostly).

I haven't told my worst story yet! I have another orange and white female that I found next to my house 6 years ago - she was 22 oz. and very sick. Now she's fat and sassy---emphasis on the "sassy". The first two or three years she was fine about going to the vet, although she is a little "scaredy cat"-when she's home she runs and hides when someone pulls in the driveway, if she hears the UPS truck, if someone rings the doorbell or comes in the house--I don't have a lot of visitors, but even when my son comes by, she hides. He calls her the "invisible cat". The last time I got her to the vet without any "help", they couldn't do anything with her but managed to give her the rabies shot and some dewormer on the back of her neck. Next time, I had a little pill I had to give her 2 hours before the vet visit - it worked-she was sound asleep when we got there BUT, the minute the vet touched her it was like she exploded! Broke right through the sedation. Same thing with her exam. So last time, I practiced getting her in the carrier, putting her in the car, driving to the corner and back, trying to get her used to that part(they were going to have to "put her under" so I couldn't give her the pill). I got her to the vet and they sedated her, kept her all day, did all they had to do and bloodwork, to the tune of $450.00! Now it's getting close to time for her annual appt again, and I have no idea what I will do. It took her 8 days to get back to normal after the last sedation--she has a couple of things going on that I want to ask about, but have no idea how we're going to do this. It's really difficult on top of the expense of my other baby with kidney disease. Wish someone could give me some suggestions on how to make her calm down..... ${#emotions_dlg.confused1}$

straykatz · ‎03-09-2010

We get the carriers out 2 weeks in advance and leave them out in the open fo rthe cats to sniff and ignore and check out.....on vet day DH gets up and does his usual routine in the bathroom...all 3 kitties follow him to the bathroom every morning....he then tricks them and closes the bathroom door trapping them inside our master bath and then opens the door a crack and catches them one by one as they try to escape....as soon as he has one in the carrier he then opens the door a crack to catch the next one and so on....we have 3 cats.....of course they scream and howl and then act all angry at him but within an hour or less after they are back home they are over it until the next yearly checkup day rolls around.