Re: What Types Of Machinations Do You Employ To Ge... - Page 6

hennypenny · ‎03-10-2010

Our kitties have never been fond of their carriers.

What surprised me was the last time we had to evacuate because of fire the kitties walked calmly into their carriers and waited quietly by the door for us to leave. They knew there was a problem and that they were being taken care of.

We now keep one carrier in the front hall tucked behind a closet door so we can leave quickly. We would shove all three in one if we had to, even though one is 25 lbs.

We find that Temptations are like a drug for them, it is what we lure them when we need to cut their claws.

MickD · ‎03-10-2010

I have tried this and it worked: Tip the cage up so the door is facing the ceiling. Gently wrap the kiitty in a towel/blanket With head showing (of course) then gently shove kitty in cage head first while slowly tipping the cage back to proper position and closing the door.

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.... ~ S & G

kittymomNC · ‎08-09-2012

On 3/27/2014 vermint said:
On 3/27/2014 mikki_g said:
On 3/27/2014 MaggieToo said:
I forgot to add that the carrier becomes "wet" at some point -- in protest!

yeah, ours has become er..."brown" many times...in protest!

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Same here! She goes in easily enough, but on the way my "Perfect Princess Poppy" does BOTH in the carrier, howling all the while! Every.Single.Time. Once, it was so bad by the time we got to the vet (seriously, the carrier looked like she had fingerpainted the walls with the mess) that I felt awful and sent flowers the next day!

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Luv2Decorate · ‎03-12-2010

I just put the kitty in the carrier when we have to go to the vet. I've never had an issue with the cats going in there.

One of our cats flips the door open and goes in there to sleep. So funny.

sylviahomeatlast · ‎03-11-2010

muscles and sheer will (on my part)

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

Funny how they immediately grow 8 extra legs & of course, TONS of hair will fall out because of nerves. Well...maybe a little bit of my hair, as well. So stresses me out to see my Kitten Cat unhappy.

aprilskies · ‎03-09-2010

On 3/27/2014 akaburtonfan said: 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.

Oh my, that is what mine do and I don't know what to do. I can't seem to take them both at the same time. They are a nightmare to get in the boxes. They howl at the top of their lungs. So one howls the other runs and hides. It's a losing battle. I don't want those few days of tension when I take them separately either so I have been procrastinating. Ugh. I wonder if there is some kind of spray that will eliminate that vet stink off them.

GCR18 · ‎07-03-2013

I have no issue with Rick now, but did when he was younger. I'd get him in there, but we'd wrestle. I'd put the carrier out a couple days before and he'd jump in and out if it.

Shorty2U · ‎03-09-2010

We used to have one of those hard plastic carriers with the metal gate type closure? Well they are useless to get the cats in. We used to fuss and have to try to push the cats in while they hissed and scratched, and we felt bad and it was horrible!

SO now, we now have a vented duffle bag type cat carrier that the cats go in with no problem at all and it just zips closed. So much nicer and easy that it doesn't even faze the cats!

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make~ The Beatles