Help! How do you get a cat into a carrier...update! SUCCESS!!!!!

[aTailOf2Kitties]

My cats never minded the carrier. I leave it out all the time under a table with the door open or removed. I have a comfy blanket in there and it's just another bed to them eventually. I always started out with the two halves folded together then eventually put the top on properly. Try to expose the spooky kitty to the box slowly by adding food or treats and go from there. Is this cat sociable with the others? Would she go in a carrier the other cats have been in?

Also usually the only worms you can actually see are tapeworms. Most over the counter wormers won't kill them. Your vet will give either a single Cestex pill or an injection. My 2 fuzzbutts got a general worming over a month and a half ago but I had to take them both back yesterday because I found tapeworm segmets on Havoc's rear end.

Good luck!

[RedHedd]

I have a top-loader Sherpa on wheels. When I know we have to go to the vet, I prepare the carrier ahead of time - make sure it's zipped open and easy to get to. I do this the night before or the morning of very quietly when Mitzi is sleeping. It's kept in the long hallway near the front door.

As the time for the vet appointment draws near I monitor Mitzi - where is she? What is she doing? If she's sleeping, that's a good thing. I will quietly snuggle her, smothering her in kisses and then gently pick her up for more snuggling and transport her to the port-a-prison. By the time she's fully awake, I've got the zippers zipped and she's ready to go. Sneaky, but it works

[Medusa]

Fortunately, all my Fur Posse are cooperative. Some even sleep in their carriers so it isn't at all threatening to them. However, when my calico queen Puddy was alive, it was a different story. I couldn't put her in a carrier in any way, backwards, upside down or whatever. I had to unscrew one side of the lid and lower her into it and I had to take her out of it the same way because she dug her claws in and I could shake the carrier and there was no way she would come out. I wore thick gloves and long sleeves but that didn't matter much because she would bite me and knock my glasses right off my face. Ah, I miss those days, believe it or not. Good luck w/getting your kitty in the carrier. If you must, unscrew one side of the lid as I used to. It works.

[Pinot's Mom]

We are very fortunate with Pinot and the carrier. She doesn't seem to associate it with bad things, so she's fine.
HOWEVER, our RB kitty Jamara was NOT the same! We were never, in 18 years with her, able to get her in a carrier. Her legs went straight out and she went into a big time panic mode. We gave up after a few tries and gave the carrier away. I would wrap her in a towel and hold her, shaking like a leaf, on my lap. She HATED the car, and HATED the waiting room at the vet's office! There weren't all these rules about pets in carriers that they have in vets offices now, so it was OK.
I hope you have better luck!!

[Trinityagain]

would you believe that this is the problem child? they look so innocent when they are asleep, don' they?

[GILL]

I have more trouble getting them out. We keep several carriers with the doors off. A fresh towel and they have a nice cozy bed. All 15 use them. They switch between the cat beds and the carriers. The last 3 weeks Bailey has taken over the one in the TV room. This way none are frightened by the carriers.

[Trinityagain]

well tomorrow is try number 2. We have a sort of plan in mind and I really hope this works. Please think positive thoughts that Silver will go into the carrier (with a minimal amount of blood loss for hubby and me!) and they can take care of the worms...