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

[Trinityagain]

who really REALLY does not want to go but has to? Details: the last furrball that we added to the herd, Silver, came into the herd last August. At that time she had worms. Because she was the most ferel cat we have ever added, we could not get her into a carrier at that time so we got some off the shelf worm stuff. It seemed to work as they disappeared...or so we thought. About 2 weeks we saw that they are back. Ok made an appt for this morning thinking she is a lot better now as far as trusting us and hoped for the best...it didn't work. She didn't try to climb the walls this time but still...no dice. We tried everything.....so I cancelled and rescheduled for next Saturday. She has to go, they won't give me worm meds without seeing her, which part of me understands but at the same time....any ideas? We've left the carrier in the living room hoping that'll help a bit. And on the funny side of this, while the carrier was there this morning, before we tried to get her in, at least 3 members of the herd went in to check it out! I kept hoping she would go in and I would be able to just shut the door but no such luck...

[happylabs]

Here is what I have found works for me. If you can get a small towel or blanket over the cat and sort of wrap them up so they cannot get their feet out you can get them in without them using their paws as leverage. If you stand the carrier up on its end you can gently drop them in. I usually put my carrier out for a few days too so they get used to seeing it. It can really be a challenge though. Good luck!

[Edwina's Secretary]

Backwards. I stand the carrier up on end and lower either E into it back end first!

Quickly and without hesitation!

[blue]

Backwards. I stand the carrier up on end and lower either E into it back end first!

Quickly and without hesitation!

I do the same to get Erp in a carrier.

My parrents have to do the towel, wrap, insert method with their cats.

[sasvermont]

I also drop mine in ass backwards but I also put the carrier in an area where the dearest furchild cannot escape, i.e. hallway behind a closed door, or the bathroom. That way you can trap kitty in the small area and play cat and mouse for only 1/2 an hour rather than 2 days. I usually feed all the cats in this small area, a few days in a row, before the "stuffing" event!

Oh, and you may want to wear hockey or football gear.

I have one kitty that is a dream and two that are impossible, at best! Guess which two are difficult? Yep, the two Abys! They act as though I am going to murder them. Once at the vets, you cannot get them OUT of the carrier and then when the time comes, they rush to get back in to go home!

[happylabs]

LOL @ hockey or football gear!

[blue]

I was thinking welding gloves and jacket for the realy stuborn cat.

[Scooter's Mom]

Backwards. I stand the carrier up on end and lower either E into it back end first!

Quickly and without hesitation!

That is how I do it, too!

[CultureJunky]

I put the carrier on the floor then put them in backwards, they seem to be able to handle this better, because they can't see where they're going, they're not going head first into a horrible box. Hold the paws together on the front and the back end with your hand mostly around their bum. It seems to work for me, and also where I work when I put the cats back in their boxes to go home.

[jenluckenbach]

All the suggestions are perfect, but for the truly stubborn or fearful, use a pillow case.
Place cat in the pillow case and tie shut. Might sound suffocating, but they sleep tightly under covers, as you know, so there must be enough air flow for them through the material.