Getting a cat in its carrier

[RoJoHen]

I've grown up with cats. I don't need you telling me what to do. I have actually avoided de-clawing her until this point. I'm not going to do it. All I said was that it would make getting her into her carrier easier.

Also, if my apartment finds out that my cat is not de-clawed, I could get evicted. It's actually a requirement of a lot of apartments around here.

 

[Maestro]

I was serious about the pillow case.

And you'll note that it DIDN'T WORK.

I don't recall you saying that a pillow case didn't work.

 

[RoJoHen]

Go back and read again.

 

[Supreme Admiral]

Then why don't you cut her claws yourself? I do that to my cats all the time.

It's not that hard for you to do.

 

[RoJoHen]

Right. It took 2 people 45 minutes to get this cat into a carrier. I'm sure she's just gonna sit still while I trim her claws.

 

[Supreme Admiral]

(Toss the paper above my head)

I give up!

 

[RoJoHen]

Mmkay, bye.

 

[TorontoTrekker]

Don't insult me, man.

De-clawed your cat is not good idea. Do you want to put her through? If you do, that's cruel, man. More like you're killing your cat rather than none. Listen to me, cats are precious gift that entered our lives to make our lives better, those cats are like our children, so you should thinking more wisely of you cat!

Indoor cats don't need claws. All they do is scratch the furniture and destroy things.

(For the record, I never had my cat declawed, but I don't have particularly nice furniture so it wasn't a huge deal to me if she shredded the corner of the couch while I was at work. It would just have given me the impetus to buy a new couch.)

 

[Joshua Howard]

Listen to me, cats are precious gift that entered our lives to make our lives better [...]

Try telling that to Geordi LaForge.

 

[Maestro]

Go back and read again.

I'm really not seeing it, but I'll take your word for it.

 

[RoJoHen]

Go back and read again.

I'm really not seeing it, but I'll take your word for it.

Upon further inspection, I apparently forgot to actually type that part out. I apologize.

Anyway, I did try the pillow case, and it didn't work.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Don't insult me, man.

De-clawed your cat is not good idea. Do you want to put her through? If you do, that's cruel, man. More like you're killing your cat rather than none. Listen to me, cats are precious gift that entered our lives to make our lives better, those cats are like our children, so you should thinking more wisely of you cat!

Indoor cats don't need claws. All they do is scratch the furniture and destroy things.

(For the record, I never had my cat declawed, but I don't have particularly nice furniture so it wasn't a huge deal to me if she shredded the corner of the couch while I was at work. It would just have given me the impetus to buy a new couch.)

My indoor cats (5 of them at different times) have never scratched the furniture or destroyed anything.

Declawing is not merely the removal of the claws, as the term "declawing" implies, but is a series of amputations. The last bone of each of the ten front toes of a cat's paw is removed, and tendons, nerves, and muscles that enable normal function and movement of the paw are severed. (Hind foot declaw surgery is not commonly performed on house cats, but is a common practice in lions, tigers and other big cats.) An analogy in human terms would be cutting off each finger at the last joint.

http://www.pawproject.com/html/faqs.asp

 

[bigdaddy]

Cats always like that until they are OK with dieing.

Stick the cage up so the hole faces the top, then get a huge blanket and wrap the cat until it almost can't breathe, and shove it in. Make sure to wear gloves and long sleeves.

 

[Tim]

This is one of those situations in which anaesthetics are your friend.

 

[vice1986]

Put the cat in ass first. If they don't see what they are going into, they wont struggle. The Vet gave me that tip.

 

[Thespeckledkiwi]

Tranquilizer dart

 

[Crusher Disciple]

Just give up. Vets are too expensive, anyway.

 

[Geckothan]

Get less aggressive cats. Mine happily go into carriers if you put a blanket and some food in there.

 

[Jan]

Remember how mama cats carry kittens around by the scruff of the neck? Whenever I want to put my cats in the carrier (or generally place them where they're not inclined to go) I pick them up that way and they kind of freeze so I can drop them in the carrier that's sitting on end with the door open. It's probably not the safest way to transport a cat but it works for the few seconds I need.

Of course, I'm not allowed to get a hand anywhere near the back of their necks until they forget that little indignity, but it works the few times I need to put them in carriers.

Jan

 

[nevermore]

^That's a good suggestion. Grabbing them by their scruff triggers a freeze response. Take the lid off the carrier, lower the cat in while holding the scruff and continue to hold on with one hand while you position the top with the other, then remove hand, close door and re-fasten lid. Also, just keep the carrier out al the time so its not associated with bad or stressful experiences. Depending on the size of the cat, though, don't actually pick them up by the scruff, just hold it with some upward pressure...

My cat is so calm and peaceful all the time, except when she needs to go in the carrier. We wrapped her in a towel...then dumped the towel in the carrier...and SHE STILL ESCAPED!

She's fucking evil.

I assume you have a standard cage-type carrier? You might want to try a different kind of carrier. One of these maybe? The door might be what's freaking her out, or possibly a past experience. These soft carries are more like hidey-holes for them and they can take to them the way they might to one of those scratching trees with the cubbies in them.

I think I might have to get her de-clawed. It would have made this so much easier.

You would mutilate your cat so it's slightly easier to get her in a carrier once or twice a year? She would just fight back with her rear claws and her teeth, you know.

Also, if my apartment finds out that my cat is not de-clawed, I could get evicted. It's actually a requirement of a lot of apartments around here.

That's shocking to me considering that no reputable vet I've ever encountered where I live would even consider de-clawing a cat. It's barbaric, cruel and in most Western countries, illegal.