Hi everyone -
One of my cats is EXTREMELY unwilling to get into the carrier for the vet. We have tried everything - leaving it out (we actually have four carriers that are out at all times), using Feliway, putting treats in it, putting in blankets that smell like us - and nothing works. She's like a supervillain: she learns from every attempt and just gets better at outsmarting us. To make things worse, she gets very stressed when we do try to load her into the carrier. Like, sheer terror. On one occasion (she needed to go to the ER, so the benefits outweighed the emotional costs) she actually became so upset that she needed oxygen.
I thought I could get around this by having the vet come to the home yesterday, but she was still terrified - she actually tried to climb UP the door to get away and cried through the first ten minutes they were there.
Does anyone have any different ideas? I'm all out of them.
One of my cats is EXTREMELY unwilling to get into the carrier for the vet. We have tried everything - leaving it out (we actually have four carriers that are out at all times), using Feliway, putting treats in it, putting in blankets that smell like us - and nothing works. She's like a supervillain: she learns from every attempt and just gets better at outsmarting us. To make things worse, she gets very stressed when we do try to load her into the carrier. Like, sheer terror. On one occasion (she needed to go to the ER, so the benefits outweighed the emotional costs) she actually became so upset that she needed oxygen.
I thought I could get around this by having the vet come to the home yesterday, but she was still terrified - she actually tried to climb UP the door to get away and cried through the first ten minutes they were there.
Does anyone have any different ideas? I'm all out of them.