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Hi I am nor sure if this qualifies as an SOS or not but it feels like one to me. I was supposed to take my 4 semiferal rescue babies to the shelter today. I could not get them in the carrier by myself. I have posted about them in several other threads on the stray feral cat board section. I have had the open carrier in the bathroom with them for several days and sprayed feliway in it. They had been in and out of it and on it but when I tried to get them in they totally flipped out. They had been coming along nicely too. After crying (and I'm sure that didn't help any) and trying for about 45 min I gave up. The super shy one even hissed at me when I tried to get it and swiped at me through the work gloves I had on. After I gave up and was putting the bathroom together again the 3 more social ones came back out and let me pet them and were purring again. Course the shy one is probably ruined but I was able to place 2 treats right in front of its nose at his place behind the toilet and it didn't hiss or try and bite me so there's that. I called the shelter crying and she told me I should have been feeding them in the carrier all this time so I could just casually close the door. Why didn't she tell me that before?? She said the carrier should be large enough that they can all fit comfortably in and eat in. They are going to loan me a bigger one. Of course the shelter is a no kill except for extreme circumstances. The manager made sure to throw in that once they had them if they were not handable euthanasia was a possibility for them. What the heck was that??? And really now was not the time to say that too me. I have made so much progress with them and she is acting like they are not sociable