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I’ve always had problems getting my cat Snuffy into a carrier and just had one of the worst experiences so far. It was awful and I’m sure it was terrible for him too. Can someone please help me I don’t know what to do. And we are way beyond “just slowly introduce him to it by putting food in there” or something.
Here are things I have tried:
1. Getting a bigger carrier, sitting it on its back, and slowly lowering him in. This worked for the first time or two until he realized that picking him up could equal being put into the carrier then he stopped letting me pick him up. Or he would spread his hind legs, or front legs when trying to lower him in creating a tough and stressful time.
2.Towel method, cat burrito - worked like a charm the first time and not bad the second. Then he realized towel laid out, anywhere = cat carrier. So he will avoid it like the plague. I JUST tried today having the towel laid out somewhere, putting him onto it, then wrapping him. It was a disaster. Just picking him up at all of course stressed him out then placing him on the towel to wrap him was a massive struggle. I finally got him wrapped enough to get him into the carrier but this will never work again and was way too stressful for him and me.
3. Vet example: scruff - cat carrier sitting normal, just with door open. Scruff Snuffy with one hand, hold hind legs together near the body with second hand. Quickly put him in. Looked great when the vet showed me at the vet. In practice? No. He will NOT allow me to scruff him and I hate doing it too. He will not relax or submit or whatever you want to call it to the scruff, he will squirm and attempt to flee because he knows the carrier is coming. I had to scruff him today just to get him to sit enough for me to wrap the towel and it was awful I hate doing it and he was trying to get away the whole time.
I’m at a total loss. I HAAAAAAATE putting him through the stress of this and it stresses me out horribly too. I feel like such an awful cat parent after the struggle to put him in but I just want to take care of him he needs oral surgery today. He’s finally in there now thank god.
Please, PLEASE, is there anything I can do to make this go easier going forward?
Here are things I have tried:
1. Getting a bigger carrier, sitting it on its back, and slowly lowering him in. This worked for the first time or two until he realized that picking him up could equal being put into the carrier then he stopped letting me pick him up. Or he would spread his hind legs, or front legs when trying to lower him in creating a tough and stressful time.
2.Towel method, cat burrito - worked like a charm the first time and not bad the second. Then he realized towel laid out, anywhere = cat carrier. So he will avoid it like the plague. I JUST tried today having the towel laid out somewhere, putting him onto it, then wrapping him. It was a disaster. Just picking him up at all of course stressed him out then placing him on the towel to wrap him was a massive struggle. I finally got him wrapped enough to get him into the carrier but this will never work again and was way too stressful for him and me.
3. Vet example: scruff - cat carrier sitting normal, just with door open. Scruff Snuffy with one hand, hold hind legs together near the body with second hand. Quickly put him in. Looked great when the vet showed me at the vet. In practice? No. He will NOT allow me to scruff him and I hate doing it too. He will not relax or submit or whatever you want to call it to the scruff, he will squirm and attempt to flee because he knows the carrier is coming. I had to scruff him today just to get him to sit enough for me to wrap the towel and it was awful I hate doing it and he was trying to get away the whole time.
I’m at a total loss. I HAAAAAAATE putting him through the stress of this and it stresses me out horribly too. I feel like such an awful cat parent after the struggle to put him in but I just want to take care of him he needs oral surgery today. He’s finally in there now thank god.
Please, PLEASE, is there anything I can do to make this go easier going forward?
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