How To Stuff A Cat Into A Carrier

[Friday]

Lol, Eve.

Actually vets will give you tranquilizers to give cats to get them there. We haven't resorted t...

LMAO... We did a cross country (east coast to west coast) drive with a few veeeeeery unhappy felines. Distress. Amazing how that transcends language, right???

I know, I know, it feels like an earth quake. Clearly, it's the apocalypse. Freak out at will. Look on the bright side! It will start raining frogs soon. You love frogs. Crunchy and slimy. It will be great!

Raaaaaaaoooooooooooooooooooooow! Mraow! Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooow! Mraow! Nonstop.

5,000 miles (years) later... Why we would pay vets to do house calls. Cough.

 

[Ronin]

Raaaaaaaoooooooooooooooooooooow! Mraow! Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooow! Mraow! Nonstop.

Come on, you saved on a horror music soundtrack, even had a live version. :hilarious:

 

[Deleted member 29920]

live version

:roflmao:

 

[barefoot]

Mine are quite tricksy to get in, so we now tend to stand the carrier on its end - so the front door is facing upwards - then just sort of tip them in. But I think that probably makes it sound more violent than it is!

And as others have said, we put the carrier in the lounge a couple of days before we're going so they can get used to it and so it starts to smell familiar etc. They also both love towels, so we always put a towel on the bottom because the,y like the feel of laying on them.

Have you tried any cat calming sprays? I've always been quite sceptical about whether they work but recently used Pet Remedy when one of ours was to and fro to the vet a lot and the other one then decided she hated her (fun times!) It did seem to help - chilled them out and they actively seem to like the smell. So I also spray the carrier and the towel with some of that beforehand.

Good luck!

 

[ShodokanJenn]

I know that soundtrack! I have version 4.0 - when we moved last, I somehow got stuck with all four cats we had at that time, all in my truck. They were not at ALL shy about voicing their opinion.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW. MURAOW. MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRW.

 

[anthony]

@ShodokanJenn, OMG... I'm still laughing just from the original post, let alone getting through any further replies. Thanks for the morning laugh.

 

[ShodokanJenn]

Alright. The highly trained athlete is sleeping peacefully on the couch. Little does he know that in 10.5 hours, I'll be pouncing on him, and my husband and I will somehow muscle him into that carrier. Then comes the vet, where I expect him to scramble off the exam table and promptly pee in the corner (why not? It's what he did when we took him for his neuter surgery). I expect the vet to tell us he's overweight (because despite his athletic prowess, he is a bit on the chunky side). I expect the vet to tell us she suspects the growth on his nose is benign, but because it keeps growing it needs to be removed. Then we get to stuff him in the carrier again. And we'll schedule surgery for him. If I ask for a tranquilizer to give him the morning of surgery, does that make me a bad mom?

 

[Friday]

If I ask for a tranquilizer to give him the morning of surgery, does that make me a bad mom?

For you or the cat?

 

[hodge]

No, it doesn't make you a bad mom. But they might not give it to you, since your cat will get anesthesia shortly after you get him there. Might be interactions.

 

[ShodokanJenn]

For you or the cat?

Maybe for both of us. Yeah, definitely for both. I get nervous when my fur-kids have to go under anesthesia.

 

[ShodokanJenn]

No, it doesn't make you a bad mom. But they might not give it to you, since your cat will get anesthesia s...

Good point. They actually gave my Furbis a tranquilizer when he had his emergency surgery a few weeks ago. His appointment to get checked was at 10 AM, the vet decided he needed surgery, but wouldn't be able to start the surgery until 4 PM, so she gave him a tranquilizer to help him relax in the strange environment. So maybe the same thing could be given to my Tabibito by me at home?

 

[hodge]

I don't see why not, especially since it's not emergency surgery. I say, go for it.