Please keep me in your thoughts & prayers for what I am about to do tonight

[LynneSin]

Evita has her yearly vet check-up. I suspect by the time I'm done caging her up I'll be clawed to bits by her.

For 9 pounds of feline she can be very dangerous. At 17lbs Abbott is a pushover.

[madinmaryland]

1. For some reason cats hate cat carriers. OTOH, give them an empty beer case

and they will spend hours trying to get into it.

[Roon]

8. YEP!!!

That and shoeboxes. Cats are insane...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear LynneSin...

I will keep you in my thoughts...

Have you thought about elbow-length leather gloves? They might help!

Good luck!

:hi:

[yankeepants]

3. Do you tip the carrier up on end so that

you can more or less drop her in by holding her under her armpits? You have to have the carrier stabilized and feed her her very best treats before and then it needs to be done in one quick controlled motion.

[LynneSin]

9. That's not the problem - I have a top loader

I just have a cat that lived feral for 3 years. The Nats have a better chance at winning the World Series than I do catching this damn thing. And she's been living indoors for 6 years now.

[yankeepants]

12. I wish I was there

I am the go-to person for crazy cat, dog, horse situations in my neck of the woods. And I do mean woods. Best of luck Lynnesin. I like you

[madinmaryland]

13. I think she tips the carrier at least 20%. I recall her mentioning that in the past.

[redwitch]

4. Will there be a youtube video?

our littlest tabby can contort herself so that it is damn near impossible to get her in the cat carrier. And Mac, the 20 pounder is also impossible. But he doesn't scrath and little Gloria will rip us to shreds. Small but mighty, that's her.

DU vibes for you Lynne for one of life's most dangerous jobs!

[tango-tee]

7. Yes, here are DU vibes going out to Lynne!

Oh, reading your post brought back memories... My skinniest cat, a pitch-black rescue, was released from her cage at the vet's office after much howling and screaming on the way, shot out of it like a nuclear missile and proceeded to tear the place to shreds. We finally got her out from underneath the vet's desk with the help of a long-handled broom. She then jumped into his medical-supplies cabinet for cover... and the rest is history. A completely torn-apart vet's office. Believe me, by the time I got Layla home, I was in need of a good, high-octane drink. Or two. Or three.

[tango-tee]

5. For each of my cats this worked wonderfully, but only once per cat:

Throw a nice, squishy piece of liverwurst into the far end of the cage. Cat goes after liverwurst.

Stand by to immediately slam the door to the cat carrier shut and disregard the outraged howling.

I've never had a cat who wasn't crazy about liverwurst. But also be aware that this trick will never, ever work on that cat again. I speak from painful experience.

:pals:

[LynneSin]

10. whatever tempts normal cats does not tempt evita

She has a mind of her own

[tango-tee]

11. My friend, in this case I believe you have a problem.

But all of us of us kitteh lovers are right here, awaiting your news... while we put ointment on the fresh scratches bestowed upon us.

:evilgrin:

[taterguy]

6. Can't you just slip her a valium?

[BurtWorm]

14. I'll light a votary candle for your skin.

[BurtWorm]

16. My cat will pray for your cat, though

[kimi]

15. Ah, best of luck.

Does she continue to act up at the vet's office? I have one who is so freaked by the whole process, starting with the sight of the carrier being picked up - and the carrier is in plain view every day of the year, but he KNOWS when it's going to be his turn and no one else's - that he starts hyper-ventilating and his pupils dilate the minute he gets a hint of what's going to happen. And the fun continues at the clinic, with 3 techs having to hold onto him. I just back away, cause I still have to take him home and deal with the revenge.

You have my best wishes, and I hope your upcoming injuries aren't too severe.

[REP]

17. Had one of those. Needed stitches.

Good luck!

[applegrove]

18. Stand the cage on its end with the door open at the top. Hold your cat.

Grab ahold of your cat's feet as you hold your cat. Direct the hand that has ahold of your cat's feet to the bottom inside of the cage. The rest of the cat will follow. Good luck!

[carlyhippy]

19. just carry her into the vet

maybe call beforehand and let them know you are there, and they need to make sure they get her right in. I carry my cat in, and he has some mighty claws, it's too stressful for him to be in the carrier. Give him an empty box, he has no problem, but he associates carriers with him leaving his safe home to go to the boarder or the vet.

[Skittles]

20. I have a technique

I bring the cat carrier out a few days beforehand, and set it with one end against a wall. Then on vet day, I pick up the cat and pet and coo, walking around, until I'm close to the cat carrier - then I do an ambush - I drop to my knees with cat in front right in front of the open carrier door and with knees on floor and moving forward, close the gap and squish the cat into the carrier. IT WORKS I tell you.

[charlie and algernon]

21. I do the ambush too

I pick Esther up and walk around with her for a bit, then walk over to the carrier, pick it up and shove her in. She doesn't have time to react, then can cry all she wants once inside the cage.

[LynneSin]

24. That would work like a charm for cats that like to be picked up & coo'd

I'm lucky she let's me come near her once a week. And then if I even think of picking her up she'll squeal really high pitched and wiggle her way out.

[mycatfred]

22. I've noticed

That they like soft carriers more than hard cages. I have four cats, Tom (the kitten) has a collapsible soft one (found at Wal-Mart and Target for fairly cheap) and loves it so much he willingly goes in it. Banjo (the old, mean one) has a soft one with a hard, removable bottom, and I've noticed that she doesn't growl as much in this one than she did in the other (hard) one. Chance and Frederick (the mouser and the pure-bred beauty queen) have hard ones and don't like them at all. You should look into getting soft ones. I apologize for sounding like a commercial.

I hope the vet gives her a clean bill of health! I will be thinking about her and your poor, clawed up arms.

[Robeson]

23. Best of luck to you. We have to give one of ours a kitty sedative...

...she gets really shaken up when we take her if we don't.

[MilesColtrane]

25. I hope you've banked some of your own blood.

[Brigid]

26. Vibes for LynneSin and Evita.

I used to have a 17-pound cat named Hamlet who was not a pushover. I had to put a muzzle on him just to brush him, which was necessary because of his long hair. That I do not miss! :crazy: