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Snoof, try having the carrier open ready to put him in, in one room.....then pick Ninja up outside the room so that he hasn't had chance to see the carrier. If you're pretty quick you can often get him in there before he realises what is happening. I always have to do that with Cassie as once she sees the carrier she has gone!! |
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I still can't pick him up Mags  But I'll certainly remember that tip for the future! |
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Snoof, If all else fails would you like to try one of the old-fashioned wickerwork cat baskets, the sort where you drop the lid down quickly. If so send a PM to me, I'm just down the road from you - well at Levens - and I'm more than happy to let you have it if you think it might work - Logoes. |
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When I fostered an unhandleable cat, I was quite lucky with vet visits, as I left the carrier on the windowsill and he used it as a bed. I did have to use herding techniques to get him in there though, as he didn't go in the carrier as early as the vet visit was, and when he was rehomed, he decided to ignore the carrier!! |
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Logoes, I don't have a car so I wouldn't be able to come pick it up. I'm also thinking he'll still refuse to go in it, so we'll be faced with the same problem. Thank you very much for the offer though  We're ordering some Rescue Remedy, and tomorrow I'll try putting his breakfast in the carrier. By breakfast he's generally very hungry, so he won't resist going into the carrier for very long. It's abusing his trust, but like my friend pointed out - any way I turn this is abusing his trust. |
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just another point about the body being the lesser of two evils... remember that the body that made him go into the carrier is also the one that frees him from it when he gets home |
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I got some catnip today (by the time I got round to shopping I was completely depressed about what a fiasco it was :lol) and spread some in his box when I got home. I figured it might mellow him out enough to allow me to pet him so we could at least start rebuilding trust... And it worked, he let me cuddle him and let my son pet him a little bit. I might try putting his breakfast in there tomorrow, but I don't know for sure yet. It's going to depend on whether or not he's in the conservatory when I get down there, and on whether or not he'll let me fuss him and how he's acting and stuff. Otherwise I'll wait for the Rescue Remedy to arrive and see if that opens up any new possibilities. |
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Another failure. We're going to leave him to it and wait for him to be relatively comfortable again, then decide whether we should try to block off all exits and get him into the carrier, or ring a vet for a callout visit (and block off all exits). It's going to be traumatic either way. I'm sad that we keep having to push him around on this. Hopefully the Rescue Remedy will help him calm down a little, at any rate. |
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Snoof I'm sorry I've lost the original plot on this one.......remind me why Ninja needs to go to the vet? |
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Just for his checkup and shots, DM. He's currently in his box in the conservatory, happily being petted and fussed... So I don't think it's nearly as awful as I was telling myself it would be this morning. |
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