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How to get two cats into one transport basket:
- Open both ends of the basket and simultaneously put them in
- Put them both in at the same time through one end
- Put them in one at a time
- Put one in and leave it there for 10 minutes to calm down, then put the other one in
- Wrap them both in the same towel and bundle everything in together.
- Put one in first & close the door, then open the zip two inches and try and feed the second one through the gap
- Put on in and hold it there, put the second one in and hold it there. Then close the door around your arms and try and get your hands out without a cat squeezing through too
- Prop the door open like a fox trap and leave a snack in the back
- Get some friends, two people to a cat and one for the zip. Close your eyes, stuff everything inside the basket and quickly pull the zip. Then check around for any escaped cats. Success?
useful tips. But we only got one cat “Paddy” and he seems very co-operative. If not I have to use my previous practice. Open the door to the cat carrier (a hard plastic airline approved) and put the cat between the legs and squeeze gently so he does not run away with the butt facing the open door. Then push him in and try to control all four legs. Occasionally it has needed a re-run. However Pelle, Paddy’s predesesor had a fisty nature when he did not want to do something, hence not stright forward.
This made me laugh out loud. I have vivid memories of standing in an overgrown garden in Warmsworth trying to get a mother cat into a carrier. I already had all the 2 day old kittens that she had given birth to on a piece of old carpet. I managed to get her in at my first attempt & she managed to get back out just as easily. After that she gave a very good immitation of a cuddly Garfield the sort that n
used to be stuck on car windows. She spreadeagled all 4 legs & hooked her claws onto any part of the carrier she could.
Hilarious! My favorite is “two people per cat & one for the zip”!