How to get a cat in a carrier?

[The Chickadoodles]

I just adopted a friendly stray cat which just went to my house and lived here and she is pregnant and I want to take her to the vet to check for any important things. I tried putting food inside the carrier which is a good size for her but she always has her hind legs and tail outside of it and when I try to get them in, she just moves and goes back out. How do I get her in a carrier?

 

[ShannonR]

Pick her up and put her in

 

[pennyJo1960]

Fast ... sorry but hold cat back of the neck and back legs drop cat in crate shut door fast

 

[The Chickadoodles]

Pick her up and put her in

How do I carry a pregnant cat? Do I just carry her normally or should I do something?

 

[ValerieJ]

Do you have a top loading carrier? This works best for me. Anything else is just a struggle of wills, but in the end you will win. You are bigger after all.

 

[NuggetTheChicken]

My cat just walks into the carrier as soon as I open the door lol. I would suggest you hold her from under her front legs and support her back legs to put her inside. Maybe you can hold her with a towel and put her in so she goes in all the way.

 

[chickens really]

Have no worries if she is tame enough just pick her up and put into the carrier. You won't hurt her or the babies..

 

[Rose Quartz]

AHHH! nononono, DON'T grab her by the scruff of the neck!!! I tried that to get the stray mama cat inside this past spring. I ended up in the ER. DON'T pick her up!

if she's most of the way in, use a towel or something in one hand, to kind of push her back end in, at the same time you're closing the door, it should get her in there all the way. It might be easier with 2 people. Having her in a room where she can't get out of the room, or under stuff will help too.

If you can tell she's pregnant than she's too far along for it to be safe for the kittens to be picked up. If you really can't get her in the crate with out holding her, it would be better to not take her to the vet.

 

[Folly's place]

Not true! Get her to the vet as soon as possible, and don't get hurt yourself in the process!
If you feed her in the crate only for a few days, and the crate is not the tiny 'kitten' size, you should be able to just close the door one morning when she's eating. Maybe with a tiny push with a towel, as mentioned already.
Most cats will curl up when scruffed, and can be loaded backwards into a crate that's opened end up. There are cats who erupt and scratch with their hind legs when scruffed, and that's not going to go well for you. How do you know ahead of time? You don't, it's playing the odds.
I hope she's inside all the time, and that you have planned for her pending delivery, so it's not on your bed or somewhere equally inconvenient! Get her comfortable with a nice nest box in a quiet location that you can confine her in, like a small bathroom or something.
Mary

 

[Rammy]

Put the carrier on its end so its facing upwards with the door open. Pick up cat and put her in butt first. Close door.