How to trick your cat into a carrier

If you’re planning a trip to the vet, then suddenly cramming your cat into a carrier box may just end up with someone getting scratched. It helps to prepare your cat a few days in advance. Photo: dpa

Cats are usually happiest in a familiar environment, content to roam the same house or neighbourhood day after day.

Ahead of a holiday or a vet appointment, they might need some convincing to leave their usual habitat, however, as new environments tend to stress them out.