In your home, always keep the crate open and equipped with clean, soft bedding; freshen the catnip periodically and add new toys sometimes. When you have a cat who enjoys spending time in her crate, you can pop her in and take off whenever you need to. Read about cat behavior modification techniques.
All Rights Reserved. Privacy bestfriends. Share Tweet Email Print. Steps for crate training a cat How do you crate train a cat? Taking a cat in a crate for a car ride You can take the crate training even further. The more you practice, the better your pet cat will become at hanging out near or even inside the crate. It may take a week or more for the kitten or cat to feel comfortable around the carrier.
Once that happens, put the door back on, and wait until the cat goes inside. Then shut the door while praising in a calm, happy voice. The goal is to convince your cat that this is normal and no reason for upset feelings. After a minute or so, let your cat out and give it a treat or toy reserved only for the best performance. Praise the dickens out of the cat. Your cat should know that staying calm inside the crate earns it good things. Repeat training sessions at least once a day over the next two weeks, building up the time until the kitty stays inside three minutes, four, then five minutes and so on.
Once your cat has reached 10 minutes and remains calm, pick up the carrier while the cat is in it and carry it around, and then let the cat out.
Take the carrier out to the car with the cat inside , sit there and talk to your cat, then bring it back into the house and release it. Don't forget to offer the treat. Soon, you should be able to take your cat for car rides in the carrier without your feline throwing a fit.
The cat will learn that most of the time the carrier means good things. The vet visit won't be the only association it has. Never give up on training and just transport your cat without a crate or carrier. Here are some tips and general rules to follow if you plan on putting your cat in a crate during the day.
First off, a cat crate should be of a good size. This is not for transportation, so there are no bumps or movement issues to consider.
If you are going to get your cat a crate for the day, make sure that it is large enough so your cat can be comfortable.
This means that the cat should at the very least be able to stand up on its feet and it should be able to move around freely. The crate, at the very least, should be twice as long and twice as wide as the cat is long. This means that, for one, the crate needs to be large enough to fit a small litterbox with ease, and second, that you need to put that small litterbox inside the crate.
Next, a crate also needs to be comfortable for your cat to be in all day. This means that the cat crate in question should have some kind of bedding or a soft floor. Whether it already comes with a soft and comfortable floor, or you have to engineer your own, your cat absolutely does not want to lay or sit on a hard surface all day long as it waits for sweet release. Your cat is also going to get bored, hungry, and thirsty so, this means leaving some food for your cat, maybe not full meals, but some treats.
You will want to leave a full water dish too. The bottom line is that yes, you can crate a cat during the day no problem. If you need to confine your cat at night, he'll be happier in a dog crate, or cage.
Pet supply stores sell both wire and nylon crates with mesh windows. For night-long confinement, Kitty will probably prefer a wire cage. He'll have a better view of everything that's going on around him, and the air circulation is better. Crates come in a variety of sizes.
Some are designed for very small dogs, while others provide enough room for a Great Dane. Although your cat is small, think big when choosing his crate.
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