I don't know what kind of carrier you have, but a vet tech taught me a good technique on getting them into the type that opens like a door from the front and it works. You still have to kind of not let them know "it's time to go in the carrier." You stand the carrier upright so the door is facing the ceiling (hopefully yours is sturdy enough to stay still while you're putting the cat in there---my husband held mine for me). You pick up the cat and back up towards the carrier so he doesn't see you headed that way. You put the cat down into the carrier BACK LEGS FIRST and close the door. Then set the carrier down the normal way. The first time I had to put Jiggy in his carrier for a vet visit, it took me a good half hour to get him in the "old fashioned way." I was full of hair, totally frazzled, and almost missed my appt by the time I got there, and when I told the tech the horrible time I had, she suggested I do it that way and it was so much easier! GOod luck!!!