[header] How to help your cat love his crate [title] Start as young as possible. [step] If you have the option, start crate training your cat very early. A small kitten will adapt easier to a crate than an adult cat that has a lifetime of crate distrust built up. 
[substeps] However, starting crate training early in life is not always possible and that shouldn't dissuade you from trying. Just because you have an adult cat, for instance, that doesn't mean it can't grow to love its crate.