Best way to catch or cage a cat CATNIP !
If you give them one or two teaspoon fulls of dry catnip to eat, after a little while for it to take effect, they will get drunk and lay around. Then brush them, they won't care!
Even the shyest or most ill-tempered cats get real relaxed after a little of it. Put it in the center of a cage or carrier, they can't resist going in to get at it. Takes only a few minutes too.