Thread: Cat Carrier Suggestions?

In my experience all types of plastic carriers have problems,we have had cats break out of them on the way to vets & also both in waiting & consult room { no problem with any carrier if you have the perfect behaved animals but that is something you don't know straight off},we have had them tied up with string/wire or whatever else comes to hand{re-reading this I do mean carrier tied up not furry....!!!!} as the side plastic pegs have broken or the ones in the door have been lost or broken,nothing more frustrating in consult room than most of the time taken up with trying to get into seeing the animal...... yes agree that if the animal is difficult to get out you can remove top half of basket but I challange anyone who is trying to get a bad tempered cat out in the first place to try & grab hold of it as you remove the top half of its carrier let alone get it to stay in place while you try to get lid on again,I am sorry but whoever makes a lot of these don't think of the practacalities of other than purrfect behaved felines......
I am no good at posting links but google Pennine rectangular wire pet carriers,strong,will last for a lifetime,middle size of the three fits our 10+kg cats,they travel to shows in one of these,has a metal tray in the bottom which is ideal,paper in there if they pee not all over everywhere & dead easy to clean out plus with the top lifting up completely you have easy access to cat even the most bad tempered it gives you full room to get in to get it out {a lot off cats are happier at you bending over them to get them out than putting your hands alone in & fishing around plus a nice big hole to drop even the most bad tempered animal into slam lid shut bar in & all safe & sound.....
Yes I have a plastic carrier & yes I have one of the big canvas carriers as they fold up & with six cats to transport sometimes space dictates but none of my furry babes ever travels in anything other than wire carriers until I am 100% certain that they are 100% safe with travelling & Shimba our big boy actually prefers the wire carrier to any of the others even though two of them are bigger....
Sorry that is an essay but as I said in another thread 40 years of working in a vets play a big part as to knowing what works well & what doesn't.....xxx