Thread: Shall we go to the show,or not....

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Ok,Shimba is entered,just finished his paperwork,have promised Merl that we will try & take him along too when the weather is better...

Hi Karen,he travels in a Sof-Krate I series & it is the 24" x 16" x 16" one,just right for him to stretch in & brilliant because it collapses & folds away when not in use & is very lightweight, b****y heavy though when either him or Shimba is in it,at one of the shows we were clearing up & I had got Shimba as far as the door & was waiting for Brian when a lady said to her hubby "Just help get the cat to the ,dare I say it,ladies car",still looking for the lady,anyway he bent down grabbed the handles & I didn't think he was ever going to get straight again,they had exotics,don't think he had ever tried to haul a MC.
Good though because I think it must make the men respect us for being able to hold these monsters out in their show stretch,own a MC & you have muscles !

That really made me laugh - every time the vet sees my carrier, he chuckles. I wonder if it's the carrier he remembers rather than the cats! I think my carrier is much the same size, and it should really come with wheels!

Originally Posted by candes

You brought up a really major issue with MC. Carrier size.... Ted ted has wayyyy..... outgrown his large cat carrier already. And none of the soft carriers fit him. Thus he just goes out on a harness right now. What do other folks here use? Something with wheels and a pull would be nice.

How much extra space should they have past their body size? Teddy was 27" , (without his 15" tail) before his growth spurt. So would a 30" stroller work? Maybe I should wait a few months when the bulk of his growing is done. Dunno... A carrier would be nice now.

I'd read that they need enough room to stand up in, turn around in and lay down in, but not so much space that there's more space than cat (something to do with their inclination to hide in small places when nervous). Not very scientific. I've got a collapsable one - sounds like the same principle as Jackie's, and it's bloody enormous - even without a giant kitten in it, it's difficult to carry - just due to its size. My breeder had advised to get the biggest one I could find, so I did, and I'm pretty sure you could squeeze an elephant calf in there if you don't mind the trunk poking out! Freyja's not been in it for a while though so it might seem a more suitable size now she's 12lbs of fur. Poor little Wicca just looks lost!