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Paging Patricia, Paging Patricia.... or anyone else who has flying experience with pets
I assume you've flown with cats.
Do you have a preferred cat carrier? rigid or soft fabric?
Do you put an absorbing pad you put in the carriers for them to relieve themselves?
how does all of that work?
Paging Patricia, Paging Patricia.... or anyone else who has flying experience with pets
I assume you've flown with cats.
Do you have a preferred cat carrier? rigid or soft fabric?
Do you put an absorbing pad you put in the carriers for them to relieve themselves?
how does all of that work?
I have no real experience but my daughter travels with her small dog all the time. She uses a soft carrier that she can stow under the seat in front of her on the flight. Make sure to check with the airlines you are going to use for their regulations, shots and all have to be up to date as well... but check with the airlines.
Paging Patricia, Paging Patricia.... or anyone else who has flying experience with pets
I assume you've flown with cats.
Do you have a preferred cat carrier? rigid or soft fabric?
Do you put an absorbing pad you put in the carriers for them to relieve themselves?
how does all of that work?
Yes, I've flown with Leo, Talia and Zion. I always flew/fly on Southwest and their policy is to call ahead and tell them you're bringing an animal. I've never been asked to show records for the cats. It's $95 to bring the small animal, paid at check-in, and the carrier has to go under the seat in front of you. That means it has to be smallish. I've got two carriers I've used. One is a backpack and one is a soft carrier. I think the cats prefer the blue carrier. My flights were to and from socal, so about 2.5 hours in the plane. I didn't have an absorbent pad. After my experience driving Leo back and forth to California, I knew he wouldn't need to go potty. He never did on all day drives. He'd wait until I got to a hotel or home.
When taking a pet in a carrier, you either have to take the animal out and hold it ifor TSA and the screening machine or you ask for a private room where you take the animal out and they take the carrier back out to run through the xray machine. They bring it back and you put your animal back in the carrier. Dogs are easier, for sure, since people walk through the airports with them on leashes.
For me, the hardest part of it all was getting the cat into the carrier and then hoping it wouldn't meow it's head off. Leo was easy, Zion wasn't too loud but Talia meowed a lot on her flight from CA to CO. I gave them some gabapentin but I guess Talia still carried on but none of my close seat mates were annoyed. I asked them. I did tell people that I had a cat when they sat down next to me in case they were allergic.
^2-22-2018. Leo, during drive to DEN.
^3-8-2018. Leo. CA to CO flight.
^1-22-2020. In TSA room while they were x-raying the carrier.
The length of time my cats were caged wasn't long enough for it to become an issue. In my experience, cats a scared shitless so it's not a problem. When I drove Leo to and from CA from CO twice, I'd let him out and take his litterbox out. He never used it or would eat.
^3-28-2018 in a potty at Spotted Wolf Rest area in Utah on I-70 eastbound. He never used the litter box, drank or ate during a drive that lasted 10 hours. This trip was in my S2000 when I drove it from CA to keep in CO.
01-05-2023, 08:30 PM
When I drove Leo to and from CA from CO twice, I'd let him out and take his litterbox out. He never used it or would eat.
