Travelling and pets

[**Travel*Fever**]

How do you think about this in general?
Would you take your pet on a travel with you?? Or it not, how would you handle the situation? Who is there to take care of your pet during that time?

Did any of you ever transport a pet on a plane or other bigger travel?

Please share your experiences and thoughts!

[fishbulb]

I flew my cats with me from MN to AZ when they were about 8 weeks old. They were small enough to fit into the same carrier, and I brought them on with me as carry on luggage.

Beforehand, I brought them to the vet for normal kitty shots, but also to have them cleared for travel. At the time (I'm not sure what their reqs are now) Northwest required to have a vet sign off on the animals, saying they were fit to travel and free of disease.

The airline charged a fee, maybe $100? Then, getting through security just required that I take them both out of the carrier, and walk through the scanner. Luckily, they were small enough that I could fit one in each hand:)

The flight was uneventful. They just meeped a little during takeoff, and I didn't hear from them after that. I did make sure to let those sitting around me know that I had two kittens under the seat, in case of allergies. One man next to me took his allergy meds after I told him, and that was that. Blissfully uneventful

[trulabula]

Love the thread!

I've been lucky thus far, as my dad has mainly been the one to watch after my cats when I'm gone. I've never traveled with them before, and really don't ever want to. We owned cats in the past, so he doesn't mind taking care of them...plus it's not like they need much attention anyways.

When I went out west for about three weeks in 2007, my friend watched after my cats. I was so thankful, and paid her like $100 and gave her a bunch of supplies before leaving. I felt that was too long of a time to have them run rampant on my dad, and I'd rather have them be able to run around instead of being locked in a cage. So the situation worked perfectly. Plus I ended up watching her cat for near five months as she was in the process of moving and getting settled in Baltimore.

When I was younger, we often took RV's on roadtrips across the US, and surprisingly we didn't take our dog or cat with us. I guess the cat is understandable, but I don't know why we boarded the dog as well. We had bought the cat from some crazy cat lady, and she was always willing to watch her while we went on vacation. As for the dog, he probably got caged and neglected, which is a reason why I now refuse to board my pets!

[ggrannie1]

My little tiny toy poodle flew home with me from Denver to Texas when I first bought her. She was kept in her kennel under the seat. They wouldnt let me put her up on the seat, and she was just a little bit of a thing only a few weeks old. Poor little thing. But now I have a regular toy poodle named Chiffon and she loves to travel but we leave her with my sis-in-law (she just loves her) so everything is great. We are going to drive to California for my 50th Class Reunion in October and will take her with us I think. Like I said she loves to travel, but I have to check with my Daughter to see if its okay to leave her for the week with them.

It cost me a total of $140 dollars to transport Bijou (my first little poodle) but so far we havent tried to take Chiffon with us on our trips flying.

I also love this Forum

your ever lovin
grannie

[kitty]

My sister transported Muffin (a/k/a Chiffon, a/k/a Fang, a/k/a Killer) to Denver and Grannie picked her up at my house and drove her home!!