Originally Posted by
honeytoes
Do you have a cat? If not, you might not be aware how difficult it can be to get one into a carrier, much less get a harness/leash on one. Many times, one cannot simply "control" a cat. Also, cats are a little strange in what spooks them. They are not necessarily consistent in their behavior.
Yes, I do have cats, and I know exactly how difficult is to get them into carriers. My cats are rescued feral cats - it took 6 months to be able even touch one of them. I know exactly how difficult it is to control a cat -
so I wouldn't even dream of taking one on a plane without taking adequate measures to ensure its safety.
As for not knowing the rules for examing pet carriers, sorry, that excuse doesn't fly with me.
Pets require advance reservations made by phone, and my experience with carriers these days is that if you have any kind of unusual situation with ticketing, the phone agent reads you the rules ad nauseum before accepting the res. And what kind of pet owner wouldn't bother to find out what his pet would be subjected to before traveling?