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I've seen some great pictures of other people's Cornish rexes outside on leashes (they're way too delicate and in Snookums's case clumsy to be outside otherwise) so some years ago we bought two little harnesses and a couple of small leashes for Snookums and the BB. However, once they got here, because Snookums freaked out so badly just at having the harness buckled on indoors three times in a row, the idea of taking the cats on walks was set aside.
But we bought a small soft-sided pet carrier when we acquired the bunnies in late 2015, and since then the BB has also gone to the vet in it twice. When I got ready to take Snookums to the vet last week I discovered he wouldn't fit in the soft-sided pet carrier along with a fleece blanket, and since it was well below freezing he couldn't go in it without one and had to be carried in the big plastic car-ready carrier box in which the BB was sold to us in 2009. (It's a fetching lavender and both cats consider it a kind of play house, so he was fairly confused about the fleece blanket and the door being closed.)
(Since we brought him home in 2011, he's only ever traveled in the larger car box with the BB, where they snuggle together in the same box.)
Well, I've gotten in the habit of carrying the soft carrier, which is feather-light and comfortable to carry and comes with a cross-body strap (although I would prefer easier access to the cat: Wax typically has taken cats out on foot just in a regular tote bag, but Snookums seems to be alarmed to be put in a totebag where the late Tea and Lily would happily just sit in a bag dangling from a hook on the wall), and carrying the big sturdy box was such a pain that I pretty much vowed to never take it anywhere on foot again.
What with all the full-time worrying about starting Snookums on insulin, though, I had kind of forgotten to do anything about buying a catstronaut bag or soft bag for Snookums and now he has to go back for his first checkup this Friday. I'm not sure if I can get him used to riding in a tote bag or a backpack before then, but am determined to try.
Brother- and sister-in-law bought their two young Burmese cats a catstronaut bag for Christmas and I should have just stolen the idea right away when I saw it. I'm now kicking myself for filing the idea for later instead. Why didn't I realize I was going to have feline diabetes and vet trips to worry about?!
But we bought a small soft-sided pet carrier when we acquired the bunnies in late 2015, and since then the BB has also gone to the vet in it twice. When I got ready to take Snookums to the vet last week I discovered he wouldn't fit in the soft-sided pet carrier along with a fleece blanket, and since it was well below freezing he couldn't go in it without one and had to be carried in the big plastic car-ready carrier box in which the BB was sold to us in 2009. (It's a fetching lavender and both cats consider it a kind of play house, so he was fairly confused about the fleece blanket and the door being closed.)
(Since we brought him home in 2011, he's only ever traveled in the larger car box with the BB, where they snuggle together in the same box.)
Well, I've gotten in the habit of carrying the soft carrier, which is feather-light and comfortable to carry and comes with a cross-body strap (although I would prefer easier access to the cat: Wax typically has taken cats out on foot just in a regular tote bag, but Snookums seems to be alarmed to be put in a totebag where the late Tea and Lily would happily just sit in a bag dangling from a hook on the wall), and carrying the big sturdy box was such a pain that I pretty much vowed to never take it anywhere on foot again.
What with all the full-time worrying about starting Snookums on insulin, though, I had kind of forgotten to do anything about buying a catstronaut bag or soft bag for Snookums and now he has to go back for his first checkup this Friday. I'm not sure if I can get him used to riding in a tote bag or a backpack before then, but am determined to try.
Brother- and sister-in-law bought their two young Burmese cats a catstronaut bag for Christmas and I should have just stolen the idea right away when I saw it. I'm now kicking myself for filing the idea for later instead. Why didn't I realize I was going to have feline diabetes and vet trips to worry about?!
