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travel baskets

AmberUK

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Does anyone use any special carry baskets for their bunnies? I have two cat carriers and want to get a third so I can transport all animals at once (in case of fire) and was just going to get other of the carry cases to avoid confusion but wondered if it was worth going to a specialised case?
 
We have a couple of the Pet Caddy top opening carriers which work really well as you can lift bun in and out easily rather than having to drag them forward through a front opener. There is the slightly bigger one than I have currently in th Argos catalogue (extra) for £9.99 which is a bargain.
I had never thought of fire - mine all tend to share the two we have as they don't travel together. Mmmmm maybe I ought to get at least one more - just in case.
 
I have a carrier that opens at the top and the front, I had to get quite a large one -for a french lop.
I had to go to p@h as I found it really difficult to find a top opening one anywhere that was big enough.
 
I have the top and front one too. Its nice that you give them the chance to get out if they wish and if not you can lift them would without having to be double jointed. The rabbit specific carriers I saw were almost just like wooden boxes, I presume to keep them in the dark?
 
I use the Gulliver Pet Carrier's.

They come in 3 size's! (even one big enough for a Frenchie!)

There like cat carrier's but better made. They have seatbelt holders so you can secure you Rabbit in the car.

There great!

Louise
 
We just used a box for Branwen, and it was fine.
Tried Casey in it but he jumped out almost escaped (very scary) we had to borrow a cat box from next door.

We shall get our own soon from friends of ours, their dog has outgrown it.

Never considered what to do for a fire or whatever. Might invest in another carrier for Branwen.
 
I used a cat carrier that opened at the top as well as the end but, when Bo-jangles was suddenly taken ill (he went all flopy and could not move) i thought he had broken something and I was lucky that i had a very large box to take him to vets in because there was no way he would have got into a pet carrier as I did not want to move him too much incase it was a broken bone. I lifted him using the blanket that he was on into the box, stretched out he was very long (he was a dwarf lop) so I don't know what people do with larger rabbits. I would keep a very large box as well if you can store one just incase. Mine was one of these storage boxes with handles about 2.5ft x 1.5ft
 
Ah ha! Someone else who thinks like me! Im building up my collection of carriers....... incase there's a fire. I don't care how much danger I will be placing myself in by getting them all out, if I had to leave them and they suffered I would end up in the mental hospital, there is no way on earth I would be able to cope. Anyway not the point Beck what does the P@H carrier look like? Is it just the same as the others available.

Angela
 
I used to leave my ferplast carrier downstairs by the stairs until my b/f Steve said - what about if there was a fire - so now its upstairs in their room but you know what if the worse came to the worse and it wasn't too hand you could perhaps roll a jumper (damp?) around them (as they would probably be strugging with fright because of the smoke, etc) and take them out like this, although a carrier is best because you can lower it out the window to safety .... I guess you now need rope in the room too!!!

LETS HOPE THERE ARE NO FIRES :cry:
 
Bunnysam said:
although a carrier is best because you can lower it out the window to safety .... I guess you now need rope in the room too!!!

LETS HOPE THERE ARE NO FIRES :cry:

:shock: Sugar never thought about the rope, must add that to my list! Some of mine are in pairs and I have 10 so carriers will be the best/quickest option should the worse ever happen. Hope Im not inviting it to now. Thankfully If I open the bed doors they all toddle into the carriers to have a look, so I am lucky in that sense.

Angela
 
The thing about the carrier is that worst case you over crowd them but you can put them down and know they cannot escape.

When we moved I had it all planned out with a doggie cage for the cats. But I wouldn't let them out into their room untill everyone had gone incase someone opened the door by accident. Of course it turned out the dog cage went through external doors but not internal so they spent the day in the garden anyhow!
 
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