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    Flying across the country with anxious senior cat

    They typically have you take your cat out of the carrier and hold him while they inspect the carrier. Once they're done, they have you put the cat back in. I've never seen them touch, inspect, or go near an animal in private screening. It's probably the last thing they want to do.
  2. M

    Flying across the country with anxious senior cat

    I think it's definitely better to go the private room route. If you just do the scanner, you have to take your cat out while the carrier goes through the x-ray machine, and hold him and he's surrounded by people and things he is not familiar with and you risk him getting very upset, scratching...
  3. M

    Flying across the country with anxious senior cat

    I have some experience with this and I can offer a few tips from what I learned. 1) Get a leash for your cat and put it on him. The last thing you want to do is have a cat get loose in the airport and take off so that you'll never see the cat again. Don't assume that your cat won't run. Cats in...
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