Phew..!

All is well.

Basil had to have 2 teeth removed (ow!) and a general clean and polish at the vets on Thursday. When I telephoned at 2.00pm having dropped him off at 10.00am, Basil was awake and recovering well. I was able to collect a very frightened Basil from the vets at 4.00pm.

I managed to get completely up to date with the bunnies and their myxomatosis vaccinations which is a relief to get ticked off the 'to do' list, extremely lengthy as it is. As they have the myxomatosis vaccinations every 6 months it sometimes seems that we've only just been before we're back vaccinating again! With 3 bunnies, it can be quite an event especially as we've only 2 carriers at the moment. We had plenty but the older and cheap ones have all broken recently, the doors wouldn't stay fastened etc which is not a good thing at all. I need to get some more asap. I discovered the Pet Cargo Cabrio a while ago and bought one to see if it was as good as it looked. It is. I have large cats and rabbits and this allows them space to lie down without being excessively large which can be dangerous in terms of the possibility of being flung around inside the carrier whilst in the car.

It opens at the top as well as the front which is an absolute necessity both for ease of extracting a reluctant animal and for putting in a reluctant and aggresive one!

The carrier is closed and private which is another must for frightened animals but has plenty of air vents for decent circulation which again seems to be lacking in most other carriers.

Big cats and bunnies also weigh a fair bit so the carry strap enabling the carrier to be held like a handbag is also a useful and unusual addition. I realise I sound like an advertisment but I thoroughly recommend this carrier. It costs more then the usual £10.00 carriers but is sturdier and so much more animal friendly to make it absolutely worth the initial outlay.

The whole vets rigmarole is usually very stressful for all concerned but since we've had this carrier I can honestly say that at least the carrier bit is far less of an issue than it used to be.

I'd better get an order placed as I'd like one for everyone ultimately. Only problem with this carrier is that it doesn't shrink down to the size of 1 matchbox between uses and storing 5 carriers is not easy in our little house!!