08-27-2006, 12:26 PM
msmoto,
Robin answered your cart question, the Smarte Carts are the way to go. That way you can use a good carrier and not have to worry about finding a good one with wheels. And you leave them behind when you're done. We picked up two in the main terminal enroute to the quarantine station. The quarantine station is no more than 200 yds from the Hawaiian Airlines terminal. It's located on the roadway between the main terminal and the interisland terminal.
We used a medium (dog)-sized Varikennel for each of our animals to make sure that they'd have enough room. We put cloth-covered foam pads held down with velcro on the bottoms. The cats quickly unstuck the velcro and crawled under the pads to hide. The Galah (aka Rose-breasted Cockatoo) walked around the bottom and clung to the fabric and the window grates. A perch is not necessary as long as your bird can cling to the material on the bottom and that material is secured to the carrier bottom. Our bird is a species that often walks on the ground. It's about the same size as an African Gray.
I don't know if you're coming from an area that requires that you quarantine your bird at your vet's (we came from the SF Bay Area where West Nile Virus is a concern). We had to fit our bird's carrier with fiberglass screening over all openings to exclude mosquitos. We secured the screen with a good, sticky grade of duct tape. The TSO inspection required that the agent open the carrier and check under the pad, so you may want to carry some of the duct tape with you. And, if you're anal, like us, carry some extra screen.
Our neighbor has an African Gray, what a character!
Good luck,
Les
Robin answered your cart question, the Smarte Carts are the way to go. That way you can use a good carrier and not have to worry about finding a good one with wheels. And you leave them behind when you're done. We picked up two in the main terminal enroute to the quarantine station. The quarantine station is no more than 200 yds from the Hawaiian Airlines terminal. It's located on the roadway between the main terminal and the interisland terminal.
We used a medium (dog)-sized Varikennel for each of our animals to make sure that they'd have enough room. We put cloth-covered foam pads held down with velcro on the bottoms. The cats quickly unstuck the velcro and crawled under the pads to hide. The Galah (aka Rose-breasted Cockatoo) walked around the bottom and clung to the fabric and the window grates. A perch is not necessary as long as your bird can cling to the material on the bottom and that material is secured to the carrier bottom. Our bird is a species that often walks on the ground. It's about the same size as an African Gray.
I don't know if you're coming from an area that requires that you quarantine your bird at your vet's (we came from the SF Bay Area where West Nile Virus is a concern). We had to fit our bird's carrier with fiberglass screening over all openings to exclude mosquitos. We secured the screen with a good, sticky grade of duct tape. The TSO inspection required that the agent open the carrier and check under the pad, so you may want to carry some of the duct tape with you. And, if you're anal, like us, carry some extra screen.
Our neighbor has an African Gray, what a character!
Good luck,
Les
