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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2005I NEED LOW-COST CARDBOARD CAT CARRIERS
Howdy, all! Can anyone help a poor 'bat? I'm doing lots of volunteer work for the local SPCA, and the goofs running the show have NO supplies, NO plans, NO anything...Boy, could I tell you guys some STORIES! Anyway, I desperately need to get hold of a bunch of low-cost cardboard cat carriers. The head lady doesn't give any supplies to us...I've got ONE cat carrier I can use (my others stay at home for MY kitties). The other lady uses an UPSIDe-DOWN LAUNDRY BASKET WITH A ROCK ON TOP to keep the cat(s) in one place as she drives along. MOST unprofessional. I think the cardboard carriers are just the thing we need (we just seized a trailerful of 5 adult cats the other day, and it was darn near impossible, getting them to the cat shelter....took 3 trips to do it with just me and the other lady. I really think I got involved with a bad group........but what can I do now? I'm the only one that even seems to care about the animals we currently have in our "shelter" (and I'm using THAT term very loosely. Any ideas, guys? Always glad to hear from other cat-fans... PB Carriers from PetCo are like 5 bucks each Kristi > Carriers from PetCo are like 5 bucks each > > Kristi And if you explain they are for a rescue they might give you a break. Sounds like you are going to be the saviour of this group. Take a look at these: http://www.upco.com/cgi-bin/Upcol.storefront/42deb7a6017adb0cea6fc0a80aa50764/Pr oduct/View/60000 Cardboard Pet Carrier - Pkg of 24-$85.00 (about $3.55 each) 24" x 12" x 18" Cardboard carrier with Pet Designs Gennie > Howdy, all! > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > PB Just go by the liqour store and get liquor boxes they are very sturdy, strong enough to pack books in when moving. pop some airholes in them, you know, modify them And they are free. You might wanna take the dividers out, unless you wanna put 12 cats in one box. We get cases of them for the shelter. I think we order them from PetEdge.com. You can also check with some local shelters and see if they have any used plastic carriers they might be willing to give or sell to you really cheap. We get a lot of carriers that people donate to us, more than we need sometimes. When we have an over supply we will bleach them out and sell them to adopters for like $5. -Kelly > Howdy, all! > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > PB We just picked up a couple of really good quality plastic carriers from the county SPCA for a song. They get them when people surrender animals and don't want the carrier back and I guess some are donated. At any rate they sell them from time to time. W > We get cases of them for the shelter. I think we order them from > PetEdge.com. You can also check with some local shelters and see if they [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> >> PB Might I say, all of you guys ROCK! Thank you for the excellent suggestions! Gives me quite a bit to work with, I appreciate that. I will most *definitely* be checking everyone's suggestions out. You guys are life-savers. Literally :-) PB > Might I say, all of you guys ROCK! Thank you for the excellent > suggestions! Gives me quite a bit to work with, I appreciate that. I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > PB I looked at the PetEdge site and I couldn't find them. Now I don't know where we get them from, we get most of our stuff from this place. If you have a Petsmart, they might work with you on a price. I know ours is all over us to work them on stuff, like have a display of adoptable animals in the store, we get some amount of money per adoption, there's a grant we can apply for from them, etc. They really like working with rescues, it makes them look good. -Kelly >Might I say, all of you guys ROCK! Thank you for the excellent >suggestions! Gives me quite a bit to work with, I appreciate that. I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >PB Hey Batty, hope your gang is doing well. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Might I say, all of you guys ROCK! Thank you for the excellent > suggestions! Gives me quite a bit to work with, I appreciate that. I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > PB We get them from the the same place the other poster listed. But they go, fast! We are always looking for more. If you ever check out flea markets or garage sales, you'll find the plastic ones often. And a copy-paper box with lid works well in a pinch; you can poke holes in it and secure the lid. If you have a print shop or office supply store, they'll save them for you. Advertise in your newspaper or freecycle forum. A lot of people also have them lying around who don't use them anymore. Good luck! Sherry > Howdy, all! some helpful suggestions on the way via email  SignatureOnce a suicide bomber, always a suicide bomber |
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