Safe to put kitty through airport Xray machine?

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edie humperdink - 22 May 2007 00:58 GMT

I'm bringing kitty onboard on a NY to CA flight next week. Will JFK
make me run kitty through the xray machine with all the other
carryone luggage? If so, is it safe?

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William Graham - 22 May 2007 01:25 GMT

> I'm bringing kitty onboard on a NY to CA flight next week. Will JFK
> make me run kitty through the xray machine with all the other
> carryone luggage? If so, is it safe?

Decidedly not! I doubt seriously if any airline would do such a
thing.....The hard x-rays used to see bomb-like devices packed inside
luggage (some of which is metal) would be deadly to any living
organism........

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William Graham - 22 May 2007 01:29 GMT

>> I'm bringing kitty onboard on a NY to CA flight next week. Will JFK
>> make me run kitty through the xray machine with all the other
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> luggage (some of which is metal) would be deadly to any living
> organism........

Oh....I see that you are talking about carry-on luggage....That's different.
that machine only looks for metal. I'm sure that they will let you just take
your kitty out and show her to them, or not x-ray her at all.....Don't put
any metal on her, like a collar tag for example.....Make up a plastic tag,
and use a plastic/cloth collar.......

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starcat - 24 May 2007 03:05 GMT

> I'm bringing kitty onboard on a NY to CA flight next week. Will JFK
> make me run kitty through the xray machine with all the other
> carryone luggage? If so, is it safe?

They will ask you to take your cat out of the carrier and hold it in your
arms while you walk through the security machine. It's a good idea to have
a collar or harness on your cat with an ID tag. I even took the time to put
a leash on mine just in case he freaked out. He didn't, but with all the
noise and people in airports you never know. I then removed the leash after
placing him back in the carrier.

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