SmartyKat Carryin Hideout Scratcher Carrier Review

I bought these to take my mom cat and her kittens to the vet. One for each cat. The material is thin and cheap. My cats weigh about 3 and 7 pounds and each carrier showed signs of bottoming out when carried by the handle on the top of the carrier. The mother cat literally chewed its way out of the box in minutes. So it went in the trash before it served its intended purpose.

This product sounded good but turned out to be dangerous. The cardboard is flimsy, the tabs are poorly designed and there is no way to securely fasten the hole. On our first trip to the vet, our cat stuck his head in the side hole, got stuck and almost choked. We had to cut off its backing. If I hadn't had a passenger with me to help me, I probably would have had an accident in express transport. Nice packaging but totally useless.

Looks like a good idea for my cats. One of my cats is very quiet in an enclosed space. My other cat is changing based on how she's coping with the delivery. I do not recommend this to anyone with a strong willed or determined cat. My cat literally destroyed the top where the handles are by sticking her head in an incredibly small hole and getting stuck. She had to gently move them to pull them off, then found the earplugs and that was all it took to break them in in less than 5 minutes. Have…