For Vlad, we use a hard sided cat carrier. Before we got him, I had modified a Sterilite bin into a carrier and it was...a learning experience. These animals are a lot more athletic than I realized, and he was able to stretch up to the ventilation holes and escape in the moving car on his first trip to our house. AFTER that, I found this forum, which recommends the cat carriers. I pulled ours out of storage. Learning experience #2. The last time I had used it was to take my elderly cat to be euthanized 4 years earlier, and though it was cleaned after that, and again before we used it for Vlad; he FREAKED out about being in it. Not balling up, but full on "flee" mode. We bought him a new, basic carrier, and no more problems. It's a hedgie ghost story, I suppose.
But once we get where we're going- we bought this awesome thing (http://www.amazon.com/Best-Pet-Fold...KBQA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327953557&sr=8-1) from a dog breeder. It's a folding "playpen" with a zip-away top, waterproof bottom, and two zippered doors. You can zip the wheel into one of the doors very easily, and it folds up neatly into a laptop sized case. It's not a good permanent home, but we LOVE this for weekend trips or spending time outdoors but keeping him separate from any actual nature with all it's worms and mites and germs and whatnot.
But once we get where we're going- we bought this awesome thing (http://www.amazon.com/Best-Pet-Fold...KBQA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327953557&sr=8-1) from a dog breeder. It's a folding "playpen" with a zip-away top, waterproof bottom, and two zippered doors. You can zip the wheel into one of the doors very easily, and it folds up neatly into a laptop sized case. It's not a good permanent home, but we LOVE this for weekend trips or spending time outdoors but keeping him separate from any actual nature with all it's worms and mites and germs and whatnot.
