SPORT PET Large Pop Open Kennel, Portable Cat Cage Kennel, Waterproof Pet bed, Travel Litter Collection

The media could not be loaded. This kennel is legit amazing!! I am so glad we found it! I think it may be my favorite Amazon purchase ever, but most definitely the best purchase of 2024.We take our little, old kitty (Jill) along with us when we travel. She’s in end stage kidney disease and needs daily fluids and medication, but she won’t allow our kitty sitter to do those things.Jill is a great traveler, and she has traveled well in a traditional pet carrier in the past. However, she can no longer travel for hours without needing her litter box. We needed an enclosure that was big enough to hold her in her bed, her litter box, plus food and water, but did not take up the entire back of our SUV. We also wanted a kennel that was lightweight and did not take up much storage space.Then I happened to find this wonderful pop-up kennel!!! It is THE perfect solution for our situation. It offers plenty of space when opened, but doesn’t take up the cargo space in our SUV. It is big enough to hold Jill’s litter box, bed, plus food and water. It is held securely in place using bilateral seatbelt loops on the rear of the kennel, as well as bilateral straps that hang around the headrests. Plus it stores compactly when not in use.Jill has been able to rest comfortably, and use her litter box as needed during our trips. She used her box twice during our last 5 hour trip. We do keep the kennel covered with a sheet while moving, to help her stay calm, give litter box privacy, and keep the sun from shining directly onto her bed.There are only two small things I don’t love about the kennel.1. You can only open the kennel using the doors on both ends. I wish it had a zipper in the middle of the front, or across the top. If I need to clean her box or refill water while at a rest area, I have to open the SUV door, then open the kennel door to do those things, which briefly leaves space through which a quick, young cat might want to escape. (Luckily Jill is old and slow, and just lays in her bed.) It’s also not super easy to get kitty out of the kennel through these doors at your destination. Jill never wants to get out into her regular carrier, so we typically just remove the litter box, unbuckle the straps, then move the whole kennel with her inside. This is best done with two people. At least this way we don’t have to worry about her getting loose and running away in an unfamiliar place.2. I think it would be very difficult for one person to close the kennel down for storage. Recruit as assistant when you are ready to fold the kennel for storage. It requires both ends to be twisted in opposite directions, which is most easily done with two people.This kennel could work well for traveling with 2 cats, if they don’t need a litter box.

I was very skeptical about this product before purchasing. I have heard lots of people discourage putting two cats in the same carrier while traveling as it could lead to fights and agitation. I have two cats who are about the same size (12 pounds) and are both 4 years old. They have been together since birth essentially (not from the same litter but we're fostered together since they were a few weeks old). They are brothers in every sense of the word and have a lot of love for one another and are extremely comfortable with each other so I took a chance.Let me tell you, this was the best thing I have bought from Amazon this whole year. Normally both of my cats are yelling and uncomfortable the whole ride (usually it's just a 30 minute drive to relatives if we are out of town or the vet) but this holiday season we were driving 4 hours to visit family and they were coming with us. I wanted to make this ride as comfortable as possible for them so I did a few things to prepare them for this ride.1) left the tunnel out at our apartment for a few days before the trip to let them inspect and roam and for it to smell like home as much as possible2) took two blankets that they enjoy laying on and lined the floor of the tunnel with it in the car so they had something that smelled like home and was soft.They barely meowed and spent most of the time sleeping or cuddling together. The ride turned out to be five hours with traffic and they couldn't have been more at peace. The most they meowed was on the highway when the car sped up a bit but it was so minimal. And they enjoyed being able to roam around and look at us from the front. I also really liked being able to clearly see them and watch over them. One thing I hated about normal carriers was never knowing if the air flow was enough but the doors of the tunnel are like a metal grate which allowed for lots of air and the mesh window that runs along the length of the tunnel also helped with this. If you're on the fence about this I would say as long as your cats are comfortable with one another and show no signs of aggression, do it! This has changed the game for our car trips! I do still use their individual carriers to take them to and from the house to the tunnel and vice versa. It's also extremely easy to secure to the car with the seat belt and headrest and to collapse when not using.

Una de las mejores compras que he hecho en amazon, se queda bien sujeto a los asientos y mis dos gatos de 10 meses alcanzan perfectamente comodos y con espacio de sobra. Es super facil de armar y excelente calidad.