Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have four rescued cats who are all fearful of being confined. They are very hard to load into a carrier to go to the vet, and sometimes mess in the carrier out of pure terror. This is the best carrier I have found for them. It is very sturdy and will not leak a mess onto my car seat. The top door will stay open so that I can pick up a cat , quickly take it to where the carrier has been out of view, and drop it in before it knows what's going on. The door is then easy to shut and lock without losing the cat or injury to me. They can leave by way of the front door once at the vet's, and two of them will even walk back through the front door to go home (the other two just plain hate being in a carrier, going home or not). Please don't think I'm just incompetent at loading cats. I've had several purebred cats born to tame mothers, and I never had problems putting them in a carrier. Wild born cats (especially my 10-year-old who had been wild-born and then abandoned by the first person who adopted him) can be extremely sweet and loving while indoors in a secure home, and still terrified of strangers and confinement. I would recommend this carrier to anyone, but especially older or mobility-challenged cat owners, as well as those who have cats with an unfortunate life history, excessive timidity, or who tend to claw and/or bite when they see the carrier coming.