Judith asked about portable litter-pans for carrying cases. We recently took our two ferrets on a plane and had them both in an under-the-seat carrier. As both are around 1.5 lbs they easily fit with room for a tupperware bread storer as a pan. To secure the pan drill a hole in two sides and use a washer/bolt/nut combination. With the airplane carriers this is really easy because their sides are ventilated so you only need to drill through the tupperware and get a large washer. For the cat carrier we use in the car (trips to grampa's to see the BIG DOGS) we used a larger tupperware and had to drill through the carrier and the tupperware. Even my non-tool using husband could do it in less than five minutes. We have also had great success with using carpet tacks to secure plastic carpet runner to a wooden kiddy gate. The runner is wide enough that even my "fly-boy" Percy who loves to jump can't get high enough to climb the gate. Melissa ([log in to unmask]) Meeko ("all I want to do is cuddle!!!") Percy ("Wheeee!! I can FLY!") Merlin (the much put-upon, pounced-upon, and nibbled-upon dog) [Posted in FML issue 1565]