My husband and I are relocating to California with our four fuzzies at the beginning of September. We can't bear to leave them behind, so we need some advice on the best way to get them there. We will be taking a Ryder truck towing our Chevy S-10 from Atlanta, GA to Redwood City, CA (bay area). The current plan is to get an extended cab Ryder truck and put two carriers of ferrets and one carrier with our cat in the extended cab, make sure they all have food and water, and bring along all their harnesses so they can get out at rest stops. When we get to the California border we have a couple of options: 1. Just drive through the agricultural station with some other stuff piled over the ferret cages and hope they don't search us (we're leaning away from this option since a Ryder truck seems like a likely search target). 2. Drive around in the current configuration on an alternate route (How accurate are the routes on the Ferrets Anonymous web page?) 3. Take the truck off the trailer and drive the truck on an alternate route and send the Ryder truck through the agricultural station. Any suggestions as to what will work best? Also, are there any special rules regarding bringing cats in we need to know about? Any suggestions for good hotels that allow pets to stop at along the way? The place we're renting knows about the ferrets and is OK with them, so hopefully we'll be all right once we get there. I also have full copies of all their vet records to bring with me. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks! [Posted in FML issue 2764]