A car is not the only mode of transportation. I live in an area where there is bus transportation. When I got my first ferret, years ago, one of my criteria was could the pet I wanted be put in a carrier on the bike rack on the back of my bike to go to the vet. On a Sunday in the first winter I had him, I woke up to find him sneezing and coughing. I wrapped the small carrier, insulated it very well. I got on my bike and rode 5 miles one way to the vet at PetsMart. There was no Sunday bus service. (There is bus transportation 7 days a week now.) Thanks to a very wonderful family in FFZ, I got a car a year later. [Posted in FML issue 2854]