Pet Travel Crates
One of the most important procedures when arranging pet travel is the selection of a suitable travel crate for your pets’ journey. Our experienced team can assist you in selecting the right size and type of crate, ensuring a comfortable and stress-free journey for your pet.
Pet Travel Crates
One of the most important procedures when arranging pet travel is the selection of a suitable travel crate for your pets’ journey. Our experienced team can assist you in selecting the right size and type of crate, ensuring a comfortable and stress-free journey for your pet.
For air transportation, all travel crates must meet IATA’s Live Animal Regulations (International Air Transport Association).
Pets come in all shapes and sizes, and travel standards can also vary depending on airline and destination. At Premier Pet Travel, we have a large selection of new and second-hand plastic and wooden crates available for sale.
We also offer custom-built crates, tailored specifically to your pet’s shape, size and breed. Our expertise extends to creating custom-built crates to cater to the transport of unusual and exotic animals.
NOTE: A maximum of two adult animals of comparable size, up to 14 kg that are used to co-habitation, may be shipped in the same crate. Animals over that weight must travel individually.
- A secure all-round locking system, i.e. locking pins must extend beyond the horizontal extrusions above and below the door opening. We recommend drilling holes and securing cable ties to two corners of the door.
- Two bowls or containers for drinking and eating must be attached to the inside of the crate, with outside access for filling.
- Ventilation on all four sides.
- Any wheels that may be attached to the bottom of the crate must be removed for transit.
- Certain airlines require a plastic or metal mesh to be added to the door and sides of the travel crate for small pets.
This is a guideline for ascertaining the correct size for a container, relating to an animal standing in a natural position.
The calculated dimensions are internal container dimensions.
- A = length of animal from tip of nose to base/root of tail.
- B = height from ground to elbow joint. A+1⁄2 B = length of container.
- C = width across shoulders or widest point (whichever is the greater). Cx2 = width of container.
- D = height of animal in natural standing position from top of the head or the ear tip to the floor.
(whichever is higher) / height of the container (top flat or arched)
Minimum internal container dimensions:
A + ½ B = Length C x 2 + Width D = Height
Snub-nosed breeds require 10% larger container.
Unless cats are unusually large they do not need to be measured.
