I did the same thing flying across Canada when we moved from Winnipeg to New
Brunswick, but I put mine in an ink cartridge box under my shirt, and just
had a shoe box. I prefered them in a box because if they squirmed in my
pockets they could have gotten out.
They flew fine, no problems. We were stuck in Toronto overnight due to a
storm and we had 3 transfers but they were no worse off for it.
Jen
>From: Kathleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Kathleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: flying with gerbils
>Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 23:17:26 -0700
>
>Now I am not advocating this, but my 10-year-old nephew just came to visit
>from across the US with his pair of gerbils. He flew more than 2000miles.
>I asked him how he arranged it, and he said that one of his friends figured
>it out last year at Christmas time.
>
>He put the gerbils in a small plastic critter keeper in his carry-on back
>pack. At the airport, before going through the security check, he took the
>gerbils out of the keeper and put them in his pocket (in the bathroom). He
>then went through the security detector and sent his back pack through too.
> the gerbils don't set off the alarm, and the critter keeper must not look
>funny to the security guards, because they didn't question or open the back
>pack. After passing the security check point, he took the gerbils out of
>his pocket and put them back in the critter keeper and zipped up his back
>pack. the gerbils flew from Chicago to Seattle.
>
>Like I said, I certainly don't recommend it, but it shows the ingenuity of
>a child. I'm waiting to find out if my sister knew what he was doing!
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