homeball:
I will just re-inforce other folks' admonishment: DO NOT SHIP YOUR CATS!
My now-gone cat hated trips to the vet, so I was concerned as to how he'd travel coming here - a two-day drive. I had a small cage (not a carrier) which had been used a couple of times when he or his sister had to be "confined" after surgery or illness. This fit nicely beside me in my "mini-van," and The Cat settled in comfortably. The first hour, he howled, but the rest of thr trip he was fine. When big 18-wheelers roared by, he was seriously upset for the first two-three hours, then I think he became mesmerized by the motion of the car.
He even ate - a very little - at the motel the one night we had to stop. And, he slept very close to me over night! Once we got here, he settled in in two or three days, and really loved the lanai and its outside-but-not atmosphere!
Again,
do not ship your cats!
SWR