Comment on Discussion Thread 👾 Wednesday 9 April 2025

• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Mr Woof is fairly little too, but I believe the air bag can make the passenger seat unsafe for dogs (like it is for children).

  I’ve been trying to figure out if it would be unsafe for a cat in a carrier, but the info I find is all self-contradictory AI garbage and clickbait websites copying each other rather than anything that seems like it is actually trustworthy.

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yeah, good call. I got no airbags.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I’m not sure if this is best practice. But when Melbcat goes in the car I put her carrier side-on behind the driver and use the bottom of the seatbelt to secure it.

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    • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That’s always been Miss Meow’s position. I believe either there or on in the footwell behind the front seats is the best place, but I won’t have any back seats in the new vehicle. If the front seat is safe for her that would work well, otherwise she will need to be strapped down in her carrier in the back. She’s going to hate it either way, although the sedatives the vet gave us should help.

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      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I’m no expert, just once heard the safest place in a crash was behind the driver and the most dangerous the front passenger seat. I guess wherever her carrier can be secured works.

        And I put her side-on so in case of a sudden stop her shoulder or flank hopefully takes the bump rather than her head or spine.

        Gabapentin mixes nicely into wet food or gooey tube treat 👍

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