Originally posted by Sirrahsim

... I'm so scared about putting him through that plane trip.

Boomer does fine in a carrier.
He tends to just curl up in the corner.

Shipping from Japan to USA is quite a bit more expensive.
It'd be somewhere between $700 - $1,000.


He's FAMILY ...
you wouldn't leave the SkinKid in Japan, would you?

Somehow your quote of $700 - $1,000 seems AWFULLY "steep"!!


And I thought that in one of the many other threads about Boomer
you had said that "someone" was wlling to accompany Boomer
as a "Carry-On" - so he could ride in the cabin
rather than in the cargo hold????

Either way - the price sounds out of line ...
Call the airline and ask again ... be sure they understand he's a KAT -
not a Horse or a Cow!

And ask the Base Family Services folks for ideas -
Boomer can't be the First & Only Military KAT that needed a way
back home to the States!

He certainly may not "enjoy" the long flight home ...
but I'd bet given the choice of "stay" or "fly" ...
he'll jump in the carrier and slam the door himself!

And ask the Military Folks if there's any way he could "sneek onto"
a Military Flight to the States.

/s/ Phred