You can also go to the local grocery store and ask for a box. The produce department is probably the best one because most of those boxes have holes in them already.

The other option to to use one of those really big Rubbermaid containers (you can get them in places like Walmart for about $6). Since these do not have holes in them it is important to leave a the lid slightly off (for fresh air). This also helps because it keeps the environment fairly dark and it might calm the cat a bit.

I must agree with All Creatures Great and Small, if this is the future of the coutry we are in deep trouble. Teaching at a university I see some really good kids, but there are the other kind...