Hi all looking for ways with traveling with our cat. We have just lost two of our fury babies due to old age and now left with one. We have never traveled with a cat before as our daughter looked after them. My wife would like to take our cat now and worried about it escaping so could all of you who travel with a cat please give us some ideas.We have a motor home but do not want to keep it locked in there all the time. .Thanks

Hi John

we just got back from 3 weeks Wuruma Dam
and we have our cat with us but maybe she is a good one
when she see's a bird in the sky she will run back inside again maybe a question of training
most people dont know we have a cat with us unless we show her
I can't see a problem mate just try and other wise a long rope on her
Good luck

Cheers John

Cruising Cruze's cat loves being in the van - but not outside - hardly ever saw it!!

Trust you are home now Cruising Cruze?

Years ago, I had a cat I trained from a kitten, and it was fine with travelling, went halfway round Australia, and thought of our car as its "safe place" when frightened in strange places.

Later we had a rescue cat who was so terrified in the car he would get diarrhoea!! Not good! the vet gave us some tranquilliser pills for him, and we mostly left him in kennels or with a neighbour, it was just too hard for the poor Puss. the only travelling he did was when we moved house or similar.

My very best wishes to you with your cat, take it on short trips, like only a half-hour or so to start, and get it a proper safe comfortable cat-carrier into which it can retire.

At the recent CMCA solos rally at Balranald there were several cats, all with different owners, luckily none were parked too close to my rig...the Whippets were totally gobsmocked when we took part in the pet parade and there in the middle of all the dogs was a cat! Anyway, there were no incidents and the various cats seemed to enjoy being on the road.
I did notice a fair few of them were walked on dog flexi leads which seems like a good idea.
Annie

I have sold up house and taken to the road in a caravan with 2 mature female cats coming along with me. We have been doing this since June 2013. I have been surprised and thankful at how well my girls have adapted to their new life. They are happy in the caravan but in summer especially, also like to wander about outside. They know the van (with annex) is home and safety so I didn't really need to have them wearing a harness and a long cord but many caravan parks demand that all pets are on leads and as a responsible owner I have them on the lead anyway when they are outside. When travelling, they are placed together in a large collapsible kennel on the back seat that has large mesh windows. They take a little while to settle down. Sometimes one or both may be carsick soon after we set off but I have a kit handy to clean up the mess. They get restless after a while so we have a little break every hour or two; a leg stretch on the lead and free time in the caravan with the litter tray and water available. Really, they are no trouble and lovely companions. They seem to like meeting other people at camp grounds, especially when they give them a bit of attention and they even try to make friends with the dogs, which perplexes some of those poor creatures.

A little bit late but would like to thank you all for your advice. We found using the long rope great it did give Daisy her freedom although her favorite place was inside. We also got her one of those mesh zip play pens for outside. Thank you all and a big thanks from Mrs T. John