Have to admit I was a bit apprehensive about taking our 16 year old cat with us.
Bought a "Nice soft" cage for her. The chorus from the back was enough after an hour.
Put puss between the front seats, immediately went to sleep for the rest of the journey...500km
Says in the van most of the time but likes to come ouside for a while first thing. We have her on a lead at all times but she but she is not interested in wandering.
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Glad to hear you have had no problems travelling with your cat, have only ever travelled with my canine furboys I imagine travelling with a cat would be easier? No loud barking when mummy has gone to the shower and left them behind, etc?
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Glad to hear of your success with the cat, and for that matter, the cat excepting a lead. We tried a harness on our cat many years ago, it was just like the cartoons, no cat but the harness still suspended in the air, no way could we keep the harness on her. She's now over 19 and is pig headed and determined. But she will have to come with us when we finally set out, as we won't have a house to come back to.
My better half, who is a cat lover, made inquiries many years ago, about travelling with cats. We had made a house move of around 800 kilometres, and the two cats we had, at that time, were continually crying, in the car.
The consensus was that if you take a kitten for rides in a vehicle, it would adapt itself to travelling. We tried this out with our present cat, when she was a kitten, and its first long trip was at nearly 15 years of age. I can only say that this worked for us
We have a 10 year old Tonkinese who travels in a soft carrier cage . She will howl all the way but we found if we cover the cage with a blanket she just goes to sleep and no more howling.She has taken well to a lead and has now traveled over 7000k
See pic for a laugh
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Soft cage on back seat was mostly a hot hit....after a few initial grumbles. the lead was ok....but we got out of sight on one occasion ....and the black one went ballistic...until I managed to scoop him up and cuddle him. So it seems that if they are both within sight and a short distance from either truck or caravan ....they're OK. They both know that either place is a safe haven.
Only did it for about 3 days...as the rest of hols was at places where pets are not welcome
The cats in the van at night was a big learning curve for all concerned....but we soon got the hang of it. It still amazes me of how much room on the bed 2 cats curled up with each other take...still haven't quite got that sorted yet. But we are lookin forward to taking them on the road for longer trips....should be highly entertaining.
Our cat is a Persian and Madison has travelled everywhere with us for the past five years on the road, as mentioned above a blanket over her cage makes her much happier.
Originally a rescue cat she has been with my wife for over ten years so we think she is about twelve
We have a puppy pen (for the two canines) and she wanders around that, when she was younger she could jump out and we had to watch her carefully but always being an indoor cat she only investigated under the motorhome (loved climbing up the tyres)
In regard to the harness we found by putting it upside down worked best with the lead coming out on her chest, a little tug and she would change direction, not walk as well as the K9's but enough for her to have a bit of outside time. Without the harness we let the lead fall under her and gently let her walk over it and lift it once her front leg went over, this way a little tug worked instead of her tucking her head down and slipping off the collar. (in a heartbeat)
She is a part of the family and we would not have it any other way.
