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PCS with a cat
I have been looking around online for tips/suggestions/better ideas on how to do this. But for those of you with cats, what have you done?
Re: PCS with a cat
We kept him in a cat carrier that we could buckle into the seat. I have some calming aromatherapy for cats, but I am not entirely sure it worked. We couldn't put any blankets down because after the first 10 minutes of driving he would freak of and go to the bathroom. So keeping paper towels and Natures Miracle was important too. At every stop, We would fill a letterbox with a little cat litter for him to use in the car, then threw it away before we would take off again.
Not sure if it is super helpful, but it is what we did.
When me and H drove down in seperate vehicles, I had the cat in the carrier for most of the trip. No meds to sedate her required. I had her carrier at my elbow and made sure she had a steady stream of air blowing on her. She slept most of the way here and for the last hour of the trip i had a pillow on a rubbermaid tub in the passenger seat, she came out of the carrier and curled up on the pillow and just watched the drive go by.
I've done this several times with my pretty kitty. I kept her carrier on the floor in front of the passenger seat and her favorite bed (which happened to be a random cardboard box) on the seat itself. I had a small litter box on the floor in the back seat for her. She spent most of the trip (3 days) sleeping in her bed, occassionally hiding in her carrier when traffic got to be too loud. She did eventually make her way to the back cargo area where she slept on the suitcases where she could see and could be in the sun.
I kept "tupperware" containers of food and water in the car for her, and whenever we stopped to eat, I made sure to lay them out and opened them for her. She normally took care of her business while we stopped as well, so a quick clean of her litter box was needed before we started out again. All in all it was a good and fairly easy trip.
Mine didn't mind using the litter box in the car but refused to eat or to drink water in their carriers. They did okay eating and drinking each night in the hotel.
DH figured out the the little cat was less noisy if he put a thin blanket or towel over her carrier. The big one calmed down if DH let him sleep on his lap but I didn't like it that he let him sleep on his lap while he was driving.
If we have to do another long distance move I may check with the vet first for tips or meds to keep on hand just in case they yowl for too many hours in a row.