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dtbushpilot
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Traveling with cats
We will be flying our plane (cessna 180) from New Mexico down to our place in Buena Vista and this time we plan to bring our 2 adult cats as well as
our dog. The cats have never been on a trip farther than the Vet and they protest the entire time. The trip from our house here to our house there
will take about 10 hours.
Does anybody have expirience or recomendations.....besides not doing it in the first place?.......dt
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Perfect timing...we plan on taking our cats to Asuncion with us in November. I'm curious as to advice as well.
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Paulina
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I'd recommend that you talk to your vet. Perhaps he/she can give you a sedative for them.
You could always get them little kitty earphones and play their favorite music.
Or, there's always duct tape.
(just kidding)
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[Edited on 26-9-2008 by Paulina]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
The cats have never been on a trip farther than the Vet and they protest the entire time. |
Tell them to lay still and be quiet or you will open the door and throw them out.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
The cats have never been on a trip farther than the Vet and they protest the entire time. |
Some cats travel well and others not at all.
Hard to take our cat across the street.
Here a sample 
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Paulina
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Vandenberg, Is that really your cat?! I got a good laugh out of the photo and it reminded me of traveling with Mary Ann's cat this past summer.
He was the most well behaved cat/kitten I've ever traveled with BUT every once and a while we'd hear Mary Ann say, "NO BITING!"
The kitty would get bored every so often and take it out on the poor dog. Not as bad as your photo, though! All the rest of the drive (8 hrs.) he
looked pretty much like he does in this photo.
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[Edited on 26-9-2008 by Paulina]
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We have two neurotic Siamese cats and have learned by experience. If they have never been out beyond a trip to the vet, taking them on a long trip and
several thousand feet off the ground could be several grades below a postive experience. A few suggestions that we have followed and helped:
1. Take the cats on some short trips in the car. First time for ten minutes and then another for an hour or so. Do this a couple of times and you will
see the cats reacting less and less each time. They do acclimate.
2. Take them in carriers on such a long trip as they might complain but they do find comfort in a secure setting.
3. They make sedatives for long travel - ask your vet.
Good luck
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Paulina,
NO not my cat. Found that somewhere.
But my cat, as docile as he looks, doesn't travel well and is a pain in the burro from the moment you put him in the car till he gets out.
This is him, putting on an act.
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I thought that was your cat as a kitten. Almost the same color, but not long enough fur.
I can see why your cat doesn't like to travel, he has it made right where he is!
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if all else fails, try this!
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dtbushpilot
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Sorry, that spot is reserved for me  ....dt
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my vet prescribed acepromazine 10mg for my cats to make the 5 hour trip to baja. 1/4 tab per cat. she says that the cats will sleep most of the time.
i agree with bajagringo about taking longer and longer local trips to acclimate the cats to travel.
i just started taking 1 cat to different houses locally for short visits so she can get accustomed to different smells and noises. each of my cats has
a sizeable carrier and a halter. they can't walk yet with the halter on, i don't know why, it is very funny. but it gives me something to grab if they
try to run away.
once the cats and i get the courage to GO, we won't have any reason to come back to calif.
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Virginia and traveled up and down the Baja Road many times with both Cats and Dogs. Brough "Baggoate" and "Spreckels" with us from Loreto.
Spreckels is buried out back after living 14 years{A Loreto Born Kitty} Goate is still going strong at 13 years, has the color as if she had 5
different Pappas.
We were advised to give our Animals i/2 of the Animal Tranqualizers, which we did. never had any trouble on our 2 Day runs from Los Banos to Loreto.
When Flying, we had our Mexican Dog who would always set up in the Back Seat and watch the Take off and Landings. As soon as I leveled off he would
lay down and sleep the whole trip. {Cessna 170 B}.
What part of New Mexico??
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we used to take "cheeto" out for walks at Sunset Cliffs when he was still alive. coolest cat ever. didn't try to get away and if i saw a dog running
with it's owner i'd pick up cheeto and he wouldn't get all freaked out. we call the harness the "monkey suit" because it looks like the organ grinder
and his monkey.
the new cats will tolerate the monkey suit but if you try to leash them they freak and try to pull away until they slip it off over their head.
DUMB CATS....if they only new all the cool places we would take them!
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I don't feel so dumb now. We have used the harnass idea on our cats as well and that actually works quite well. The youngest Siamese is built, looks
and acts like a monkey so we get a lot of laughs from folks when they see her. They all say we need to get her a red hat and buy an organ grinder.
I'll take a picture next time...
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I'm afraid to even go look at what they're saying about this thread in Off Topic.
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Our vet advised against tranquilizers, also.
During the drive. the Siamese yowled all the way down (8 hours) and she was in a crate.
The Russian blue, a more laid back cat, was quiet during the trip.
The ocicat rode up front, leaning on my arm and looking out the window at the scenery (he was more like a dog than a cat - loved car trips and walking
on a leash}.
Once we arrived, we kept them in one room, together, for a couple of days so that they would calm down and get used to the new smells and sounds of
their new home.
All three cats were more than ten years old at the time and they adapted very well to the new place, and were tolerant (but disgusted) when we started
adding puppies and other cats to the mix.
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dtbushpilot
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Skeet, We live in Farmington in the Northwest corner of the state.
Thanks to all for the advise and funny stories. Our cats are inside cats so going outside is rare. I tried putting a harness on both of them. One just
stood there for a few moments then fell over on his side. The other one didn't like it but He tolerated it. I clipped on one of those retractable
leashes on him and took him outside. Everything was ok for a while but then he suddenly bolted and when he hit the end of the leash it pulled out of
my hand and slammed into his rear end. What a rodeo, he ran into walls, ran in circles and finally got tangled up in the patio furniture......I
haven't put the harness on them since........dt
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Like I always say, only cat owners know how entertaining they can be.
If you train them on the leash when they are small they adapt to it much more easily. Our youngest Siamese thinks it is no big deal anymore. If a
barking dog comes running up fast she just jumps up in my arms and then looks down at the dog as if to say, "let's see you do that!"
They keep us in stitches...
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