Traveling Cross Country With A Cat

One trucker recalls his cat waking him in the middle of the night and discovering thieves making off with his hubcaps.

Traveling cross country with a cat. Speak to your cat. When moving cross country with a cat arguably the hardest thing youll have to do is keep your pet calm and stress free during the entire relocation period. Otherwise import requirements vary from state to state. Moving cross country can be difficult for even the most seasoned human travelers so i understand why youre worried about putting your otherwise hermitic kitty through the experience.

Heres how you can make this happen or at least try. Gradually accustom your cat to spending time in the car with the engine off then with the engine on then short trips then the cross country adventure. Throughout the past three moves she has meowed and purred her way to help us find the perfect course of action to move cross country with cats. You need to be very strategic with cats when moving says amy obrien who relocated.

Ctjarko businkflickr creative commons the thought of driving across the country from nevada to georgia in a 26 foot long rental truck is daunting enough let alone the thought of making the journey with cats. Give a cat some space. Preventive vet team members mazel and marshall on a cross country road trip. How to move cross country with cats 1.

Theyre clean and quiet usually and have been known to alert their human companions to weather changes or warn them of trouble. Your cat may sense that a major change is approaching even before you do. The carrier is featured below. Tira has been a traveling cat since she was only a year old.

If youre flying with your cats you will need to have health certificates. Mazel adapted to his carrier and integrated litter box right away. Cat carriers for longer road trips some cat carriers have more room to spread out and some even include a litter box. Tiramisu tira for short is our beautiful medium haired calico cat.

Do whatever you can to make them comfortable. Its one thing to drive them quickly to the vet and back. Truckers and rvers often find cats to be purr fect traveling companions. Bring out carriers early.

Sam gooch has transported 25 30 cats 1800 miles to sherwood or several times for a kansas.