I am traveling for four hours in my car with my six-month old cat. What are some travel trips?

Answer 1

Make sure the cat is wearing a tag with correct contact info. Make sure the carrier is absolutely secure.Do not open the carrier during the trip for ANY REASON. My good friends lost a cat cause they had let it out of the carrier during the ride. When they pulled into a rest stop on a busy highway the cat bolted the car ...

Answer 2

Good luck with it

Don't let the cat loose in the car, if it takes fright as you are driving - say at a truck/motor bike going past - you will have a clawed tornado destroying everything in your car, including you.
Put it in a cat carrier with some familiar blankets and a toy or two. Make sure the cat doesn't get too hot - make sure the sun doesn't shine in the window on the carrier.
Let the cat have some water before you go, but no food, this will lessen the incidence of car sickness.
Make sure the seat belt is around the carrier in case you have to make any sudden stops.
If you do stop along the way and want to let the cat have some fresh air - take it out carrier and all.
The carrier is better off to be one of the "closed in" ones with the round air holes and wire front door. The cat will feel more secure. If you only have one that has the wire top half, put a sheet or towel over it so that it is nice and dark and the cat feels secure.

Answer 3

I actually just had to sit in the car with my cats for two hours. I have one four month old cat and two two month old cats. I bought them cat carriers (it was $15 at WalMart, and a good size too, so we can use it when they're older), and made sure that the cats used their litter box before we went - we also didn't keep refilling their food dish right before we left, we didn't want them to have to go while driving. Make sure you put some toys in the carrier, a blanket (to sleep on, since carriers aren't always comfortable unless they have some padding on the bottom), and a toy or two. Make sure the carrier is zipped up, or the cat can get out, and you don't want your cat around your feet when you're driving.

My cats tend to whine for about 15 minutes or so in the beginning of the trip, but they usually all fall asleep after awhile. To lessen stress, don't listen to loud music, or at least keep the volume down low so it doesn't scare them.

Younger cats and kittens can get pretty ansy in the car, any kitten I've had has always wanted to look and walk around the car, I wouldn't recommend that because they can easily get out if you stop at a rest stop, and because they can go by your feet and the pedals, or even on the dashboard.

Answer 4

When we moved from NY to NV, we moved with FOUR cats. We bought ferret cages which are larger than a cat carrier and could put a disposable litter box in as well as a cozy sleeping bed. This was a 6 day trip and worked out just great. We did get them used to the car by taking several short trips (from 1/2 to an hour) for a few weeks before we did "the big move". It worked out great and we didn't have to tranquilize any of them and these were all cats in their "teens".

Answer 5

Well,.. im not really sure if this is the same but we wet to Sanfransico with our cat and he didn't really do anything exept for move around so yeah.. are you the driver?

If you are the driver
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You might get a little anoyyed because my cat kept on going to the front and were the peatls are... so then my mom had a really hard time.. so becareful! That is the most tricky part.. because you might crash into anyther car and you know what happens..

If you aren't the driver
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Good! Because then the cat won't get so anoyying to you and the cat might just might go under the chair and get stuck... trust me... I know how much its jurts to pull a cat out of a chair.. I have experience...so if you are siting in the front and the cat is in the back be sure that the cat won't get stuck under the chair and if you can't see or if you don't trust your cat then just hold it or just put him in the front and make like a Dam so then he won't try to run away... remember I have Experience and trust me its really really really really REALLY REALLY hard to get a stuck cat under a chair out! Its really hard I had to pull it out with his tail!!! And he meowed and that was the first day we got him so you don't want that to happen ok? Orr if you don't want to make your cat stay in the front then just block the places were you can go under the chair... and I mean all of them if you really don't tyust your cat liek if you just got him.. then make sure and because your cat is six months..then if I were you then I would block every hole!

Answer 6

Don't play the music too loud. Allow your cat a cozy space in a Carrier. Make a pit stop or 2 cat's can's "hold it" as long as humans can.
You may consider a tranquilizer from your vet if your cat is bad in the car. Also take the cat in the car before the actual trip to get it accustom to the vibration of the car. There are also things called Static strips that attach to your car and they cut down on car sickness and remove any electric charge from the vehicle that may be disturbing to your cat.

Good Luck.

Answer 7

Well, if she's ridden in a car before and has handled it well, then you can probably let her sit wherever she wants. Otherwise I would recommend giving her some water and food beforehand and let her go to the litter box, and then when you travel put her in a roomy pet carrier with a soft blanket and maybe some kind of toy she's familiar with. My cats always meow like they're going to their deaths when they have to ride in a car in a carrier, but they're fine once they get out after the trip is over. ^_^

Answer 8

my cat used to cry during entire car trips. Luckily she's never taken more than a half an hour trip. She finally stopped when she got a bit older. What we did for her was put her in a carrier and talked to her. It seemed to help when she was still little.

Answer 9

Put your cat in a cage/crate thats big enough for it to be comfortable. Keep it on a leash even when it in the crate. When you let it out for drinking water, make sure it is on the leash and tethered to your car. It might run off if it gets spoofed. That would be the worse and tragic thing to happen cos you will not find it, it will get dark and it will be impossible to get it back. If possible, don't let it out of your car and let it drink in it's cage.

Answer 10

well some cats travel better than others, so if she travels well you can just let her roam, but if she doesn't put her in a carrier. she'll probably hollar and scream at you the entire time, but she's ok. but make sure when you get to where you are going to put her directly into a litter box and then show her where her food and water is.