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2007-01-08 03:21:20 · 8 answers · asked by bricklynn71 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
You can try letting her hang out in the car a few times just for a little while, not moving them actually start up the car and keep it running. This may help her get used to it. If you are traveling far and she is still freaking out, you may want to speak to your vet about giving her a light tranquilizer to help her get through the drive.
2007-01-08 03:24:42 · answer #1 · answered by jaws1013 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can re-introduce all the elements of the ride to her in a more gentle and calm way. First, re-introduce her to the cat carrier. Leave it on the floor with the door open and allow her of sniff and come in and out of it. After a few days, put her in there and shut her in for 5 mins or o then let her out. Next step, put her in the carrier and take it to the car and just sit inside there for a while, then bring carrier and cat back indoors. Do a couple of times. Cat will cry a lo but since nothing bad happened to her, she'll realize that she won't be harmed. Then take cat in carrier back to car and start engine - let it idle so cat will get used to sound. When cat is reasonably OK with that, drive around the block. It would be best to cover the cat carrier with a towel or blanket so that the cat won't see outside the windows - that tend to freak them out. Although she'll yowl a bit, hopefully she'll NOT be freaking out. My cats protest on rides (crying, yowling), but they do not freak out.
2007-01-08 12:11:54 · answer #2 · answered by Phoebhart 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is something called Bachs Flower Remedies. They have various liquid remedies and you need something called Rescue Remedy. All of the products have a base of flowers and are natural. It doesn't leave a cat all dopey but it does help calm them down. You just need to put it in the cats water a few hours before you get read to leave. Actually it might be a good idea to treat it with the RR a couple of days before you move. Moving is very traumatic for cats.
2007-01-10 18:06:55 · answer #3 · answered by Violet c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just moved 3 weeks ago with 4 cats. It was the most miserable 1 1/2 hrs in a car I've ever had! I put mine in their own little pet carriers & my daughters rode with them in the backseat & talked to them to keep them calm. It didn't help. they went crazy, tried to claw their way out, screeched & screamed, rolled & tried to claw at my daughters through the doors. After I was moved I heard a suggestion from someone about putting butter on the cats before you put them in the carrierers, they can't stand the butter on them & have to wash untill they get it all off & so it keeps them so busy they don't have time to worry about being in the carrier or in the car. I think it would be worth a try. I sure wish I had heard about it a few weeks earlier. I hope your move with your cat goes better than mine! Good Luck!!!
2007-01-08 13:52:45 · answer #4 · answered by Sherrie L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can also try something called Rescue Remedy that you can find in health food stores. If you give the cat a few drops, it usually calms them down, but is more natural than a tranquilizer, and doesn't knock them out.
2007-01-08 11:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by birdbrained22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recommend putting her in a sealed box. It may seem kind of cruel, but my old cat freaked out EVERY time in the car, and used to run under the gas and brake pedals. Much better to be safe than sorry.
2007-01-08 11:29:16 · answer #6 · answered by Andy Jones 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not get a cat tranquiliser from the vet? Also keep her locked inside your new home for 7 days before letting her out or she's likely to run away.
2007-01-12 01:52:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your vet can give you a tranquilizer to calm her during the trip.
2007-01-08 11:51:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋