Transporting a cat from Welly to Napier

[Stickchick]

What! Have the litter box in the car with you all for him to use?
Which means the cat will be let loose.


The cat harness is great to walk a cat, or to take them out of the car to go wee's and poo's on a long trip.

Sorry i thought you meant when he was back at the house. Blonde moment hehehe

[Colapop]

He'll be fine in a box. He'll be able to survive without a feed on that day... it's only 4 hours.

[Stickchick]

I know that this may come across as really stupid but I love my cats to bits and have him for nearly ten years so he is very near and dear to me. I couldn;t bring him up with me because of where I was staying as they also had a cat and they weren;t keen on having mine too

[Hitcher]

Try faxing it.

[rwh]

When my grandmother transported her kitten between Welly and Tauranga (not sure how many trips it did), she apparently let it out for a walk at Turangi - with a string on it's collar.

Must have looked hilarious

Richard

[Holy Roller]

We took our cat around the North Island in our bus. It usually curled up on the dash or in one of the beds while travelling. When we stopped it just hopped outside and came when when we called or the bus started up again. Must have been a gypsy cat

[Colapop]

How do you usually transport your pussy around?? Don't you just sit on it?

[judecatmad]

I have to get my Cat from Wellington to Napier which isn;t a problem as a friend is going to drive me up. But I'm alittle worried that he may freak out alittle. Does aonyone have any ideas about settling ina cat for the four hour car journey?

All advice most welcome as I love my cat dearly and can't wait to have him up here with me. Just don't want him having a heart attack on me

Bach's Rescue Remedy is very good (and safe to use with cats) and most vets also sell an animal version called Sedapet.

They are both herbal but quite effective. I have one boy who is scared of everything and goes into a panic when he's in unfamiliar situations (so funny, and sad, to watch a cat hyperventilating!). Both of the above calm him down within seconds. He also has a heart murmur but they're still safe to give.

Try and keep his cage covered the whole time so he can't see what's going on. Oh and you might want to try putting some catnip in with him for the journey. That quite often keeps cats pretty happy.

Good luck with the move

[Stickchick]

How do you usually transport your pussy around?? Don't you just sit on it?

Cheeky shit!!!!

[Stickchick]

Thanks for all the advice...Judemadcat...will have to take your advice and sedate him I think. Just want to make the move aso smooth as I can for him.

He isn't coming up till the 18th August so gives me plenty of time to get my hands of the drugs

[judecatmad]

Not too sure i like the idea of having to stop for him to do his business.....Worried it might freak him out even more and once he is in the cage it is safer for everyine if he stays in there cause he REALLY hates it

If he's not fed from about 10pm the night before, he won't need to go during the journey. It's only 4 hours. Cats can hold forever!

One of ours (not the nervous one) always does a big dump in his cage about half an hour into the journey. It's his way of trying to get let out!! He just gets left with it - pongs the car out, but you just have the windows open and ignore it as best you can. They find a way of not sitting in it!

Two of ours (Mop, who we no longer have, and Bucket) were brought over from the UK - they were in their cages for over 30 hours and they arrived in a real smelly state and quite traumatised. But cats are resilient. With lots of love (and a wash in that instance), most cats will get over anything

[Drum]

....They are both herbal but quite effective. ...

We have already suggested a herbal remedy

[judecatmad]

We have already suggested a herbal remedy

Yup, but mine are LEGAL.....

[peasea]

Spike his cat food with Vodka?

That's cruel. Have you NO feelings?
Animals don't consume alcohol in their natural environment.

Far better to tape the cats feet to a skateboard and tow it to Napier at 120kph, that way said moggy can experience what it's like to be like 'big cuz' the cheetah.

Sheez, some compassion, please.