Traveling With Cat

Traveling with your pets is not easy. As they do not speak your language, it is very difficult to understand their needs and make them understand your instructions. In case you are traveling with your cat, your task becomes more difficult as cats have a phobia from traveling. They do not sit in a corner after getting terrified; in fact they make a lot of hue and cry, so handling them in a journey could be really difficult. Therefore you need to do a lot of preparations before you take your dear pussy cat on a journey. Here are some handy tips that would be useful for you…


Before you take her to any journey, arrange a crate or fabric containment to carry your cat. Your cat will feel secure and sheltered in these containers.

If you are leaving for a long trip and your cat is very reluctant and is crying and shrieking too much, it is better to always better to consult a veterinarian. You must also run a trial run to judge your cat's behavior in long run. If your cat is ultra-reluctant, the best way would be to ask the veterinarian to give her tranquilizers.

Make sure you tag your cat with an identity card or other means of identification to assure her safety. Do not also let her loose, she might run away.

Generally cats suffer from motion sickness, if it is the case with you cat, you may have to give her the training of traveling. You will have to customize her of traveling which will help her get desensitization from this traveling phobia. You can give her gradual training by making her sit in the car first of all with the engine off, then with the engine on, after she gets used to it, take her on short trips, you can finally take her on a cross country trip.

Make sure your cat has taken a meal three hour before you set off on any journey. After that you must feed your nauseous cat with anti-motion sickness medications to avoid hassle during the journey.

If you are traveling alone with your cat, always buckle her up with the seat belt to avoid any unpleasant incident.

Make sure that your cat does not have nay access to the driver side floor near the brake and gas pedals. Also make sure that your car's dashboard must be out of her bounds for safety sake.

If you are planning to stay overnight in some hotel or lounge make sure there is an arrangement for your pet. You must bring your cat's food and water from the home itself.

Do not leave your cat alone in a locked car.