We carried our lovable cat on a trip once which didn't end well...
Had the lease but not a cat cage...
We walked around a couple of times and thought all would be ok... When we were packing up to leave after a couple days camping the cat darted out and disappeared on us in the bush... We called and called and looked everywhere but couldn't find him. We waited as long as we could hoping he would come back up.. Tried all the tricks including banging his cat dish etc... I can guarantee the cat was watching us from afar and not like a dog would not come to us when called...
We finally had to leave without him - Sad day...
Roy and Carolyn