Traveling with a cat

Romer1 wrote:

ArchHoagland wrote:
I didn't know cats could be diabetic. How did you find that out?

Ours started drinking excessive amounts of water. Took her to vet and blood test showed diabetes. She has never traveled with us, but we have 2 others that do. One spends most of on the road time on wife's lap, other one under her seat.

We have a diabetic cat, too. Took him to the vet 'cause he was filling his litter box by peeing all the time...did a blood test as noted above. I give him an insulin shot at 8AM and 8PM. He was diagnosed in Aug 09, vet said he'd live a year.:)

We let him roam the coach and check to see where he is prior to moving the slides.

We used to let ours roam throughout the RV. He enjoyed travel. In fact he went to the rainbow bridge due to old age while we were in the Tetons. When you let them roam you have to be careful as cats like to hide. Be sure to never operate your slides until you know where your cat is.

Our 3 year old female will absolutely do a number on a set of day/night shades. Just has to see what's outside as she's a hunter/killer of all things alive including fish/bats etc. Have to find someone who will install blinds in order to save the interior. Other than that, she travels well.

brirene wrote:
A word of caution; make sure your cats are secured in a carrier or in your sight before opening or closing any slides. Several times each year there are threads of cats being injured or killed when they crawl into a space in the slide.

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We travel with cats. Two of them ride loose because they were half wild and we couldn't catch them. The others ride in carriers which is where I prefer. If there is an accident, I feel they are safer.

They do just fine. They go right to sleep and we let them out often when we stop for a break.

Your kitty will do just fine. Sorry about the diabetes. Been there and done that. Not fun.

ArchHoagland wrote:
I didn't know cats could be diabetic. How did you find that out?

Ours started drinking excessive amounts of water. Took her to vet and blood test showed diabetes. She has never traveled with us, but we have 2 others that do. One spends most of on the road time on wife's lap, other one under her seat.

We took our 2 cats with us a couple years ago with no problems. Last monthe we took them again and it was a disaster. The youngest one (5) would not eat and lost about 3# in the week we were gone. When we got back home it took us 5 hours to coral them both to get them back in the house. When we go in 2 weeks, for a month, they are staying home with our son.

We tried the carrier method at first, but we believe it made them more agitated. Now we simply carry them from the house and put them in the coach. The three cats and the dog all have their places near the cockpit area. They are all very good to travel with.

A word of caution; make sure your cats are secured in a carrier or in your sight before opening or closing any slides. Several times each year there are threads of cats being injured or killed when they crawl into a space in the slide.

As others have stated, it depends on the cat. In the past we've had some that would just stay close by and sleep on the couch and others that were too restless, so they traveled in the carrier. Any new fur kids are trained to ride in the carrier because we feel if we ever need to get out in an emergency, it easier to grab the carrier and go. In addition, with the slides in there are too many places they can get into where we don't want them to go.

Lou
05 Travel Supreme Envoy

Our three are loose in the MH. They all find their "safe" spots while underway, then become social again when we stop...