Another RVer loses their cat....

SueMcD wrote:
I went looking for that facebook group and happy to report that the owner found the cat on July 22. People had seen the cat, so she drove a few hours back to the campground. She found the cat, hiding in a drainage pipe, scared, but healthy (did nothing but sleep and eat the next day).

Just wanted to report the happy ending.

Yes, she found the cat, thank heavens. :)

BTW, we have a cat who occasionally likes to wander at home. We have not taken her camping but thinking about it when we get around to doing that big cross-country trip. But the thought of her escaping the trailer terrifies me.

The best and safest way I believe is to confine them to a bedroom if possible until you're stopped for the night. We ordered a new bedroom door for our Class-C and set the bedroom up for the cats with a cat-condo securely fastened to the floor and wall, a litterpan, cat beds and a no-tip water bowl. While we're moving they will have to stay in the bedroom. We know they wont be too happy about this, but they should be safe.

A few years ago we bought one of the those loc8tor units - at the time we could only order it directly from the UK company. It works really great as long as you check the batteries often to make sure they haven't died. Sometimes when we go looking for her we don't get a signal so then we have to walk in the opposite direction and eventually get a beep. Now it's gotten so she will come home when she knows we're tracking her (the tag on the collar gives off a high pitch pinging noise.) Pretty cool.

Sue

Due to the predators out here in the country where we live, and the loss of my other two indoor-outdoor cats, we wont allow these outside at all. They have a safe outdoor enclosure to sun themselves. They go in and out through a cat door in a bedroom window.