Class C or TT to RV with cats? Crate or no crate?
Hi, everyone!
I'd like some general info about RVing with cats, please. We're a family of three, plus two cats. Even with a pet-sitter he knows, one of the kitties pines himself straight into kitty ER if we leave him for more than a weekend, so we're looking at travel options that will allow us to take the cats with us. Since we're currently tent campers, this means a Class C or a travel trailer.
We don't have a tow vehicle, so a TT means we'll have to upgrade one of the cars, too. Current vehicles are a '11 Sonata and an '05 Prius. We'd probably trade the Prius, but that's my car and I like it.
I can't imagine leaving the cats in the trailer while it's on the road, so they'd have to be in crates in the car, right? How does that work for long drives? I'll be investing in new, larger crates that they don't associate with going to the vet, but it seems like an 8 hr. drive would be a pretty miserable experience for a cat in a crate.
If you travel in a Class C, do your cats ride loose? Do they get under your feet or try to walk across the dash?
Which would you recommend for traveling with cats, a Class C or a TV+TT?
We travel where the weather is mild, but what's recommended if you have to leave the critters in the RV while you go out hiking, go to town, etc?
Does anyone have suggestions for making sure cats don't bolt out the doors or chew through window screens? (one of ours is a sneaky bolter, the other's a chewer :S )
Any other general info would be very welcome. :)
Many thanks!!
Kary
I'd like some general info about RVing with cats, please. We're a family of three, plus two cats. Even with a pet-sitter he knows, one of the kitties pines himself straight into kitty ER if we leave him for more than a weekend, so we're looking at travel options that will allow us to take the cats with us. Since we're currently tent campers, this means a Class C or a travel trailer.
We don't have a tow vehicle, so a TT means we'll have to upgrade one of the cars, too. Current vehicles are a '11 Sonata and an '05 Prius. We'd probably trade the Prius, but that's my car and I like it.
I can't imagine leaving the cats in the trailer while it's on the road, so they'd have to be in crates in the car, right? How does that work for long drives? I'll be investing in new, larger crates that they don't associate with going to the vet, but it seems like an 8 hr. drive would be a pretty miserable experience for a cat in a crate.
If you travel in a Class C, do your cats ride loose? Do they get under your feet or try to walk across the dash?
Which would you recommend for traveling with cats, a Class C or a TV+TT?
We travel where the weather is mild, but what's recommended if you have to leave the critters in the RV while you go out hiking, go to town, etc?
Does anyone have suggestions for making sure cats don't bolt out the doors or chew through window screens? (one of ours is a sneaky bolter, the other's a chewer :S )
Any other general info would be very welcome. :)
Many thanks!!
Kary
