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dapperdan
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Mar 14, 2015

Poty Stops with Cats

Hello,

I have a pet related question. My wife and I are about to take a 4 week trip to Phoenix, Dallas and Hot Springs (on the way home). On this trip we want to take our 4 year old cat, he's traveled with us on short little trips within our state (Wisconsin) but not on a long trip. With the short trips we just set up our trailer (at destination) and bring him in from the truck and he eventually does his business.

My question is what would you suggest as we will be on the road for probably 4 days traveling from Milwaukee to Phoenix? We're planning on staying at Walmarts, rest areas or truck stops until we get to Phoenix, he'll be fine at night. I'm just wondering about rest stops and durations during the day traveling. He's not a "huge fan" of traveling but he seems to tolerate it, once we get to where we're headed he's perfectly fine roaming around the trailer and doing typical cat-lazy stuff.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Dan

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  • We removed the back set in our TV and installed a large cage with three levels, our two younger cats travel in the top level, the old guy in the middle, and the middle lady in the bottom section. They all have a litter box, water, and food.
    And yes, they generally won't do their business while moving unless they really have to, but most of the time they'll do their business while we're doing ours in the camper.
    They traveled all the way from Florida to Alaska and back that way.
  • Most cats won't do business until the vehicle stops. Put him in a pet carrier so he won't panic and escape if there's unexpected noise or what have you. Then let him roam the trailer at night when you're stopped. He'll adapt to the routine hopefully.