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dmpcowan
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Aug 24, 2018

traveling with cats

we have a 5th wheel trailer, 2 cats that stay in the truck with us in pet carriers separately. My question is what do you do with the cats if you stop for a break to eat or something. I want to put the cats in the camper so they can use the litter box if needed, but one of my cats I'm afraid would try to find him a hidey hole to get in, like beside the slideout and get stuck. Thanks, any ideas would be appreciated. We are new at this.

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  • We had a small cat that at the beginning she would try to hide behind the brake pedal, until we placed a harness on her and then we had a long leash with the litter box in front of the refrigerator, with the leash she could not hide any where and we could control her, she also learnt to ride on the dashboard in front of the passenger side and also learnt the word NO and the meaning of it, her food was under the dinette with a bowl of water was taller than normal so water would not spill out but she could still get to the water.

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  • Our cat stays home for two days with lots of food and water and she seems to be fine when we return. She doesn't like going for a ride so she is not going camping. Im so mean she never goes outside.
  • I've got everything (incl litter box) figured out but I haven't found a way to keep ours from barfing on any carpeted area he can find.
    So he stays home.
  • My cat travels in the 5er bedroom closet. Litter box outside the door, with food and water nearby. She goes to sleep until we arrive. Never a peep, never a problem. And I can leave the truck all I want without any hassle. Much easier on me, and her. She hates carriers and howls something horrible.

    We have a pet forum here where there are more discussions on this.