traveling with cats

Ours ride in the TT and they like it fine. While in motion they curl up on the bed and sleep.

BuckBarker wrote:
Those little fur boogers of yours will scream a bit but they must be carried in your truck. Given a little time they will settle down. They don't need room to roam, water at their whim, or the use of the litter boxes. If traveling a long distance, then stop once in awhile and carry them to the trailer so they can stretch their legs, drink, and use their boxes.

This is what we do with our 2 kitties. They never do settle down and pretty much whine the whole trip, But once we get there and they are in the trailer, All is good.

I agree with the others. They are the safest in the cab with you, but only if you keep them in carriers. They'll settle down after a while. Take them back to the trailer occasionally to use the kitty pan and get a drink (although they probably won't).

Be sure to keep them in their cages until the slides go in and out. Crushed kitties would not be a good thing.

keast wrote:
Picking up a new 25ft TT after Memorial Day and wondering about how to deal with our 2 cats when we travel. We had a 28ft MH for 5 years and they did best there if we let them roam while we drove since they could come find us when they needed us. Not sure being alone in the trailer is a good choice.

Some people do it and some don't. Our cats ride in large cages with litterpans and shelves when we're on the road. These cages are in the Savannah tow van. Riding loose in the TT can be dangerous for them if you have to hit the brakes hard or there's an accident. I suppose when we take our trip with the Class-C we'll confine them to the back bedroom - or in their carriers above the cab. We don't know what will work best with the Class-C. We're afraid one will bolt out the cab doors when opened or the cab windows so they can't be free to wander all over when on the road.

When we travel - full time or otherwise - our cat is with us. Our first big mistake was letting him ride in the trailer. It has three slide-outs and he hid in the bedroom slide-out and didn’t come out for three hours after we parked. Of course we didn’t know what slide he was in so we just had to wait. Even his most cherished treat would not get him to budge.

Luckily we have a large crew-cab dually that allows us to put a rather large tall gage back there along with a covered litter box, food and water. He has learned to ask to leave his cage when he has to use the litter box. Otherwise he is very acclimated to the cage.

Sometimes he is frightful on bad roads. So we carry some light tranquilizers we got on prescription. That way if we cross some borders we have proof of what’s in the bottle. We always have his papers with us and have never had any problems at border crossings.

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FastEagle

My cat survived many trips in our daily driver from Los Angeles to Mammoth Lakes, about 6 hours drive. He had his carrier with his quilt and the door open. We stopped three or four times for his water and potty breaks. He would crawl into his carrier and sit or snooze or roam around but he was not allowed on the floor. In the MoHo he slept most of the time either under my duvee or in an empty cabinet under my bed with his quilt.

He figured out if we were in the MoHo or in the loaded car that we were not going to the vet and never cried, in the car without luggage ect, howled like crazy.

I used to make my cat ride in the truck, uncaged. She was extremely vocal, for hours on end, although she didn't appear to be stressed. During one lunch break I turned her loose in the 5er to eat, drink, use the litter box. When I was ready to roll again, she hid in the RV where I couldn't get to her. OK, that's how she finished the trip and where she's ridden ever since. At the end of a long drive, she strolls out from wherever she's been laying down like it's an ordinary day. I do take special precautions when the slides come in or out to make sure she doesn't get caught.

Those little fur boogers of yours will scream a bit but they must be carried in your truck. Given a little time they will settle down. They don't need room to roam, water at their whim, or the use of the litter boxes. If traveling a long distance, then stop once in awhile and carry them to the trailer so they can stretch their legs, drink, and use their boxes.

Try riding in the trailer and see how you like it. They will likely be terrified and will become missiles in the event of a panic stop. They are safest restrained in the cab. Our two mutts don't like it either but that is how things are. We stop frequently to allow them to stretch, do their business and have a drink.