Anyone Have Advice On Traveling 660 Miles With 6 Cats???

[moosmom]

Hey!! Driving aerobics! What a novel idea (NOT!!)

[fosteraussie]

When I took an internship last summer, Amber has to come with us (even though it involved a 12 hour trip!). I was really unsure how she would make it, as she would urinate, defecate, and vomit in her carrier if the trip was longer than 20 minutes.

I asked the vet for tranquilizers. Would you believe he had the nerve to say, "you know these do not work on humans?" The pills were most effective on an empty stomach. When we made the trip, since it was very cold and we were traveling during the night, we decided to put her carrier in the car being towed. At first, I really threw up a fight, but it turned out to be for the best. As we were 3 in a pickup there was only 2 choices for her: 1) the closed pickup bed with no air flow or 2) the car with the air. In the towed car she also was far enough from us to not her our voices and therefore she did not get upset more. I know this because she would not mew until after she saw me open the door whenever we stopped for gas.

Amber made the trip fantastically. She was not sick either way (and believe me the ride was bumpy at times). I feel bad to put her through all that, but it was take her with us or risk never seeing her again.