Moving Cat, help required....
Discussion
We are moving a cat from Leeds to London and I have been recommended a few things for the journey and when we are there.
I have been told that we should be able to get sedatives to make MF (Moule-Frite) as comfortable as possible on the 4 hour trip.
I have also been told that when there, if we clip her whiskers this will lower her confidence and that will mean she will stay close to the house until she knows the area and hence will not get lost exploring in a strange location, however the whiskers will grow back in a few weeks.
I have looked online and found mixed opinions on the above tactics and would like to know if anyone out there ahs done the same or similar.
Also how will MF react to the above sedatives and the whisker incident (doesn't mean I will actually do it or have the heart to) I just don't want to lose her and want to cause as little distress as possible.
I'll pass it over to the PH collective.
Opinions, help, I'll taken anything.
Cheers,
Si.
I have been told that we should be able to get sedatives to make MF (Moule-Frite) as comfortable as possible on the 4 hour trip.
I have also been told that when there, if we clip her whiskers this will lower her confidence and that will mean she will stay close to the house until she knows the area and hence will not get lost exploring in a strange location, however the whiskers will grow back in a few weeks.
I have looked online and found mixed opinions on the above tactics and would like to know if anyone out there ahs done the same or similar.
Also how will MF react to the above sedatives and the whisker incident (doesn't mean I will actually do it or have the heart to) I just don't want to lose her and want to cause as little distress as possible.
I'll pass it over to the PH collective.
Opinions, help, I'll taken anything.
Cheers,
Si.
Keep her inside for two weeks with a litter tray. Thats it.
No need to chop off wiskers or tie a brick to her tail or anyother odd old wifes tales.
Added: Oh and ensure that the basket is cat escape proof as they get get out of some amazing places. Try to keep at least one person in the car at all times to keep the cat quiet. Some prefer to see what is going on but we found on the floor in the back is best. Our cat Wookey came from Somerset back to Suffolk. Dogs an' all
>> Edited by scared but happy on Saturday 24th December 19:02
No need to chop off wiskers or tie a brick to her tail or anyother odd old wifes tales.
Added: Oh and ensure that the basket is cat escape proof as they get get out of some amazing places. Try to keep at least one person in the car at all times to keep the cat quiet. Some prefer to see what is going on but we found on the floor in the back is best. Our cat Wookey came from Somerset back to Suffolk. Dogs an' all
>> Edited by scared but happy on Saturday 24th December 19:02
scared but happy said:
Keep her inside for two weeks with a litter tray. Thats it.
No need to chop off wiskers or tie a brick to her tail or anyother odd old wifes tales.
For the first couple of days, keep her confined to one room of the house until she gets used to it. She'll may well try and find somewhere in the room to hide. Gradually let her explore the rest of the house and you'll see that she'll keep going back to the room she started in to orientate herself. If you expose her to too much at once she'll just get distressed and will try and hide.
Cats can be real good at hiding when they want to
Oldish maybe, wife - not a hope in hell am I getting married, unless he is a multi-billionaire and about to die. Anna Nicole Smith had the right idea 
We moved from Essex to Wiltshire with our adult cat without any problems (unless you count the 'little accident' he had in the travel basket whilst stuck in a 2 hour jam on the M4!).
Once at our new home, we kept him in for a couple of days, lettimg him into the garden every day to explore his new territory.
He went missing once or twice during the following year (they all do that sir!) but always came back after a walkabout.
Once at our new home, we kept him in for a couple of days, lettimg him into the garden every day to explore his new territory.
He went missing once or twice during the following year (they all do that sir!) but always came back after a walkabout.
Platinum said:
Don't what ever you do put it on a lead and take it for a walk in the garden; ours decided to climb a tree and nearly lynch itself.
While that actually sounds horrific, I can't help but snigger a the thought going through the cats head aas it clambers up the tree to be abruptly stopped short.
Rest assured I will not be doing the whisker cutting and will probably just do the room treatment instead and she how she copes with it, especially as its stressful enough for us to move let alone for moule-frite
sparkythecat said:
Keep her inside for two weeks with a litter tray. Thats it.
No need to chop off wiskers or tie a brick to her tail or anyother odd old wifes tales.
For the first couple of days, keep her confined to one room of the house until she gets used to it. She'll may well try and find somewhere in the room to hide. Gradually let her explore the rest of the house and you'll see that she'll keep going back to the room she started in to orientate herself. If you expose her to too much at once she'll just get distressed and will try and hide.
Cats can be real good at hiding when they want to
we thought ours had escaped through an open window..
NOPE!!!!
He had hidden under the bath,it took us a day to find him ....
We used sedatives for a 40 mile journey and it was a massive mistake. Cat was even more hyper, and we were very worried.
For future journeys of that length we just ignored the noise he made and everything worked out OK.
Don't clip the whiskers, that's going to affect everything he does in the house, just keep the cat inside for 2 weeks and all will be fine.
For future journeys of that length we just ignored the noise he made and everything worked out OK.
Don't clip the whiskers, that's going to affect everything he does in the house, just keep the cat inside for 2 weeks and all will be fine.
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