moving cats
Moved several times (long distance) with cats in my former life. Some cats are worse than others. When we just had one cat (whom we had moved previously - a painful trip), we made sure we did get tranqs the 2nd move. 3rd move we flew her from Houston to California, but she was fairly young - she was in the cargo hold. Looked a little dazed but lived. Airline told us she would be hand loaded off the plane and carried into the baggage area - not so, she came on the conveyor belt with the suitcases.
The next move, from CA to WI, I have apparently managed to forget. The cat survived though, and I do remember driving and staying in hotels 4 nights, so maybe she just got used to it. Don't think we were in California long enough to ever take her to the vet, but maybe we had some leftover tranqs. The next move we had 3 cats - WI to OH. Ex-husband drove a small rental truck with the boat in tow and all 3 cats in cages in the truck (unless he put them in the boat and didn't tell me). I drove the kids in the car.
I think we figured out that after a while, as long as they were caged, they settled down. I think it helped to mostly cover the cage with a towel. Or maybe I just started tranquilizing myself, and that is why my memory is dim.
Now we have a dog, no cats. He likes driving either in the car or the golf cart.
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