Thats a great question! My borther actually does travel with his cat and she seems to love it. I think its best to look for some warning signs before you decide to take fluffy to the Grand Canyon
5 Warning Signs you shouldn’t take your Cat on Vacation:
Your cat hates you!
I mean, I don’t want to be that guy, but for a minute here, let’s have some “real talk.” Little Socks isn’t so little anymore and if he is not coming out from behind that couch unless you have a bag full of cat nip in one hand and a cup of fancy feast in the other, we could be on to something . How about that hissing and staring thing? Can you pick up sweet little Snowball without getting a hiss? Do you wake up in the morning with her staring you dead in the eyes not knowing exactly how long she has been sitting there watching, waiting, plotting your demise?
You can’t put any hotel room through that torture
Remember what your couch, recliner, kitchen chairs looked like before your kids talked you into plucking little Pumpkin out of that box of kittens in front of the Piggly Wiggly that Saturday morning? I know you do because you hid it from your husband for a week then promised it would be an outside cat. Now your furniture looks like props from a Jurassic Park movie. Well all except for that fancy Cat house scratching post you dropped a bill on and little Pumpkin won’t even touch. Its what they do! Why cats scratch
Litter Box
This one doesn’t really need an explanation, but here we go. You have to bring a litter box, with litter. I mean, like for real? Where you packing the litter man? You have basically a small uncaged Tiger living in your house who can scratch an eye out in a single swat. I wouldn’t want to upset it anymore by moving around that litter box. (Check to see if she is watching you read this).
Your kids love that darn Cat.
I know this doesn’t seem like a bad thing, right?! I mean sounds like a good idea to travel with the Cat. You know your kids won’t leave that Cat alone for 5 minutes if you’re in a small hotel room. What is little Princess going to do when your daughter wants a selfie with her Minnie Mouse ears on? Or your son decides it’s a perfect time to give her a bath in the pool? At this point in the trip, you have about a 50/50 shot of getting out of this thing alive. Princess is for sure growing impatient with you lower life forms by the minute, plotting, scheming, watching. 7 things about kids and cats
Car Ride
Come on ! Have you ever put a cat in a car?! No? Well go try it! Take little Snickers out for a nice lazy Sunday drive. Let me know how that works out for ya. If your cat didn’t hate you already, they sure do now. You can go on home with that cat if you want. Little Snickers will certainly have something special waiting for you when you wake up….If you wake up.
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In Conclusion
Ok, Ok, so you’re saying, “but Mickey I don’t see why I need to know the 5 Warning Signs you shouldn’t take your Cat on Vacation. I have a good cat.” I do understand it’s not totally impossible to travel with a cat. I have heard some back room whispers that some cats love to ride in cars and go places. I’m pretty sure these people either have small dogs or haven’t figured out yet they have a cat who is a highly trained special forces cat sent to spy on humans. Sent by other cats to find out what our weaknesses are and listen to our conversations, gather intel, learn our ways for the day to come when they rise up against us. In short, leave the cat at home. Go see Mickey, get sunburned at the beach, sprain an ankle hiking Yosemite, but leave sweet lovable Boots at home. Make sure you have someone check on him – I don’t mean leave him at home alone alone. Boy that would be a big mistake on your part my friend. You would come home to cat pee in the bed and Grandma Gigi’s Tiffany lamp broken into 1,000 pieces on the floor.
Not to worry, though, Cat parents. I’m sure in the end any strange hate vibes you’re sensing are just normal cat behavior, nothing to concern yourself with. Men have been at the side of cats for at least 9,500 years. It’s really nothing personal, we are just in their way.
I hope you heed my 5 Warning Signs you shouldn’t take your Cat on Vacation. But if you don’t, please feel free to share your story with us. We would love to hear about your travels with your Cat.
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