Re:Cat - Do you rec I take my cat w/me on an 8-hr drive or leave her with a sitter for a week at 1 hour a day?

You should hire the sitter. Cats can eaisly get sick in cars. Since it is not a good idea to put water or food in your car your cat could eaisly get dehidrated. When you get to the place you will be staying your cat might not like it because it is not a place that she is used to. Your friends will also have a lot of cat poop and pee everywhere because he/she will not want to use a litter box there.

The cat is better off at home than in a car for eight hours and in a strange location for a week! I've left my cat for four days with someone coming in once a day and he was just fine upon my return. However, the next time I went I had him and a kitten, took them both to my brothers house and he freaked out and hissed and bit the entire weekend. So, from now on, he only stays home and someone comes over to him...and we are all much happier!

i would leave her home with a sitter: a cat that is locked up for that amount of time will get very sick and will not act normal afterwards. when we were moving our cats, it was a half-hour drive in the car and we let them roam cuz they were very relaxed usually. but in the car, they got under the seats and hid. every time at a stop-light they would come out as if to say "are we there yet, idiots?"

She'll be happier in her own environment. And could take care of herself for a couple of days if you wanted to cut the sitter back to once every other day, provided the cat eats dry food and is given pleanty of clean water each visit.

This one is really up to you. sorry.

I personally would drive and take the kitty with me.

Why?

Flying is a real pain in da butt these days. all the security headaches.

its no cheeper than the drive and lastly your final destination would welcome the kitty.

if your kitty is terrified of cars, i mean gets really sick with being in the car, then i would not.

i have 4 cats. all of them hate the car. but 2 of them i take with me when we go camping. I limit the amount of "outside" they can see while in the car, with a blanket, towel etc over their carrier.

They appear to be a lot calmer this way. i do not take the other 2 because 1 is 20 the other 1 gets real sick with fear in the car. sheer terror for him.

My husband and that i took our 2 365 days previous cat with us abode for the vacations (11 hourpersistent each and each way, the two Thanksgiving and yuletide). each and every little thing unquestionably went o.k., yet i think of we additionally purely have an somewhat mellow cat. some issues that labored for us: -Bringing a crate and a harness/leash, so as that our cat could not bolt out of the vehicle as quickly as we stopped. -Bringing our cat's clutter container with a small quantity of clutter (she in no way used it, even though it gave us piece of strategies) -We did not supply our cat nutrition or water for numerous hours earlier the holiday (to sidestep carsickness and journeys to the clutter container; in spite of the reality that we did supply our cat small quantities of water in the process the holiday, and she or he in no way did use the clutter container) -We additionally packed some toys and performed with our kitty in the process the holiday; it additionally provided us with entertainment in the process the long vehicle holiday. Our vet stated that we take short vehicle rides with our cat first to gage their convenience contained in the vehicle and did let us know that some cats do commute extra appropriate with sedatives. it is somewhat helpful to call your vet and ask if it is an selection.

I'd go for the sitter.

1.your cat wont even know your gone..

2.cats don't like cars....

If your cat doesnt like the car then i would recommend that you leave her at home. She could become majorly stressed from the ride.

how large is the cat... because some planes let you take small animals along in cages depending on their size... my grandma takes her 4 pound dog on the plane with her each time we fly.

Ofcourse you should take your cat with you. Its better that your pet is somewhere you can see it so you know that your pet is in your safety and not in someone else's hands.