Lessons from One Year of Traveling with a Cat

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We’ve been Overlanding/traveling with our cat Luna for a WHOLE year now! In that time we’ve a lot more experience and want to share with you what we’ve learned and how we keep our little lady happy on the road!

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[johneason]

Luna is a beautiful cat. She does not look eleven years old. Very informative video on cat care on the road.
Good to see your post.

[rachelhmeltzer]

THANK YOU for making this!! I really don't want to leave my kitty behind. I know I'll have to at first... but I'm hoping someday I'll be able to bring her along. These tips are so helpful.

[stuartstuart]

I was surprised how well our car adapted to camping. He tolerates the harness and leash and has built up the courage to explore new campsites. I know he is happier being with us, rather than any other alternatives. At home, he is restricted to our back yard so little chance of getting fleas or ticks, however, you got me thinking about protecting him while on the road. I’ll talk to our vet about repellents. Thanks

[simplysomewhere]

We are leaving in a couple of weeks for long-term travel across Europe in a camper van, along with our 9-year-old cat Pepe and 5-year-old son Louie. So happy to see that we have the same harness and carrier. We took Pepe across the Atlantic in the Sherpa carrier, and it worked like a charm. Pumped to bring him on our trip with us and appreciate the time you took to share your experience.

[Troche]

I love it, with my job I have had to take up to 4 cats and 3 pups on road trips from AZ to FL, FL to ID, ID to NY... well over 14k miles in the last 10 years. Not to mention flying first class with my Late Kit Kit for work.

[drewp]

10:05 right !!! and Luna is so beautiful !! :)

[adamcarpenter]

Siberians are the best. Haven't done a big trip with mine yet but he does love to run errands with us on the weekends.

[stevenrodgers]

Excellent video! Advice is well received. Luna is a beautiful gal. ❤

[luishenriquedasilva]

I take my 10-years-old cat Piu to my grandma's farm sporadically in order to make him enjoy life a little more and I think he does it very well. Now I'm planning on taking him somewhere further. Thank you.

[leomoonify]

You're so very kind to take such care with Luna's needs. Just a couple of suggestions: get her a scratching pad or small piece of furniture just for her. Scratching and digging her claws into something tones her muscles and there's always the possibility that she may need those claws. Also if you travel to Florida do not let her walk near the water! On numerous occasions an alligator snatched a dog right out from under their owners. They are very fast and you won't even see them until they leap out and grab your pet. Thanks for this video. I'm hoping to travel with my two cats and this was very helpful.

[SimplyJapaneseMaples]

Super helpful. Thank you. Have been barely taking any vacations for years with kitties at home. Finally decided to plan towards taking them along, too.

[mobilehomelife]

Really great video. Being "owned" by two cats I am glad to find more and more van or bus travelers making it work for their pets. I am not full time yet but have had the advantage of taking them, successfully on a nine-day vacation earlier this year. One was a stray the other a feral, both rescues, and did pretty well overall. My biggest concern is going to be sure to manage the temperature issues for them.

[YasnaKo]

Several special zones can be arranged for scratching, it helps.

[macthecatvlogs]

Thank you SO much for posting this video! We've just started our channel where we want to eventually travel Australia with our cat! All of your tips and your channel will help us out a lot :)

[meganbouchard]

Hello! I'm watching this two years later as I prepare to bring my kitty camping with me. :D Thank you so much for this very informative video! ..As we are all constantly growing and learning I just wanted to say that you should always have different scratchers available for your cat, be it cat trees, corrugated cardboard, anything the cats like. It is an entirely natural thing for cats to want to scratch and it is our job to provide them with appropriate areas to do so. :)

[InJusticeAustralia]

My 2 cats have rarely ever scratched on anything they shouldn’t bc I always have a rope scratchy pole around for them.

Tip is, to make sure it’s firmly secured not moving or they won’t use it, and at a height they can do cat arm stretching without being too high or too low (it takes a bit to work it out but once you do, you won’t have any more unwanted scratches.

[lesliebartsch]

luna is cute omg i keep asking my cat lucille if she wants to travel with me but i think she only wants to eat :/

[coffeevixen]

Awwww she's as big and floofy as my boy. Definitely can't part with him so I had to watch this

[thizizliz]

The Indie Projects also travel with a cat - Gingey hunts and walks off leash too but they do keep a tracker on her collar. I suspect that might be something that would have to begin when very young though. Sounds like you really have it down and I think that's wonderful for both you two and for Luna as well. Smart move about the brushing and nail trimming. Also true in houses. Good video - seems you pretty much covered all the deets.

[FrenchHawk]

Have you considered just a small ac unit? Many you could hook up to an auxiliary solar panel and then you can leave whenever. That’s what I would do. Many of the ac unit has multi functions like recirculating the air, purifying the air, etc.