Our Feline frends

[DaveA1]

A lot of people take thire cats with them, when touring.
How do you familiarise them with the caravan/Motor home?
Is it hard to do?
Where do they travel, in the van or car?
Not a problem in a motor caravan.

 

[otherclive]

A lot of people take thire cats with them, when touring.
How do you familiarise them with the caravan/Motor home?
Is it hard to do?
Where do they travel, in the van or car?
Not a problem in a motor caravan.[/quote

Cannot really advise about familiarisation in the caravan, but surely they would be best travelling in the car as the caravan can get very hot when closed up. on longer journeys our two dogs travel in the rear seating area where the car's seat bases lift up. They can then benefit from the aircon from floor vents and B pillars. in other cars they have traveled in a crate again positioned behind our seats so they can get aircon. We also use window shades to take the sun off of them. Animals can feel heat effects far more rapidly than humans, and cannot cool themselves down by sweating.

 

[otherclive]

A lot of people take thire cats with them, when touring.
How do you familiarise them with the caravan/Motor home?
Is it hard to do?
Where do they travel, in the van or car?
Not a problem in a motor caravan.

Cannot really advise about familiarisation in the caravan, but surely they would be best travelling in the car as the caravan can get very hot when closed up. on longer journeys our two dogs travel in the rear seating area where the car's seat bases lift up. They can then benefit from the aircon from floor vents and B pillars. in other cars they have traveled in a crate again positioned behind our seats so they can get aircon. We also use window shades to take the sun off of them. Animals can feel heat effects far more rapidly than humans, and cannot cool themselves down by sweating.

 

[pensioner]

My son always took their cats with them, but in the car not the van, then once set up they'd move them over. Had no problems that he mentioned, although got a few strange looks when taking them for a walk on a leash.

 

[RayS]

Our cat travelled widely to UK sites and appeared to love it. We used medium sized dog carrier, the sort which will separate along the horizontal centre line with a pivoted grill door at the front. This was used as the cats bed even when at home so had familiar bedding and was well accepted. When travelling this was strapped onto the back seat of the car, facing forwards in the center so we were both visible. One caravan with a rear washroom also had a shower cubicle. I made a false floor for this covered with Lino and both litter tray and food and water dishes fitted in easily and were used without problems. For exercising on site a swivel screw in peg and a few feet of line, or a hand line was arrached to a small harness which cat tolerated with no fuss and would walk on lead ok. You need harness not just a collar.
The main thing seems to be to keep the travel experience as close to the home experience as you can.