I think that most cats prefer to be on their own turf--provided they feel
safe and comfortable with the person who looks in on them.

ava

Three days isn't too long, especially if your neighbour can look in on
her.  Holidays can be really hectic, and your cat might not enjoy staying
at a strange place, even if you are there, when there is a lot of hustle
and bustle going on.    Also, if your friends are not cat people, they may
not really want you to bring her along; if on the other hand they are cat
people, there may be pets there that your cat won't interact with too
well.  As you say, you would be happy with her there, but would she be
happy?  Probably not.

If it were me, I'd leave her at home.

Deb

I don't think its a good idea to take her with you.  Most cats get a
little freaked out at new environments, and it is unnecessarily
stressful to them.  When I go on vacation I get a friend or my father
to feed and scoop the box.  My cats usually give me an attitude when I
get back for leaving them, but they warm up again in a day or so.
Once I had to have my place exterminated, and I brought all of my cats
to my sisters house for a day.  They spent the day in her house hiding
under things and being really terrified.

The main thing you would need to worry about if you did take your cat with
you would be that she could slip out and disappear.  I did take my first
Siamese from Long Island, NY to Syracuse, NY a few times in the car and once
up to Boston for visits.  It worked out fine. She was okay but I always
worried that someone would accidentally let her out.

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  Barb
  I can only please one person a day.
  Today is not your day.
  Tomorrow doesn't look good either.

circa Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:14:40 -0000, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
Jeannie (jean@NOSPAMspackman) said,

A lot depends on whether or not she's used to traveling. A friend of
mine in college used to bring her cat to her parents' house, which
was a couple of hours away, whenever she went home for more than an
afternoon, and he loved it. On the other hand, none of my cats would
relish the trip and it would be harder on them than leaving them at
home and having a sitter come in for them. Cats tend to be creatures
of habit who don't like their routines disturbed, so in general, it's
probably a better idea to leave the kitty home.

Laura

We have two cats, and we have traveled with them three times in the last year (t
o my parents, 4-5 hours away).  After the first hour in the car (we rent cars fo
r travel, so they spend time getting used to the smell), they are fine.  I stron
gly agree with the poster who said some cats seem to be more attached to their p
eople than their places - this is our cats to a T.  In fact, once we are at my p
arents, they are sniffing, running, and really seem to have a good time (there a
re lots of big windows and wildlife to watch, where they are normally in the cit
y).  Of course, they both have traveled since young.  If a cat was unused to car
travel, I'd probably test it out with a few trips around the block to see how t
heir reaction would be first, and slowly build them up to longer trips.

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