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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / April 2005Need Advice on Traveling w/cat
Hi, I used to post on this board a while back but I haven't lately. I have a dilemma and need advice from others who understand cats. I have a 2 year old boy Manx ("Gray") who is EXTREMELY attached to me as Manx's are known to do. I work at home so he spends 24/7 with me, on my lap, at my side, and every single night with his arms around my neck all night. It's amazing. Due to a family obligation I have to go stay with relatives 5 hours away for 7-10 days next week. It is a quiet house with no other pets. My question is, do bring Gray with me or leave him home? My husband will be here, along with Gray's 4 cat-siblings. I know if I bring him, he will be scared in an unfamiliar house, and will probably end up spending several hours a day alone if he comes. He will also have to do the 5-hour ride twice. But, he would have me when I'm there during the day, and at night. I am trying not to be selfish, because I will miss him terribly if he stays home, but I don't want to torture him either. I've never left him for this long, and when I have gone for 1 night only I've been told he seems lonely. Advice? Thanks, Meghan > Hi, I used to post on this board a while back but I haven't lately. I have > a dilemma and need advice from others who understand cats. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Thanks, > Meghan Since it is just over a week, and he has a cat family and catdad, I would leave him at home. > Hi, I used to post on this board a while back but I haven't lately. I have > a dilemma and need advice from others who understand cats. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > lap, at my side, and every single night with his arms around my neck all > night. It's amazing. He sounds wonderful. > Due to a family obligation I have to go stay with relatives 5 hours away for > 7-10 days next week. It is a quiet house with no other pets. My question > is, do bring Gray with me or leave him home? My husband will be here, along > with Gray's 4 cat-siblings. I have a similar situation in that my little tabby is very attached to me and I work at home, so I am with her 24/7. There are times when I have to travel for business and when I do I am gone a week to ten days. I always leave her here and she is fine. My husband loves her, and pays a little extra attention to her when I am gone. Believe it or not, they do just fine without us for that little bit of time, and they adjust just fine. I really think taking him with you would be more upsetting for her than missing you will be. Just my 2 cents. He will be happier and safer at home, don't you think? I know if I bring him, he will be scared in an > unfamiliar house, and will probably end up spending several hours a day > alone if he comes. He will also have to do the 5-hour ride twice. But, he [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thanks, > Meghan Meghan <meghan112rats@ncia.net> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: > Hi, I used to post on this board a while back but I haven't > lately. I have a dilemma and need advice from others who [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Thanks, > Meghan I would say to leave him home. It would be less stressful for him to miss you in his own environment than to be with you--but not--in a strange environment. Don't know what to say about your end of the problem. Valium? ;)  SignatureBrandy??Alexandre? http://www.swydm.com/?refer=BrandyAlx Well, would you? > Hi, I used to post on this board a while back but I haven't lately. I have > a dilemma and need advice from others who understand cats. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > 7-10 days next week. It is a quiet house with no other pets. My question > is, do bring Gray with me or leave him home? If its not absolutely necessary to take him with you, I'd say leave him home. Phil > Hi, I used to post on this board a while back but I haven't lately. I > have [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Thanks, > Meghan As much as you'll miss him, I'd say leave him at home. Cats get *very* upset, sometimes to the point of illness, when their routine is disrupted. Hugs, CatNipped Signature"The only thing necessary for the triumph of stupidity is for smart (wo)men to do nothing." -CatNipped > Hi, I used to post on this board a while back but I haven't lately. I have > a dilemma and need advice from others who understand cats. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Thanks, > Meghan Thank you everyone for your replies. This is just what I needed - an objective opinion from people who KNOW cats. It does make me sad to leave him home and I have to admit to a part of me fearing that he'll "forget" me or be mad at me or won't cuddle with me when I get back. Dumb! You are all right though and I would just hate myself if he got sick because of going. My husband will have strict orders to give him extra TLC next week. thank you! Meghan > > Hi, I used to post on this board a while back but I haven't lately. I > have [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > or be mad at me or won't cuddle with me when I get back. Dumb! You are all > right though and I would just hate myself if he got sick because of going. My experience is that you won't be able to peel him off of you when you get back. > My husband will have strict orders to give him extra TLC next week. > > thank you! > Meghan Meghan <meghan112rats@ncia.net> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: > Thank you everyone for your replies. This is just what I needed - > an objective opinion from people who KNOW cats. It does make me [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > thank you! > Meghan If he's anything like Kami, you'll get the I MISSED YOU extra affection when you come back, but then the cold shoulder for a few hours. She follows me around just so she can sit with her back to me. SignatureBrandy??Alexandre? http://www.swydm.com/?refer=BrandyAlx Well, would you? >Meghan <meghan112rats@ncia.net> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> My husband will have strict orders to give him extra TLC next >> week. Kira gives me the tail. Maynard forgives me instantly. Signature-- Meghan & the Zoo Crew Equine and Pet Photography http://www.zoocrewphoto.com > On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:07:47 GMT, "Brandy Alexandre" > <brandyalx@kittylittercomcast.net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Kira gives me the tail. Haha! The tail! I know the tail! > Thank you everyone for your replies. This is just what I needed - an > objective opinion from people who KNOW cats. It does make me sad to leave [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > thank you! > Meghan LOL, let's hope he's not like my Bandit - when I come back from a trip she waits until I'm asleep and then bites me for having left her! ;> Hugs, CatNipped Signature"The only thing necessary for the triumph of stupidity is for smart (wo)men to do nothing." -CatNipped > > Thank you everyone for your replies. This is just what I needed - an > > objective opinion from people who KNOW cats. It does make me sad to leave [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > LOL, let's hope he's not like my Bandit - when I come back from a trip she > waits until I'm asleep and then bites me for having left her! ;> Man, she really thinks ahead, doesn't she? :) >> > Thank you everyone for your replies. This is just what I needed - an >> > objective opinion from people who KNOW cats. It does make me sad to [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Man, she really thinks ahead, doesn't she? :) She's done worse than that. Once I went on a three day trip with my son and his girlfriend and left Bandit home with DH. When I got home my son's girlfriend left the door open as we were bringing in the luggage and Bandit escaped. I found her collar hooked in the bushes under my apartment (we lived on the second floor at the time). I was crazy with worry - we posted signs, we canvassed the neighborhood, we did everything imaginable but couldn't find her. I was heartsick and devastated! After *EXACTLY* three days and 4 hours - the *EXACT* time I had been gone, she showed up on our doorstep scratching to come inside. I guess she showed *ME* how it felt to be abandoned with DH! ;> That's when I learned that cats *can* count!!! Hugs, CatNipped Signature"The only thing necessary for the triumph of stupidity is for smart (wo)men to do nothing." -CatNipped > Thank you everyone for your replies. This is just what I needed - an > objective opinion from people who KNOW cats. It does make me sad to leave > him home and I have to admit to a part of me fearing that he'll "forget" me > or be mad at me or won't cuddle with me when I get back. Dumb! Maybe, but I felt the same way the first time I left my tabby cat for over a week. When I came home, she looked at me with these huge eyes, like, "You're back! I thought you were never coming back!" Then her expression changed to, "So, you did not get killed. You left me! Hmmph, I see." She pouted for 40 minutes and made me come get her, then all was as it usually is! Now when I go away she acts like I have not even been gone. You are all > right though and I would just hate myself if he got sick because of going. > > My husband will have strict orders to give him extra TLC next week. This is key. Also, you can call him every night as I did and ask if he has given him his petting and love for the night. :) If you are both as strange as we are, you can ask him to put the phone to your kitty's ear and you can talk to him. 8) Have a nice trip. |
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