Jeez, professor, who pissed in your cornflakes this morning?

"Professor" <vze3vvj2@verizon.net>

< snipped for being just stupid>

At it again I see you never learn

Cats like hunting birds, they are like Republicans, only with better aim.

Sounds like you're doing good so far.

I'm an advocate of setting the carrier on end with the gate toward me
and putting them head-first into the box. At least you can hold the
front paws together. Not a pleasant experience on either side, but
it's easier for both of us.

Hang in there, Todd, it's only a coupla more days. You all will make
it safely!

Regards,

~Foo

Good luck with that.  My Zildjian (RB) and Luthien were awesome Road
Warriors, and have travelled with me across the North American
continent twice in a car.  The first time we took the scenic route from
LA up to Vancouver and then east across the Rocky Mountains and didn't
stop until Toronto.  It took eleven days, and they were amazing.  I
almost lost them twice, though...long stories both...but to make it
short and sweet, the second time was in the motel room on account of a
maid who came in and opened the windows, I think while I was at
breakfast.  It took me a couple of hours to find the cats, but clearly
the mothership was sending telemetry (to me, not the cats) and so I
found them hiding behind various radiators in the building.  The first
time, Zildjian went missing up in the pass across the Rockies, and that
was a close one...but again the mothership beamed in and I went
straight to her...it will blow minds if I take the time to tell that
whole story, because by rights, the odds were at least a thousand to
one against my ever seeing her again up there.  We also met a moose,
eh?

A weird thing happened on the second trip which was back down to LA
again.  This time in five days, direct route across Nebraska/Wyoming.
We had been gone from LA for three years, living up in London,
Canada....and when we moved back down to LA (Hollywood), it just so
happened that I managed to get an apartment on the same street as
before....and on the morning of arrival, as we cruised in off the
desert, Zildjian and Luthien (who were both born in Los Angeles)
started sniffing and climbing (by this time safe to roam the back seat
as they were calm, cool and collected) and by the time we came into
Hollywood, they were both getting generally excited, and I swear, when
we turned onto the same old street....they got positively squirrelly
trying to climb out the window which was sealed tight shut, but
nonetheless, they had their little noses right at the top seal of the
window, trying to push them through by sheer willpower.  I swear their
homing beacon was flashing at 60 Hz or something at this point because
they started talking like Siamese cats and clearly knew that they were
home!  Weirdest thing.

--tension

It probably is!  And when once they finally get settled in a quiet,
unchanging place at their final destination I bet they will sleep like rocks
for a good long time.  Sounds like neither of them are fully resting, but at
least they are coping.  Soooon....

This is very good news. They both seem to be accepting the fact they
will be occupying new territory, but with person(s) they prefer.

Keep on going! When you reach your destination safely, we will all
cheer!

I was thinking about their reduced water intake and output + stress.  Just
thought I would throw something out there, although I'm sure you've already
considered it yourself.....

When you do get to your destination, you might keep an extra watchful eye to
make sure no one develops a cystitis spurred by a stressful couple of days.
We have seen it a number of times.  If they were already susceptible, a few
days of their world being turned upside down could potentially bring on a
clinical cystitis.  Probably not, but keep an eye out!