What Is Your Cat Evacuation Plan?

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R. L. - 28 Oct 2007 00:31 GMT

I have been thinking about this for a few months. The California wild
fires makes this more obvious that maybe cat owners/parents need to have
a timed evacuation plan to save their lives and the lives of your families.

Here is mine:

1. Tomorrow I am buying two double door carriers. Putting them in the
carrier from the top will be easier and less of a fight with me. (They
hate getting in their carrier.)

2. I plan on placing these carriers right by the door. I don't care
about home decor. I need easy access and they need to be visible.

3. I have also thought about buying those baby wraps women wear to carry
their new born baby. I will keep this by my bed in case I can not get
to the front door.

4. At night all room doors are closed once they location is located.
This cuts down on where they can roam at night. The last thing I want is
to go searching every room for them during a fire. **I haven't found a
way to close off the entry to under my bed. Does anyone know of
something I can buy that will prevent them from crawling underneath my bed?

This is all I have mapped out so far. What is your detailed cat
evacuation plan? Maybe your ideas will help me perfect mine and help
others craft into perfection their plan.

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William Graham - 28 Oct 2007 01:06 GMT

>I have been thinking about this for a few months. The California wild fires
>makes this more obvious that maybe cat owners/parents need to have a timed
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> plan? Maybe your ideas will help me perfect mine and help others craft
> into perfection their plan.

All good ideas. The problem is (with me) not having the means to carry the
cats to safety, but having the ability to find the cats and get them into
the carriers and put them into the car....I am afraid that they will hide
somewhere, and I won't be able to find them in time. (My cats are very good
at finding hiding places, and I have a large, messy house.) Also, cats have
a way of knowing when you are hunting for them, and it induces them to run
and hide all the more.....:^) You can't usurp over a million years of
evolution with a dog whistle and a little training.......

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Matthew - 28 Oct 2007 01:14 GMT

>I have been thinking about this for a few months. The California wild fires
>makes this more obvious that maybe cat owners/parents need to have a timed
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> carrier from the top will be easier and less of a fight with me. (They
> hate getting in their carrier.)

In an emergency I grab a towel throw it on them wrap them up and force them
in they might not like it but an emergency is an emergency

> 2. I plan on placing these carriers right by the door. I don't care about
> home decor. I need easy access and they need to be visible.
>
> 3. I have also thought about buying those baby wraps women wear to carry
> their new born baby. I will keep this by my bed in case I can not get to
> the front door.

they make soft side collapsible carriers

> 4. At night all room doors are closed once they location is located. This
> cuts down on where they can roam at night. The last thing I want is to go
> searching every room for them during a fire. **I haven't found a way to
> close off the entry to under my bed. Does anyone know of something I can
> buy that will prevent them from crawling underneath my bed?

under bed storage boxes available at walmart for about 3 each

concrete block also can work

> This is all I have mapped out so far. What is your detailed cat evacuation
> plan? Maybe your ideas will help me perfect mine and help others craft
> into perfection their plan.

Close to what I do I live in Florida hurricane central

I have a bag near the door with 5 days of food and water for each of us
human and for leg that I can grab it has copies of their vets information
such as vaccinations emergency numbers. I have it for each of us also
along with money and other personal items

I can be out of the house in 2 minutes with 6 cats in an emergency I have
done it before and can do it again though I bear war wounds from the ordeal

I also have a smaller bag in each car just in case

check these sites it can help http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=disaster

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R. L. - 28 Oct 2007 02:16 GMT

>> I have been thinking about this for a few months. The California wild fires
>> makes this more obvious that maybe cat owners/parents need to have a timed
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> such as vaccinations emergency numbers. I have it for each of us also
> along with money and other personal items

> >>>>I did'n't think about this. Great idea!

> I can be out of the house in 2 minutes with 6 cats in an emergency I have
> done it before and can do it again though I bear war wounds from the ordeal

>>>>>I'm impressed!

> I also have a smaller bag in each car just in case
>
> check these sites it can help http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
> http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=disaster

"I bear war wounds"...funny. I actually have storage containers for
under the bed but I didn't measure them before buying them. They were
too tall to fit under the bed. I'll revisit this purchase, with a
measuring tape this time. Thank you.

Everyone else, keep sharing. I think this is an important topic.

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Matthew - 28 Oct 2007 07:34 GMT

>>> I have been thinking about this for a few months. The California wild
>>> fires makes this more obvious that maybe cat owners/parents need to have
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>
> Everyone else, keep sharing. I think this is an important topic.

I cover this topic at the begining of every hurricane season in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes

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