If you read part 1 you will know that transporting dogs is pretty straight forward. Transporting cats however is a different story but I intend to make it easy for you. Stress free is where we want to be with this task and this is how you do it.
Caution will need to be taken when transporting cats. As we all know they are precious and can be precocious. Careful acclimatization to a secure cat carrier will take a little time but your care and patience will repaid by your cat many times over.
Acclimatize your cat to its carrier by encouraging it to eat, sleep or play in and around it. Fear of the unknown is your cat's worst nightmare so you need to be with him or her all the way. Who cares if it takes time or you look silly? You will look a whole lot more silly if you cannot control the tiger in your puss cat.
Try the softly, softly approach and turn the lights down. Romanticize the time your cat is in the cat carrier by feeding in the carrier and quietly shutting the door. Do this in the evening at normal feeding time and if necessary cover the carrier to shut out the light.
Sleep is not necessarily the result you will get when transporting cats but if you can induce a feeling of sleepiness, both you and your cat will have a happier time wherever it is you are going. The journey itself rarely causes stress in cats, it is the build up to the journey.
Keeping yourself and your cat calm will be easy if you practice these simple steps. Your voice is perhaps the most important thing you can use when transporting cats so use it.. Talk to your cat quietly and reap the reward of a patient job well done.
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