I'll disagree with this analysis. Cats >CAN< travel well, but it all depends on how they were raised. If raised from young in a stable monolithic environment they are unlikely to like to travel. If raised, constantly going places, they get used to it and handle it quite well. For years, in the DC area, there was a cat that went everywhere on the front of a motorcycle. The owner even had a helmet made for the cat. It died a year ago (age, not an accident) and the story (of the cat's death) was written up in the Washington post. http://kensworld.cnchost.com/kensworld/cattrivia.html For camping, I would bring along a rug or blanket that the cat is used to using (i.e. that has the cat's smell). With that as an orientation point, the cat will be happy to go off and explore (in my case it was usually in my company.)
On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 10:56 PM, John Rodgers wrote: > Cats don't travel well. The biggest problem is they don't like strange > places. Unlike dogs who are happy where-ever they are as long as their > master is present, cats are more creatures of habit and locale. > the get lost far easier than dog do too. |
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