A friend of Earl's has been living in South Africa for ~6 months and while there a cat adopted her. 
Kitty was born "wild" and lived outside all her life but absolutely adores her new person and the feeling is mutual. She will be returning home to Canada in a few months and has a few questions about the return trip and Earl volunteered his wife either knows or knows people who know. 
Her biggest question is about the 23 hour plane trip home.
I don't know how I would deal with that ride, let alone a cat! Anyone with experience taking cats on a long plane trip? How can she make Kitty comfortable for that long??
Since Kitty has been outdoors most of her life, she was wondering if a 5 year old cat can be litterbox trained. I gave her the potting soil tip (start out with dirt in the litterbox instead of litter since Kitty won't know what to do with that!), and also said that it possibly going to be more of an issue of whether Kitty wants to go outside. Any other tips on transitioning an adult cat from indoor/outdoor to indoor?
Since South Africa is not recognized as a rabies free country, it looks like all she will need is the certificate of rabies vaccine to bring her home.
Strange that she will actually need less paperwork than if she were coming from a rabies free country. 
Thankfully no quarantine period. 
This won't be a problem since she is up to date on shots, spayed and quite healthy.
Kitty was born "wild" and lived outside all her life but absolutely adores her new person and the feeling is mutual. She will be returning home to Canada in a few months and has a few questions about the return trip and Earl volunteered his wife either knows or knows people who know. Her biggest question is about the 23 hour plane trip home.
I don't know how I would deal with that ride, let alone a cat! Anyone with experience taking cats on a long plane trip? How can she make Kitty comfortable for that long??Since Kitty has been outdoors most of her life, she was wondering if a 5 year old cat can be litterbox trained. I gave her the potting soil tip (start out with dirt in the litterbox instead of litter since Kitty won't know what to do with that!), and also said that it possibly going to be more of an issue of whether Kitty wants to go outside. Any other tips on transitioning an adult cat from indoor/outdoor to indoor?
Since South Africa is not recognized as a rabies free country, it looks like all she will need is the certificate of rabies vaccine to bring her home.
Strange that she will actually need less paperwork than if she were coming from a rabies free country. Thankfully no quarantine period. This won't be a problem since she is up to date on shots, spayed and quite healthy.
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