Question Of The Day, Sunday, June 3, 2018

[micknsnicks2mom]

good afternoon!

earlier this week, i brought our Punky to see the vet. she's fine, just wanted the vet to check her paws.

so for today's Question of the Day......



How does your cat(s) do on rides in your car/vehicle? Is s/he vocal, curious (looking out the windows, checking things out), calm and quiet, or other?



i'll start!

our Punkin Girl doesn't enjoy rides in cars. she can be a bit vocal, but does well as long as i reassure her.

our Dude doesn't mind the ride in a car, but does become quite stressed while we're waiting in the exam room at the vet's -- not in the waiting room though.

and our little DeeDee doesn't seem to mind the car ride, or seeing the vet.


okay, now it's your turn!

 

[muffy]

My cats didn't mind the car ride or seeing the vet. The very hardest thing for me and them was catching them and getting them in the carrier. As soon as they saw the carrier they knew they were going to the vet.

 

[Katie M]

Selene has only been in a car once since I adopted her, and that was the day I brought her home. She was meowing, but that was all.

Charlie, on the other hand, seems to be prone to motion sickness. He's thrown up every time he's been in a car.

 

[DreamerRose]

Both of mine cry and howl in the car, but Lily calms down when she gets to the vet. She lived at the vet's for several months before I adopted her, so it's a familiar place to her. Mingo, on the other hand, turns aggressive and hostile at the vet's. They have to sedate him to examine him, which I don't like. It's expensive, and I don't think it's good for him to be sedated very often. They are both generally healthy cats.

 

[Columbine]

Asha used to be terrified, often having an accident on the way to the vet (which is only 5 minutes away). Once there, she'd be shaking like a leaf and trying to burrow into me. I worked a lot with her on this, including using calmers at first, and she's a ton better now. She's very vocal, and likes me to have my hand in there with her (I have a front load carrier that has a little flap in the top for, I assume, this purpose), but is SO much better and calmer now. She's got better now we always see the same vet too (it's a big practice with maybe 8-10 vets. They're all great, but Asha has a growth that needs checking, so we need the same vet to be able to gauge if it's progressing).

The boys do just fine. They sometimes complain a bit in the carrier, but are very chilled about the whole experience.

Pushkin (a barn cat we care for) is surprisingly good for a semi feral. She's easy to box, and very tolerant of the vets, though she does complain a LOT on the journey there and back.

 

[Kat0121]

Sometimes they cry sometimes not. It depends on their mood and how much they want to punish mommy for putting them in their carriers.

 

[MonaLyssa33]

The only times I've had my cats in the car was the one time I have taken them to the vet since I adopted them. They were both quiet, but they are like that at home too, so it doesn't surprise me. Plus Maisie is still hesitant around me and Remy doesn't really have a meow in the first place.

 

[denice]

Alice doesn't cry, she almost always poops in the carrier. Patches was the one who did the plaintive crying on the way to the vet.

 

[bodester413]

Bodhi hates it. The last two times he's needed shots I've had the vet come here. I think he picks up on my nervousness too which probably makes it worse.

 

[Jayflower]

C'est Moi and Olivie both hate car rides and can be very vocal when they're in the car. Hotaru, however, is pretty good about car rides. She doesn't even have to be in her cat carrier. I just put her in her leash and harness and loop the end of her leash around the stick shift. She usually will either sit on my lap, or sit on the seat next to me.

 

[Margret]

I just put her in her leash and harness and loop the end of her leash around the stick shift. She usually will either sit on my lap, or sit on the seat next to me.

That could be very dangerous for Hotaru, I'm sorry to say. In case of an accident she could hit the windshield. After many years of transporting a variety of cats I would never willingly have a cat in a moving car except in a carrier, and I'd have the carrier strapped in place with a shoulder harness/seat belt.

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I've never taken Jasmine to the vet (don't jump on me! read the rest of the sentence!) because we have a mobile vet who comes to us. I have, however, traveled with her - once. She was absolutely frantic the entire time she was in the car. She cried and wailed, refused water and food, and got no sleep at all, for 7 hours straight. When we pulled over, on a dirt road in the back country with no other vehicles anywhere around, and took her out of the car on a leash she was too frightened to relieve herself. If we ever travel again she'll require some kind of mild sedative, because that's just too dangerous.

Margret

 

[cassiopea]

Morgana loves car rides, she is absolutely content and relaxed. If I am driving alone then she is in a carrier of course, but if someone else is with me (like my mom) she will purr and nap on my lap, or look out the window.

Camelot hates car rides. He screeches and the poor baby is terrified He would hide under the car seat if allowed. You would think the whole ordeal was pure death to him. "OMG I'm in the sorcery moving contraption thing! I'm going to DIE!"

Tippy Toes is fairly settled and sits nicely in the carrier, but she will meow a little.

Meadow is a quiet little perfect lady in her carrier while in the car. When I first discovered her and picked her up off the street as a sick stray, sans carrier, she was perched comfortably in the back seat. Although still kept my eye and on her and drove carefully of course!

 

[MoochNNoodles]

Mooch is good. She might meow once or twice but mostly she just looks around from inside her kennel. Noodles "meowels" a bit more. Both will rub on my fingers through the kennel door if I can put them there. Our vet comes here to see them now. So it's been a while since I've had to take either cat out.

 

[Winchester]

The girls aren't too bad. We get the symphony chorus of meows, yowls, and whimpering and such on the way to the vet. On the way home, they're quiet; it's like they know the worst is over and they're on their way home.

I remember the first time I took Molli to the vet, the tech put her on the scales to be weighed. She got off the scales, walked over to me, and walked right up my shirt....backward with her butt in my face. Then she turned around and put her paws around my neck and hid her face. I felt so badly for her.

When Hydrox, The Old Coot, was alive, he always managed the three Ps: Puked, Peed, and Pooped til we got to the stop sign at the end of our road, not even a mile from the house. Such yowling and hollering.

The Beast is a trip on her own. She paces in the back seat of the truck. In the waiting room, she sits right between Rick and me. When we go into the exam home, she sits between Rick and me and shakes uncontrollably. She's really good about getting the exam; I think she's too scared to do much of anything. After it's all over, she's fine, all ready to get out of there and go home.

Ms. Pepe and The Beast are due for exams; I need to call to make the appt. We'll take them both down at the same time. What a treat that will be: yowling and carrying-on in the front seat and pacing and panting in the back.

Banshee didn't like the vet, but she would not make a fuss. We'd get to the waiting room, I'd sit down, open her carrier, and she'd come out and sit on my lap....and look down her nose at all the d*gs making such a ruckus. I still swear she rolled her eyes more than once; she knew how to act haughty when she needed to. One time, a huge dog walked over to her and tried to sniff her. And *crack!* right across the dog's face with a paw. She never made a sound, sat back down in my lap. That was our Queen B. (The dog's owner never said a word. Me, I smiled....couldn't help it. Only the Queen would put a dog in its place.)

 

[jcat]

Mowgli cries the entire time, even though he actually enjoys vet visits.

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

My cats didn't mind the car ride or seeing the vet. The very hardest thing for me and them was catching them and getting them in the carrier. As soon as they saw the carrier they knew they were going to the vet.

your cats didn't care for being put into the carrier, but were fine with the car ride or seeing the vet!!! awesome!!

i've found that our Punky doesn't like the smaller cat carrier, but prefers the large (for medium sized dogs) carrier instead. she's fine with being 'assisted' into the large carrier. our Dude needs the large carrier, because he's long and tall in body. and little DeeDee is fine with the smaller carrier (or the large).

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

Selene has only been in a car once since I adopted her, and that was the day I brought her home. She was meowing, but that was all.

Charlie, on the other hand, seems to be prone to motion sickness. He's thrown up every time he's been in a car.

your Selene has meowed (the one time she was) on a ride in a car, while Charlie seems to experience motion sickness and vomits!!! well done, Selene!! and your poor boy......

for our Punky, i'll usually up her daily Rescue Remedy dosage by one drop, for 2 or 3 days prior to as well as after vet visits. that seems to help her alot.

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

Both of mine cry and howl in the car, but Lily calms down when she gets to the vet. She lived at the vet's for several months before I adopted her, so it's a familiar place to her. Mingo, on the other hand, turns aggressive and hostile at the vet's. They have to sedate him to examine him, which I don't like. It's expensive, and I don't think it's good for him to be sedated very often. They are both generally healthy cats.

both your Lily and Mingo cry and howl on the car ride, and your girl calms down at the vet's because it's a familiar place to her, while Mingo becomes aggressive and hostile at the vet's !!! so, your two cats have pretty much opposite reactions!!

our vet gives a few Temptations treats after she's finished examining/etc cats. my three love the Temptations, though our Dude doesn't want his treats until after we've gotten back home.

 

[sivyaleah]

Casper doesn't mind being put into the carrier, but once the car starts so does the complaining. However, he does quiet down in under 10 minutes.
Cocoa isn't thrilled about the carrier AT ALL. OMG such plaintive meows. But like Casper, after about 10 minutes in the car she does quiet down.
Overall not so bad for both of them.

 

[MeganLLB]

Luna is an angel. Sits quietly. Only lets out a few meows after about an hour of being in the car (I did take one long trip with her).

Artemis is holy moly... He hates being confined to a carrier. He ripped the side of one and got out. The second one was too small for him, but I had it strapped down in the car with two seatbelts. While still remaining inside the carrier, he managed to wiggle the carrier out of all the straps and flip it upside-down and onto the floor of the car. I strapped him in a second time and he pushed through the Velcro straps and undid the zippers and escaped and was loose in the car.

I finally got a larger crate for a dog that fit him better and was made of plastic. He scratches the walls and meows constantly, slams against the sides, just screams. I really think he needs sedation for a car long car ride. He is awful.

The first ride home with him was fine. Like the very first time I brought him home, but after that he is just horrible in the car.

Then if they both are in the car, Artemis starts meowing which then makes Luna meow. Otherwise she would be quiet.