Hi everyone-
I stumbled upon this forum and needed some advice regarding our two beloved tabbies.
We recently purchased a weekend house away from the city which we commute to almost every weekend. Each friday our cats become nervous wrecks knowing that they have an hour and a half ride to the country. We have tried all different types of ways to calm the cats down in order to prepare them for the ride, but inevitably, one of them throws up, pees, or soils their crate.
at first we had the two of them ride in a big plastic crate together. they began hissing and fighting with each other, so we purchased two soft crates instead to separate them. so now, instead of hissing and fighting, the two of them meow non stop for almost two hours!
we've asked our vet for advice and she gave us a prescription for xanax to use on the cats--which we were skeptical to use. anyway, it didnt work. the cats still meow and soil the crates. the smell is completely unbearable and often we need to pull aside on the road to clean the crate and to clean the cat off as well.
a friend suggested that we place a litterbox in the backseat, which we did, but the cats still pooped in their crates regardless. we feel like we can't win!
once we're up at the house, everything is lovely. but the commute is both taxing on me, my partner, and our two feline pals! we don't want to traumatize our cats anymore, but also we don't want to leave them unattended in the city.
any tips would be greatly appreciated!
thanks so much.
I stumbled upon this forum and needed some advice regarding our two beloved tabbies.
We recently purchased a weekend house away from the city which we commute to almost every weekend. Each friday our cats become nervous wrecks knowing that they have an hour and a half ride to the country. We have tried all different types of ways to calm the cats down in order to prepare them for the ride, but inevitably, one of them throws up, pees, or soils their crate.
at first we had the two of them ride in a big plastic crate together. they began hissing and fighting with each other, so we purchased two soft crates instead to separate them. so now, instead of hissing and fighting, the two of them meow non stop for almost two hours!
we've asked our vet for advice and she gave us a prescription for xanax to use on the cats--which we were skeptical to use. anyway, it didnt work. the cats still meow and soil the crates. the smell is completely unbearable and often we need to pull aside on the road to clean the crate and to clean the cat off as well.
a friend suggested that we place a litterbox in the backseat, which we did, but the cats still pooped in their crates regardless. we feel like we can't win!
once we're up at the house, everything is lovely. but the commute is both taxing on me, my partner, and our two feline pals! we don't want to traumatize our cats anymore, but also we don't want to leave them unattended in the city.
any tips would be greatly appreciated!
thanks so much.