WineLuvrs
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Our sincere apologies if this subject has been previously covered.
We own a 10-year indoor/outdoor cat. We will be taking a 6-month visit to the West Coast soon and are in a quandary regarding our beloved cat. Note: This cat is clearly not one of the inbreed weirded-out cats we all know and love. We have been trying to acclimate Spot with short car drives and a leashed walk about. So far he hates the harness, so we ordered a stress reduction type. In the mean time?
Our research shows cats that travel seem to love doing what they do best: sleeping in the sunlight, being cute and waiting for us to lavish them with attention, the same as at home. Our biggest concern is our buddy running out the door, as he is accustomed to. Our worst-case scenario is he bolts out for his usual walk about, gets freaked out at the new surroundings and holes up somewhere, while we anxiously wait to leave for the next platz.
Our other option is to find house sitters for our 6 month West Coast jaunt. In years past, when we had more pets, we used house-sitters with few issues. As our FOB is in a desirable part of Florida, finding house-sitters has never been an issue.
All responses appreciatively read.
We own a 10-year indoor/outdoor cat. We will be taking a 6-month visit to the West Coast soon and are in a quandary regarding our beloved cat. Note: This cat is clearly not one of the inbreed weirded-out cats we all know and love. We have been trying to acclimate Spot with short car drives and a leashed walk about. So far he hates the harness, so we ordered a stress reduction type. In the mean time?
Our research shows cats that travel seem to love doing what they do best: sleeping in the sunlight, being cute and waiting for us to lavish them with attention, the same as at home. Our biggest concern is our buddy running out the door, as he is accustomed to. Our worst-case scenario is he bolts out for his usual walk about, gets freaked out at the new surroundings and holes up somewhere, while we anxiously wait to leave for the next platz.
Our other option is to find house sitters for our 6 month West Coast jaunt. In years past, when we had more pets, we used house-sitters with few issues. As our FOB is in a desirable part of Florida, finding house-sitters has never been an issue.
All responses appreciatively read.