[lizziep]

i love the kitty pictures! i'm totally a crazy cat girl. i've never had to go more than a few miles w/ my cat, thank god because she gets really really furious about it. definitely think separate crates are the way to go lest they take out their terror on each other.

i think you might find this amusing. it's about moving with dogs, but it's funny and cute.

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co...-concepts.html

good luck on your move!! and congratulations on getting married!

[JayZeeJay]

Those are some adorable kitties in the photos!

I just want to echo what nationalparker said above: if you decide to use sedatives, DEFINITELY do a practice run with the drugs before moving day. When I was a small animal vet, I used to get panicked calls from clients who over-sedated their pets for a move and were in the middle of nowhere with a semi-conscious pet in the backseat. If you use drugs per vet recommendations it's usuallly fine, but occasionally pets will have idiosyncratic responses to sedatives that can't be predicted.

And I absolutely love the hyperbole and a half blog! The one about moving dogs is great. My favorite is "how a fish almost destroyed my childhood".

[katkitten]

awwww i <3 ur cats!!!!

[MiZTaCCen]

I drove across canada with my two cats a 5 day trip (of course I stayed in hotels along the way.) They didn't moved around much in the crates I had for them, they mostly laid there and when I stopped to rest I put them on leashes so they can come out into the wilderness. But they didn't. The only time they came out was when we were in the hotel rooms. It was stressful on me and on them cause they were like my children.

But they were fine for the 3000KM's I drove with them. Once I got to my grams I ended up giving them to her because I couldn't bare to put them back in the crates and take them on my longer journey. It pained me so needless they are in a wonderful home and the trip you are taking them on...they will be fine.

[KathleanAgain]

Two years ago the Hubs and I moved from Oklahoma to Virginia with our 2 cats and our dog. I really thought it would be hard for them, and we had the one cat in a cage and the other out. But halfway through the trip we let them both out and they slept almost the entire way and barely moved. The cage was more stressful then being out of it, although they would occasionally crawl into it as long as the door was open.

Oklahoma's full of really nice people, I'm sure you'll love it!

[couponmom85]

i took 4 cats in q large dog crate, BAD idea lol
let's just say when we arrived we had to wash everyone and the crate.

and the talking they will do is annyING and cute lol

it was so funny when we took 3 cats to get fixed, rawring the whole way there then angry silent treatment on the way home.

i love the kitties
we have 5 now.

congratulations and good luck!

[graycyn]

I moved an older cat from SF Bay Area in CA to NORTH DAKOTA! Long road haul of 5 days. I had him in his large carrier, and in the back of my station wagon, had a large crate with his litter box in it, as well as some padding.

We made the first leg short, on purpose, San Lorenzo to Reno and although offered his kitty box at every rest stop, he refused to go. 15 minutes out from Reno he was howling his head off because he needed to go BADLY and I was telling him to HOLD IT because we were coming out of the mountains in the dark and it just wasn't safe to pull over! We hit the hotel parking lot, and I whipped him out of his carrier into the crate and he did his thing in great relief, I'm sure! THEN we checked in.

After that, he'd usually howl for a rest stop shortly after we hit the road in the AM. I'd either pull over to the side of the road or find a place to get off the interstate and let him do his thing. Then he'd usually be good for the day.

HOWEVER, during the hot trek across Nevada in summer, he refused to drink on the road. And he was getting dehydrated looking during the drive, so I had to force water him with an eye-dropper and bottle. I'd have been better off if I had one of those liquid medicine syringes from the vet. But I kept him from getting sick by stopping at every rest stop and giving him water. Then he'd drink fine once we hit the hotel.

So be prepared for anything and everything is my advice!

Next time we moved, from ND to OR, he was pretty cool with the process. It was nice that he'd let me know when he needed to go.

However, now we have three cats, and they are much less mellow than my old boy was. I'm thinking moving them would be much more difficult. Especially since one is very paranoid, sees the possibility of assassination everywhere. We'd definitely have to go with the each cat in his/her own carrier route, because I think they might well fight under stress.