Cat Care and resources for your feline friend.

Cat Travel Tips

  • Get cats used to carriers from kittenhood. If not then, now.
  • Leave the carrier in conspicuous location in your home. If it can’t be there all the time, at least sit it out a few days before the appointment.
  • Feed treats/canned food or cat nip in carrier during the days before the visit.
  • Consider using Feliway, a synthetic copy of the feline facial pheromone, used by cats to mark their territory safely and securely.
  • Take your cat on short rides in the carrier (not to the Vet’s office).
  • Travel on nearly empty stomach – to avoid car sickness.
  • Top opening carriers work best, but if your carrier only opens in the front, you can stand it on end and ease your cat down into it hind legs first.
  • Put a small blanket or article of clothing in with them.
  • If your cat gets nervous in the waiting room, let us know when you arrive and we will move you to an exam room right away.