How to Travel Cross Country with a Cat

This post is dedicated to how we plan on traveling cross country with our adorable slightly crazed cat.

First of all, the vet was very clear in saying she does not recommend giving the cat medication to calm her down during the trip. So, no drugs for kitty.

We were given a Guinea Pig cage that fits perfectly in the back of the Camry. The cage is perfect because its much larger than a cat carrier, and its got enough space so she can move around, without the unnecessary height of a large dog crate. What it does not have room for, however, is a litter box. Now, seeing as she sleeps in one spot for eight hours at a time without needing to get up to pee, I'm pretty confident she'll be okay without the litter box until we can get to the hotel room at night, but just in case, I've lined the cage using an old felt table cloth, cut into strips. I lined it twice, and then covered the slippery cloth with an old sheet.
Here is the table cloth all cut up, before being put into the cage.
And here is the cage, all set up without it's lid:


We set the cage up a few days ago so she'd get use to it in the house, and she loves it, she eats all the food in the cage before going to eat her other food, she sleeps in it. Even goes in the little Hidie Hole.
Unfortunately, this is just what the cage looks like without it's cover. With the cover on, she wont go near the thing. Its like the difference between a nice home made just for her, and Soviet Russia.


Cat Prison.