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PersonMARGARETSWIMMING
26/1/2014 at 10:34pm
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Does anyone take there cats caravanning? If so are there restrictions I should know about?


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PersonHacksaw Bob
26/1/2014 at 11:00pm
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Yes, they do, apparently! - Have a read through some of these previous threads.


Lounger
26/1/2014 at 11:41pm
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We take our cat camping and she loves it. When we first took her camping we took her cat litter tray but she never used it so we dont take it anymore. she has been chased by dogs a few times so we only go to sites where dogs have to be kept on there leads.


Personkeigcf
27/1/2014 at 6:09pm
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We have had cats stay with us on our site, and also rabbits. They generally are never a problem. Dogs can bark at them if parked next door when they can see the cats out their window but can't get to them! but they have never been a nuisance.

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Personiank01
28/1/2014 at 10:53am
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We always used to take our previous cat with us and although she was allowed to roam free, she stayed by the caravan. Unless you really know your cat allowing it to roam free may not be a good idea. Sadly she passed away in 2012.
However we now have two kittens, one is 6 months and the other 9 months old. We have taken the older one away with us and she stayed within the confines of the windbreak but we were on edge all the time watching her.
As she has been spayed and he has been neutered, we are hoping that they will enjoy camping as much as our previous cat as it costs a fortune to put them into a cattery every time you go away.


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PersonSHARON89
28/1/2014 at 4:24pm
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Hi
our cat Smokey loves it,he is a British Short hair & and at home is an indoor cat,when on a site he goes for a walk on a lead & harness we take his litter tray and all his toys .he loves going in the awning we just watch him. when we are out he stays in the caravan ,we leave a roof light open a bit ,and he just lays and watches the world go -bye. He has been to Shropshire Devon ,Somerset.This year he will go to Oban Scotland.when we stop on a lay-by for a drink he knows and comes in the van for food as well.You just have to say caravan or he sees this going in the van and he knows we are off again.
Sharon


PersonJakers
28/1/2014 at 4:25pm
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we have a regular customer who brings a cat with them, he doesn't roam but can often be seen having a wander on a lead....... at our previous site another regular customer used to bring her cat all the time, he was free to roam in the woods that surrounded the site and never seemed to get lost or chased by dogs ( mind you dogs have to be onlead). We did have a seasonal customer who was completely terrified by cats so in that instance we would have had to ask if the cat could be kept away..... we have had all sorts of visiting pets, budgies, parrots, cats, dogs, hamsters we even had ferrets on a lead one time!


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Personchappers2341
28/1/2014 at 6:18pm
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My Step-sister and her now boyfriend followed the greatful dead for about two years selling buritos, they took the cat which was free to roam every night even though they camped at a different place almost every night, when it had had enough it would come back to the tent and settle down under the flysheet until someone came out of the tent.

There was a campsite I think on Anglesey which said no Rottweilers, no pit-bulls and no reptiles


PersonMARGARETSWIMMING
10/2/2014 at 7:25pm
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Thank you all so much for your help.xxxxxx


Personkatskorner
10/2/2014 at 8:41pm
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I would love to take my two cats caravanning but I would be terrified of losing them as my dad did with their cat when he was a child (the cat vanished on the day they went home and they had to leave him). One of mine would probably stay put but I would be worried about him getting too hot inside an awning or van if we went out. The other roams a fair bit. They would probably love it though!!

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Easter Hols - Burnham-on-sea (7 nts)
Early May bank hol - Hopley's Bewdley (3nts).
Whitsun - Goodrington (14 nts).
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PersonFiona W
11/2/2014 at 11:50am
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My friends took their cat camping. It went exploring and hadn't come back when it was time for them to leave to get home for work. Next weekend, they came back to the site with a "live trap" that they'd borrowed, and they got their cat back, much thinner. But equally a dog off-lead or in an unfenced area could follow a good scent and get lost, as other message threads demonstrate. I have a dog and a cat, and one key difference is that cats poo in bare earth or play area sand beds, but if the cat's roaming without them, owners can't see it happening and pick it up. I assume that would be covered by the site's "bag it and bin it" rules, but it may be hard to prove. Cats are legally wild animals once they step outside the door, whereas dogs are owned and their owners are liable for damage and injury to people and property.

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2024 = 20 sites / 41 nights. 2023 = 9/23. 2022 = 13/35. 2021 = 11/29. 2020 = 4/20. 2019 = 13/35. 2018 = 20/33. 2017 = 10/22. 2016 = 19/33. 2015 = 15 sites / 27 nights. Didn't count 1976 to 2014.


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Personem1982
14/2/2014 at 1:11pm
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We currently have our two cats in the car on route to a local site for a weekend away. They seem to enjoy it, like that they are with us. We leave them in van when go out but adapt the time we spend out so not alone all day and eve. If they go out they go on leads,which has taken some getting use to but they know no the rules xx


Persongeorget64
15/2/2014 at 3:52pm
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I take my cat with me all of the time. She is 14 years old and sleeps a lot. She travels in her carrying box on a seat and generally is quiet in transit. I try to limit journeys to around 2 to 2 1/2 hours, and always let her out of the box at stops to either eat, drink or use the litter tray. I let her out at sites and she generally goes exploring the immediate area around the pitch, but never strays away and is very soon back. She would never accept a lead.
I always tell sites about the cat,and there has never been any charge.I did turn one site down as they said the cat must be kept inside the van all of the time. I could not accept this, but as they were a fishing site I could understand the rule.

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PersonTheTwinAxleFanatic
18/3/2014 at 11:17pm
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Have cats will travel!!!! Yes we have travelling cats and dedicated travel cages for them. The cages are tall enough for the biggest one to stand up in and comfortably move around in. They are large enough for litter trays and straight sided food/water bowls.
When we travel they are in the rear load space of the V70 and they are mounted high on other needed but flat and level stuff. They have a cover over the tops that help with them settling down. Often they will travel without protest but on occasions I use a burst or two of Feliwell for Cats. It is a very calming addition to a longer journey. Trips of 100 and 200 miles door to door are not uncommon.
An emergency febreze air freshener is also carried,one never knows!!!
As far as restrictions go,it has not been necessary since after the fist attempt,harnessed and tethered Houdini proved it to be totally useless. All he wanted to do was investigate and do his own version of site seeing at Cae Mawr,Anglesey.
They quickly return to the melodic rattling of stainless steel food bowls. The Pavlov Conditioned Response is not limited to dogs.

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Personiank01
19/3/2014 at 6:41pm
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Our previous cat went everywhere with us, but we now have two cats, actually kittens. One is almost 1 year old and the other almost 8 months old.
No problem with the older one and she settles down quick however the younger male kitten is off like a shot at the first opportunity so until he settles down it will be the cattery for him on weekends and holidays.



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