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30/5/2012 at 7:31am
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We are thinking of taking old cat away with us. Not too far.
What happens when you co out though I don't want to leave her in the van . But thought of pet cage to go in the awning.
Any views please .

I am worried she may scratch the upholstery in the van.


30/5/2012 at 8:00am
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We have taken ours and find she does what she normally does at home, SLEEP all day and make a bl**** nuisance of herself at night to go out. Kennels for her now.

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30/5/2012 at 8:48am
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We have three cats now and would not dream of taking them out of their usual, known home. Luckily we have good neighbours each side of us that like cats who are willing to look after them (and our house) when we are away.


30/5/2012 at 8:49am
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I have seem them secured outside caravan on those extending dog leads.

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30/5/2012 at 8:53am
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We've seen a few cats on sites and people seem to just leave them loose in the van when they go out but obviously you can't leave an animal in the caravan in  warm weather.

 



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30/5/2012 at 10:50am
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A friend of mine takes hers and puts him in the awning in a cage. But they never go out and leave him, if they go anywhere, he is taken with them in a cat carrier! They never go out (usually for a meal at the pub) until the sun has gone down. See the post on dogs in caravans, its the same for cats.

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30/5/2012 at 11:17am
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We used to take both our cats, but now just get a family member to house sit whilse we are away.

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30/5/2012 at 1:30pm
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I always used to put my cats in the cattery and it cost a fortune but I don't believe in putting the responsibility onto a neighbour or friend.

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30/5/2012 at 6:38pm
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We were pitched next to someone with a cat down at Norfolk last week, it was forever sitting on the front set of draws between the benches, they had no awning up and never let it out, it must have had a litter tray, but i imagine there would be quite a pong in there, especially as the weather warmed up and with only the small top vent open on tilt.

I certainly would not have liked to sleep inside that caravan next to the cats toilet!

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30/5/2012 at 6:41pm
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I've seen cats on sites, but all my cats are rescued, so taking them isn't an option, they'd run away with fright, if they got out, so my son looks after them now, before that my sister used to come in and look after them.
Best thing I saw two weeks ago on site was a tortoise, wandering around in between the owners feet outside

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30/5/2012 at 6:49pm
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Quote: Originally posted by robin52 on 30/5/2012
I always used to put my cats in the cattery and it cost a fortune but I don't believe in putting the responsibility onto a neighbour or friend.


We have a cat sitter for that reason. She comes in twice a day, feeds the puss and plays with her. V. good.


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We were next to a caravan last year that had a kitten with them but I wouldn't consider taking our cat with us, I would never forgive myself if he wandered off and we couldn't find him, it is also a very good point about sleeping next to the cat litter!



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30/5/2012 at 7:59pm
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Quote: Originally posted by romany girl on 30/5/2012

We were pitched next to someone with a cat down at Norfolk last week, it was forever sitting on the front set of draws between the benches, they had no awning up and never let it out, it must have had a litter tray, but i imagine there would be quite a pong in there, especially as the weather warmed up and with only the small top vent open on tilt.

I certainly would not have liked to sleep inside that caravan next to the cats toilet!

Julia


we had to get our cat PTS a couple of weeks back and we only started caravanning in aug'11, so never had to think about the summer heat, but our cat went with us and stayed in the caravan quite happily, not bothered about going out. However, in hot weather I'd have considered putting her into a cattery unless we knew we'd be in the caravan ALL day.

We kept her litter tray in the shower (we never used it anyway and it was easily cleaned & disinfected) and any usage was removed asap and disposed off....with good quality clumping litter, you won't get that pong off the tray, so it was never a problem for us.

Our cat was very happy caravanning, she had all the comforts of home (her bed was on the centre drawer unit) and she enjoyed a change of scenery in the equivolent of a goldfish bowl.


31/5/2012 at 1:08am
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Personally I have never tried BBQ Cat which site you thinking of going to


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When I was a kid the family cat always came camping / caravaning with us.  He never had to stay in the van or tent as he would just follow one of us around, he used to sit outside the shower block for us. 

 



04/6/2012 at 9:38pm
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we take 2 cat's with us, when we first got our oldest we did leave him at home with friends to stay, but he is very much a fuss cat when we are around and can't always rely on people to stay.

One cat is 11 and the other is 1, we leave them in the van when we go out in the day but since taking them we have changed how long we out for the day. They have a litter tray with a cover on it and also use the clumping litter and it is emptied out at least twice a day. They both have leads so when they feel they want to go out they can go on the lead and we can control them and they don't get lost.

As mentioned before all they do in the day is sleep, they are use to us not being around anyway as we both work full time. The oldest one has really settled in to "holidaying" and the youngest is settling in ok (she has only gone twice since we had her and that is this year)

We were away last week when it was warm and closed the blinds on the windows where the sun was the most having opened the window's and put the fly screen down. On the really hot days we left our heater/fan on to fan osculating and that kept the van very cool for them.

Also you can get a special spray from pets at home (and I am sure other places) that is designed to de stress them and it seemed to work ok on them.



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