Flying with cats and tips on travel sedation

My cat is not really a meaower but really a very stressed traveler. He is panting panting like crazy even for a short drive to the vet. Is there maybe something that would calm them rather than sedate them?

Is it safe to give catnip tea and gabapentin simultaneously?

Words of support.

I see Lancelot and I click on like. Don't even have a cat.

I have a 4 yo black cat that i should bring with myself in my campervan sometimes. how can i help him to be calm and relaxed? it's and old van a little noisy from the engine and without air conditioning, so in summer we must keep the windows open and this makes him cry...

though I'm not sure I am my cat's favourite person :S:S [I live alone with cat]

Even the thought of putting my cat in the luggage compartment gives me anxiety! I can't even put him in the trunk of a car and I never do it. If someone only wants to travel with me while the kitty is there, we don't travel then.

I will have to take my cat on a plan in a nearest future. Was waiting for such a kind of information

Can you make a video about what to prepare if you are going to have a new kitten

Something that travellers with cats may find good to know - security will probably want you to take your cat out of the carrier to put it through the x-ray machine. If, like me, you have nightmares of your fluffy dude escaping and leading a chase through the airport, ask to go to the room for private searches. It will be quiet and enclosed, and much more secure.

Don't you have to worry about keeping them hydrated though? 😕 How do you do that?

I'd love a video about preventing motion sickness in pets. I do a lot of car travel with my cat and I don't think it's stressful for him (he naps most of the way) but he always vomits about an hour into the drive (even if he hasn't eaten in several hours).

Could you talk a little more about travelling with a cat by car? I'm looking at a potential two-day drive with my cat, and if it's possible to make it less stressful for her, that would be wonderful. Should I plan frequent breaks? Should I let her roam the car's interior? How should I handle her feeding? Should I load her into a largish cage in the back of my SUV with her litter box, some food and water?

i literally don't have a cat and i have never had a cat but i just love watching this channel

Love from Ireland 💚🇮🇪☘

What a nightmare. I’d never allow my baby boy to go on a plane. Even the cabin idea sounds uncomfortable due to bath room issues.

I kinda wanna have that conversation with my pet 😂🥰

I'm moving my cat from Jamaica to the USA. from an outdoor to an indoor cat. she's 6, will she adapt, what is the first thing I should I do when I get there, she is petrified of new people.

This is super helpful! I'm curious about tips for traveling by car with cats for 10+ hours. Sedation would definitely be preferable for my cats, because they like to meow for nearly the entire duration of car rides. Also thinking of getting carriers that have some form of a litter box in them so they're comfortable. But I do want to move sometime in the future, so I'd love as many tips as I can get!

Interested to see how you feel about giving cbd oil to pets

Thank you so much for answering this question!!

I just recently moved, myself, and my decision is based on whether or not pets were allowed.

(I’m glad people ask you about traveling with your pet.👍🏼)

Hi, Sir Lancelot!🤗
BTW, looks like you survived the move! 😄

Is it okay if we leave them at a cat hotel ?

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I flew across the Atlantic with a Siamese cat under my seat. She was sedated. Howled and caterwalled the whole way. I tried to pretend the noise was not coming from my seat. The other passengers were not pleased. Three years later on the return trip she was not sedated. No meowing at all. I had to keep checking that she was still alive! BTW, i will never fly united again after they forced me to put her in the pet compartment. This was on checkin. I couldn’t afford to invalidate my ticket and i had to show up for a new job. Worse flight of my life. For six hours i was crazed. I needed sedation. Great tip on adding blankets and something with my scent. Thanks!

I have to make a correction there as an airline loader, pets are NEVER loaded in the same cabin as the rest of the luggage and the cabin in which they are loaded is not cold at all, it's a heated cabin in which the average temperature in flight is 25 to 26 degrees Celsius.
it is however noisier than the passenger cabin.

Thanks a lot! I actually really needed help with this. My cat hates travelling and gets so stressed. :( I love sir Lancelot.

Beware of giving gabepentin to cats with kidney disease. My cat had been taking it for vet visits without incident, but now she has stage 4 CKD and the last time I gave her gabapentin it took her a week to shake it off. I thought she was dying. The kidneys can't clear it from the system. I would think twice about other types of sedatives for CKD cats as well.

please tell how to handle aggressive cats, fix them, carry them. it will be VERY useful.

I have two cats who are siblings, and one of them is going to be put to sleep soon. I worry my other cat will get lonely and depressed. Can you give any advice on grieving pets, what to expect, or how to help them cope?

I used to go on lot of flights with my cat due to official trips. But now due to pandemic, the company has a "work from home" policy and no official travels, so my cat works from home now.

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It should be a crime to say you're going to treat us with some footage of Mr. Pirate, then only show two seconds of him. (Still enjoyed the video, though!)

This video has come at the perfect time! I’m moving from japan to Seattle in 2 weeks and flying with my cat with me in the cabin— and I’m SO nervous! 🤯

I don't even have a cat, but nice video anyway !

Please DO NOT TAKE PETS IN THE CABIN. About 1/5th of people are allergic to either cats or dogs. Your pet's comfort should not come before some who is very allergic's right to fly.

If I have to fly trans-atlantic with two very scaredy cats (brother and sister), is it a good idea to put them in the same carrier? When I take them to the vet after pre-sedation, they are somewhat hostile towards each other once home again, but I imagine that they might comfort each other if they have to endure the stress of a flight and approximately 9-hour travel door-to-door. Or is it better to keep them in separate carriers?

i love your videos and need more. can you do a video about possibly-feral cats? (what does that mean?) we've had a visitor at my rural home for a couple of years, first as a skinny male adolescent he made friends with our easy-going neutered male, and now he's a husky bruiser whose face is all beat up and maybe infected. he's never let me near him, but recently he seemed sick or wounded and very slow at "running". i put out food for him and wanted to do more but was kind of scared of him. he's running faster now, but i still worry about him. is there anything else i can or should do for him? i continue to put out food for him and build a shelter where it won't get wet.

I'm not planning a move with a cat, but I watched this anyway because I wanted to watch Lancelot chilling and being petted and listening to Dr Yuri is relaxing, since he clearly loves cats and so is a good person.

And any tips on how to get cats used to travelling by car? 💕🙏

My husband and I had to fly from Hawaii to Texas (via layover in L.A. because there was no direct flight) with our cat when husband got out of the Navy. Our cat was a native Hawaiian that we had gotten while we were there. It was such a headache too. There were restrictions on what the temperature of our destination could be because of course Hawaii was always warm but the mainland is not... he had to be in the cargo hold for half a damn day or something (it's 3 hours from Hawaii to California, another 2 or whatever to Dallas, another 45 minutes to the much smaller town we were headed to... all the layovers... I was a nervous wreck about it but he made it okay. I would much rather have carried him inside the cabin but I don't think they even gave us the option. I mean, this was almost 11 years ago so I'm fuzzy on what airline it even was. But with all the travel time and layovers, maybe it wasn't possible. Kitteh is almost 13 now, hard to believe. I remember getting him as a wee 8 week old kitten from some lady in Honolulu for free based off a Craigslist ad. lol. He's the cat on the left in my picture <---

A cat I had years ago hated car travel (like my present cat) but seemed to enjoy motorcycle travel, in the cat box on the back of the bike. I glanced back once to see him looking past me in the direction we were travelling, fascinated by the view.
this makes me wonder; is it possible that cats are okay with vehicle travel if they can see where they are going?

Cat: Are we there yet ? 😻

wow i had no idea about the increased rates of mortality from sedation if they’re under the plane :(

Squish det cet guy

I love these videos, they make me so happy! Thank you for making them. Lancelot is such a handsome baby <3

Your cats are sooo cute and squeezable!

This is such a great channel -- so heartwarming, even if you don't have pets.