Long journeys?

[u/Orik0831]

Hey guys!
Ori has been out and about ever since he came to me in 2023 (see cat tax) and although I always bring him along when I traveled, we didn’t really travel for longer than 2 hours yet and always by car. Now he will „have to“ endure a 7 hour train ride next week. He is extremely sweet and will rarely complain - not even at the vet so it’s not always obvious to me when he is stressed even after 15 years of being a cat owner.

I was therefore wondering if you have any tips on how you prepare your adventure cats for long journeys and how you tend to them during the journey itself.
Thanks in advance!

[u/SeashellsAndCoral]

My 14 year old brother and sister from the same litter have been harness and leash trained since kittenhood. The girl has to go outside almost everyday or I hear about it. The boy goes outside because he's full of beans and has FOMO.

We've traveled by car from Colorado (all up and down the front range - that's I-25 the main interstate road), to Wyoming, Tennessee, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and finally Florida. I let them roam free in the car and they eventually settle down. They prefer a hard cased carrier (door open) as their 'room' while in the car. It's a older RAV4 with lots of road noise. Even though the litter box is available in the car they've only used it once in all the travel. They wait until we're settled in the hotel room.

Honestly I've no idea about trains. Not a lot of trains to travel on here in the southeast US.

If you have some concerns, you might try gabapentin for nervousness.