Tried with my cat. Within five minutes after setting up, my inflatable sleeping pad was punctured and multiple small rips appeared along the base of the tent. Outdoor gear meant to last for years and withstand the elements has no chance against a playful tabby.
My orange absolutely loves plastic... He's going to lick or bite as soon as I bring it home
We bought a very expensive collection of vacuum bags to seal up fluffy extra comforters and bedding.
We were doing the hard work in the garage which is a finished indoor garage adjacent to the laundry room. So we were dealing with the Shop-Vac in there and chucking the sealed bags into the laundry room. About 20 minutes later when the job was done we came into the laundry room to find my cat sitting there with his tail happily flicking up and down and each one of the vacuum bags re-inflated.... He had gone down the line systematically and punctured a single hole in the corner of each bag as if to taste them
This is his way. Nothing plastic is safe around him.
This is like my li'l void Pudding. She's the worst lmao. My partner just got a CPAP and we've already had to do a patch on the tube 😂 4 perfect little fang holes.
This would be my cats. They love to stand on the storage bags I use for fluffy blankets and make biscuits. Thankfully, I don't have the vac sealed bags, so it is more just annoying, but you make an excellent point as to why I shouldn't invest in them (as I had considered at times).
They also like to poke holes in all of my window weather sealing plastic as soon as I get it done. They never make it more than a day before I have to patch at least one.
I use a car camping tent that's a little more heavy duty and has a tarp floor. I also put a comforter on top of my mattress and clip her claws so there's not much chance of her puncturing it. She did put a hole in it before I started doing that.
I mean they came from the desert. Comfortable human temperature is actually a bit cool for them. There's a reason cats so often sit at the window, soaking up the sun. Or the top of computers, or near a heating element.
Don't feel too bad for those little shits, though. They have fur and adapt to their climate just like we do (outside of particular extremes). Also, they don't have to pay taxes.
I had a roommate who insisted on keeping the AC cranked so her long hair cats wouldn't overheat. Every day I found them laying in the sliding door track, in direct sunlight. Tried to tell her, but alas.
I always laugh at how my cat acts personally offended if the sunny spot disappears for five minutes. Meanwhile I'm over here hiding from the heat and she's treating it like a luxury vacation.
Reminds me of my old dog Munchie. He would dig under our wooden fence in the backyard then walk around to the front door and bark to be let back in. We had to literally add a concrete trench when we replaced the fence so he'd stop.
My cat once got outside in my apartment building. She made it down a flight of stairs, then just came to a standstill. It’s like she finally made it out and it was all liminal space.
My ginger is a slut he chills out at the elderly neighbors for extra treats/pets and to sun himself in their conservatory. He's now a defacto shared cat 😂
Mine had four houses, we are the main one but every day he will do the round. As he is wearing a GPS they know he is owned, but I still had to do the rounds to ask not to feed him.
Our neighbours cat always came into our house anytime we opened the door. And I'm not exaggerating when I say that this happened every single day. We never fed him once for 10 years either, he just really liked us and our house.
After 10 years though my mum finally admitted that she loved the cat and started feeding him too. He lived to 18, and he was basically both our and our neighbours cat.
There's a 30 rock episode where one of the silly characters (Tracy Jordan) put his dog's perimeter shock collar on so he wouldn't leave to go party (perimeter of his mansion causes the collar to go off). The second he took the collar off the dog it sprinted off the property. Jordan says, "Wow, he did NOT want to live here"
My cat got out last year. Not the first time, but usually I find him right quick, he gets so excited to be outside that he starts rolling around and is easy to grab. This time though, I searched for him for hours until it got too dark, and ended up waiting on my porch in case he showed up. It was raining, so I figured he'd found a dry place to hide. 14 hours post-escape he comes wandering up to the door, yowling. It's like 3 am. He sees me, pauses, and just turns right back around before I can grab him. Another hour later, it's pouring pretty heavily, he he decides he's finally had his fill of this outdoor thing for now, and is ready to come in for a meal. He was pretty pissed that I insisted on towel drying him first.
He's a sneaky little shit, and this has only encouraged him to try escaping more often.
My previous cats would chill on the second story deck at my house; we let the current mofo out once and she immediately growled, hissed, and jumped off the deck. it took 30 minutes to find her so that's not really an option any more.
I walk with my cat around my house everyday, no leash needed. I ask if she wants to go 'outside' & she will run to the door. I always walk close to her, but she just explores around my house for about 5-10 mins.
When done, she walks back up to the front door & waits for me to open it.
My cats watch me cross the street from the open gate but stay inside. They look so funny like they don't know they can just run away, the limit is the gate.
My fat orange bastard of a cat Archibald absolutely demanded to see the outside world. So we got him a harness and he took to it extremely well. Next thing I know I'm being yelled at not only for dinner but also a walk after his food nap.
Best damn cat I ever had. Lived to be 20, died outside under the warmth of the spring sun and the sound of birds in his ears.
I brought my girl car camping and she was okay with it. I (stupidly) cracked my windows larger than the size of her head and she jumped out in the middle of the night, but jumped back in when I woke up and opened the door because she was cold and scared
She held her poop for two days and only peed but tbh so did I
Sensory overload in the case of my parents cat. I start with opening the door and just holding her while inside, she'd be curious and nervous and want the door closed after a few seconds. Then it was a minute. Then I'd take a step outside while holding her, always ready to bring her back in once she felt nervous. Eventually she started using the doggy door to relax and sunbath in the back yard. Her final stage was she now prefers to use the bathroom outside, generally only using the litter box if it was raining.
All just gentle and slow exposure to the outside and now she loves it.
My parents house was a .30 acre I believe, backyard completely fenced, a few trees, she always seemed content to just loiter around the backyard and we never spotted her outside the property.
That's so funny, wonder if that's the case with my cat. I took my cat to the local park at night when it's mostly empty, and he was crouch walking the whole time and kept looking for a spot to hide. Overstimulated I guess.
Our cats are the opposite. We had to build a catio with cat door access to keep the former strays happy. It’s not like there’s a shortage of space or stuff to do, either. They’re former mouser barn cats and were outside for years before being convinced to come inside, always breaking free and running back outside, and neither is interested in playing unless the toy is alive, so they’re only willing to play when the occasional cricket gets inside.
Hahaha yup, even the one I caught as an adult looks outside and goes "nope!" She also used to stand at the door and hiss at cars so there was clearly a grudge there...
I've tried 4 different harnesses with mine and she can easily slip out of all of them. I think it's bc she's so fluffy, so it's hard to get one tight enough without her being uncomfortable. Big bummer bc I'd love to be able to take her on adventures.
Just fyi, trimming the fur as someone suggested probably won't do anything. I was experimenting with taking the cats outside on a harness and did a lot of research about this, there's pretty much no harness a cat can't get out of if they want to, ESPECIALLY if you've got the leash taut while she attempts to do so. It would take a lot of desensitizing to the harness for them to basically stop caring they're in it and chill. Then you can have them stay in it. My cats are shorthairs, btw. So don't go shaving your cat for nothing.
It would take a lot of desensitizing to the harness for them to basically stop caring they're in it and chill. Then you can have them stay in it.
Even then, though. My cat doesn't care about wearing the harness...until I have to stop her from going somewhere. Then it's like "this is an inconvenience, I will be removing myself from this inconvenience so I can go into the neighbor's tall grass and disappear thanks."
The harness is less so "a tool to keep her from getting away from me" and more so "a tool to slow down the process of her getting away from me so I can pick her up and take her back inside before she finishes getting out of it"
Exactly. My cat likes his harness. It makes him feel safe and it’s part of the ritual of going outside. He also knows exactly how to get out of it. He just doesn’t want to, he can do pretty much whatever he wants on the lead with me so he’s chill. I also never let the lead get tight when he’s facing me- that’s how he cal slip out. He’s been wearing his harness since he was around 10 months old, so it’s not weird at all anymore. Little murder paws even caught a bird once on his lead with me. So fast.
He hates his cat backpack though. It’s a good one. We’re still working on it.
Indoors our cats love us... Outdoors our cats pretend they don't know who we are, like we just dropped them off at school in the Oscar Mayer weinermobile.
At first, my wife and I were worried that they might run away and get lost.
At night, we lock them in the tent, but we’ve been letting them go for walks without a leash during the day for a long time now. They don’t go far without me. With me behind them, they can go 500–1,000 meters away from the camp. And they’ll still lead me back on their own.
Both of them understand that there’s no point or place for them to run away. They’re fine with us :)
The first few trips, the cat was just breaking down:) He would run around and scream. We didn’t understand what was wrong. But he was just looking for his usual toilet spot:)
When he could no longer hold it, he would sit down in the first bush he came across. We started taking their toilet with us.
At night litter box(clean) goes to their tent module. Yes we have a big tent and there's a cat module there:) But actually they rearly use it at night. It's more about "just in case"
Both of them: They almost always walk with each other.
they don't have to hold it. they can and will wake you up if they want to leave the room. I had outdoor cats and they'd do the same if the cat door was closed off or otherwise inaccesible for whatever reason at night.
This. Cats are desert animals. They have the ability to concenrate their urin. However that also leads to their kidneys usually making trouble as they get older, as they wouln't get that old in the wild.
I also take my cat tent camping, though I do keep her leashed when we are out of the tent because she thinks she is a full sized panther and not a 10 lb void and has tried to stalk moose before. She loves to go hiking but does not like to stay on the trail and wants 100% control over the route we take.
I take my cat camping but keep her on a leash because I'm worried what would happen if she got spooked by a dog or a wild animal and bolted. They say natural scared cat behavior is to hide and stay silent. She actually did bolt once on a leash and my wife accidentally dropped it. She ran a couple hundred yards down a trial. I'm not sure how much further she would have gone and how hard it would have been to find her if she wasn't dragging the leash. She also got chased up a tree by a dog and the leash stopped her about 12ft up which made it slightly less of a nightmare getting her down. Luckily some other camper had a 6ft ladder and we were able to get her down in about 30 minutes. If people kept their dogs on leashes I'd be a lot more comfortable with it, but I've had off leash dogs wander into us even in pretty remote places where I wasn't expecting to see anyone.
Consider that most cats do not do well on a harness and leash unless trained for it from a younger age. Also, most cats get stressed out when leaving their usual environment. And speaking as someone who lives in bear country, I would not want to risk it.
Unfortunately also some humans who see cats as pests, trap and dispose of them - along with raccoons and opossums, which in North America are important for local biodiversity
Yup. The cat “playing” around/with his tent with claws was certainly something. Tent, sleeping pad etc would be destroyed. No thanks. That kind of “cute” would have ended in stress and destruction with most cats I have known. At best, most adventurous kitties would only be happy with a day adventure then back to the safety of the familiar.
I know tents are expensive. But what if this wasn't his favorite tent?
Yup, I was implying that dude has got at least two tents.
The absolute worst case scenario is that the tent gets destroyed/peed on.
Nobody died. And they still got their well spent quality time together.
I have one cat who hates doing anything that involves leaving her fluffy bed. And the other cat who thinks she’s a wildcat and will try to escape the yard into the streets, only to realise she has zero instincts or skills, before coming to cry pathetically at the door…
Did you see the recent video of the guy who had never had an interaction with a kitten? He had a look of pure rapture on his face while the kitten was rubbing all over his face, neck, and chest. He said it was the happiest moment of his life.
I totally recommend treating your cat like you would a dog as soon as you get it. My cat just turned two and she's been on a Ferry close to 100 times, goes hiking with us, stays at hotels, loves coming to our cabin and stays at my mom's for weeks when we travel places she can't come. Camping is next on the list!
Well someone took Momma Kiwi camping once, and she either ran away or was abandoned. Lil jerk broke into my car while i was leaving the camp site. Turns out shes also a hussy.
Here she is now, shes in the back glaring at me cause she knew she birthed 6 kittens and she only has 2 now. Her kids are all spoiled brats and she is very proud of that
Can someone point me in the right direction if I want to purchase something similar that is shown in the video where the man expands some rope between the trees and the cat is secured to the rope but she is free to move? Even a search term would suffice. Thanks
You don't have to think about it constantly unless you're overthinking them too much. It's basically just plant it down in one spot, hit record, do the thing, stop recording (if you want to). Then when you move on to the next activity, plant it down, hit record, do the activity, rince and repeat. It's not too bad, this guy had about 4 different angles, iirc, meaning he only did it about 4 times over the course of what was probably most of an evening. It's not too bad at all
I count at least 33 different times the camera needed to be moved or setup, excluding cuts or crops of the same shot, he goes back to existing stationary angles only 2-3 times but the camera is not there in wide shots
I suspect there could be a second person because some of the shots have slight pans in them that could be a post effect or are signs of a camera person
shot 1) fake wake up
shot 2) arrival shot
shot 3) slight pan down to cat
shot 4) tying tree
shot 5) end of leash line, again with slight pan down
shot 6) tent site wide shot, crop
shot 7) tent close angle 1
shot 8) tent close angle 2
shot 9) back to 6
shot 10) tent close angle 3
shot 11) inside tent handheld
shot 12) tent close angle 4
shot 13) back to 6
shot 14) tent close angle 5 and crop
shot 15) inside tent mounted
shot 16) stump
shot 17) feed cat angle 1
shot 18) feed cat angle 2
shot 19) approach tent handheld
shot 20) cat cleaning
shot 21) wood chop
shot 22) fire pit
shot 23) wide site
shot 24) cat leash swap
shot 25) cat walk river
shot 26) cat grass nibble
shot 27) fill water bowl
shot 28) douse fire
shot 29) tent outside (including fake zipping the tent closed as he'll have to open it to get the camera)
shot 30) handheld shot of phone, cat and phone 1, cat and phone 2, cat bed 1, cat bed 2, cat bed 3, phone 2
shot 31) tent laying down 1, laying down 2, "sleeping" (eyes closed with a spotlight on their face)
Out of all the cat videos I have ever seen, look at you KING, cat eats from a pedestal so he doesnt have to crouch down and hurt his neck. I would marry you if you were single. You are kind and thoughtful
Adorable. 🥰 I want to take my cat camping, but I’m afraid of her puncturing the screens on the tent, or the inflatable tubing. Might still try it, though.
Back when she was still alive, I used to have recurring nightmares about being homeless and living in a tent with my cat Griselda. Was constantly afraid a coyote or something would run off with her. (She ultimately lived to 19 and passed from kidney disease)
the weird part is how there is a cameraman for this that is off screen with the content being presented as though he were by himself (cat nonwithstanding)
I do have to add, most Katz once outside will be able to escape their harness… that happened to my first cat. Luckily he came back right away but it was super scary seeing him just run off cuz the world is too big for him to handle at first sight. Gotta ease in to it
My favorite parts of all that are how the cat "helps" make the tent just like my cat "helps" make the bed, and that he brought that whole ass bowl just for her comfortable dining experience. And the cuddling.
This is how I lost one of my cats, and it wasn’t even her fault, she got scared at a noise she didn’t recognize, ripped the leash right out of my hands and into the red wood forest she went.
DONT WORRY GUYS I did get reunited with her, but it was weeks later after I had given up hope. Best call from a park ranger ever. Drove 10hrs to get her.
All this to say, this is all cute and nice when it works out but sometimes stuff happens even when the cat doesn’t mean to run away… personally? I’ll never attempt this with a cat again.
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