r/cats Dec 12 '19

Discussion Gotta love tesla❤

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

if someone is traveling with a pet and they need to do their business how do they do it ??

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u/hazel919 Dec 12 '19

I used to travel with a cat more and we just had a smaller litter box. It stayed in a hard Carrier so that she didn’t get litter all over. Then she free roamed the car

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u/wwynterrstorm Dec 12 '19

I've heard letting your pets free roam in the car isnt the safest? Because any accident could lead to them just flying out of the car because they arent properly held down like we are with seatbelts.

Not trying to be rude or anything, just dont want anyone losing their pets in car accidents

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u/macphile Dec 12 '19

This has been a concern of mine, too. Cats will get thrown from cars (or hurled into people as deadly, clawed projectiles) just as easily as adults and children--maybe easier.

I have hard-sided carriers and sometimes try to put a belt around them, even though I know it wouldn't really hold in a wreck (maybe if I had to brake hard). I'm planning to get a soft-sided carrier with seatbelt compatibility (it's on that list of things I need to buy that keeps getting ignored over all of my wants :-p) so at least the cat won't go anywhere if something happens.

Of course, I realize how hard it is for people in RVs to keep their cats shut up when they're on the road for hours at a time and their entire vehicle is the cat's house. I feel like at least some kind of secured kennel would be a good idea there, something to keep them from actually being flung a great distance.