Comments on: strung out https://thisfish.com/strung-out/ Found the bike. Not changing the title. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Amanda https://thisfish.com/strung-out/#comment-23302 Amanda Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:33:36 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1367#comment-23302 <p>Just drug him up. I would ask the vet for a recommendation on how much OTC Benadryl to give him. The stuff the vet gives you can make his heart slow down, which is why animals flying is dangerous. If you just make him sleepy he will feel much more calm.</p><br /><br /><p>You will most likely have to take him out - I have always had to take mine out at the security point. </p><br /><br /><p>Honestly, and this is somewhat mean. I give him a 1/2 of a Benadryl and check him with the cargo, otherwise he cries and makes a fuss the entire time. I get more tense and sad and he gets more angry and upset. He's been checked the last 5 times we've travelled together and it's made a world of difference.</p><br /><br /><p>GOOD LUCK!</p> Just drug him up. I would ask the vet for a recommendation on how much OTC Benadryl to give him. The stuff the vet gives you can make his heart slow down, which is why animals flying is dangerous. If you just make him sleepy he will feel much more calm.

You will most likely have to take him out – I have always had to take mine out at the security point.

Honestly, and this is somewhat mean. I give him a 1/2 of a Benadryl and check him with the cargo, otherwise he cries and makes a fuss the entire time. I get more tense and sad and he gets more angry and upset. He’s been checked the last 5 times we’ve travelled together and it’s made a world of difference.

GOOD LUCK!

]]> By: vivian https://thisfish.com/strung-out/#comment-23301 vivian Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:44:21 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1367#comment-23301 <p>Hi, most cats take it fine when you move places. They adapt more to the people who take care of them than to a new environment. Which means as long as YOU are there for your cat through the whole ordeal he should take it just fine! When I was a kid we moved a lot and always had a cat moving with us. Give him a little bit time, he will get used sooner to his new home as you can imagine. Maybe leave one of your sweaters or something like that (something that smells like you) in his carrier, it will make him feel more comfortable during the flight :-).</p> Hi, most cats take it fine when you move places. They adapt more to the people who take care of them than to a new environment. Which means as long as YOU are there for your cat through the whole ordeal he should take it just fine! When I was a kid we moved a lot and always had a cat moving with us. Give him a little bit time, he will get used sooner to his new home as you can imagine. Maybe leave one of your sweaters or something like that (something that smells like you) in his carrier, it will make him feel more comfortable during the flight :-) .

]]> By: Noelle https://thisfish.com/strung-out/#comment-23300 Noelle Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:08:50 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1367#comment-23300 <p>a bit late to the party, but they do make you take the cat out at security so they can scan the bag. I, like you, was terrified my cat would fuh-reak out, but he was surprisingly good. Something about the large open space and all the people left him lying quietly in my arms... with his claws dug into my skin, but I was just thankful he didn't run away. </p><br /><br /><p>I'm sure others have noted it, but my vet also told me it was a bad idea to sedate my cat. Something about lowered heart rate and the altitude affecting animals differently. </p><br /><br /><p>Anywho, I flew from Pittsburgh to Newark to Seattle with my cat and we arrived in one piece. Good luck!</p> a bit late to the party, but they do make you take the cat out at security so they can scan the bag. I, like you, was terrified my cat would fuh-reak out, but he was surprisingly good. Something about the large open space and all the people left him lying quietly in my arms… with his claws dug into my skin, but I was just thankful he didn’t run away.

I’m sure others have noted it, but my vet also told me it was a bad idea to sedate my cat. Something about lowered heart rate and the altitude affecting animals differently.

Anywho, I flew from Pittsburgh to Newark to Seattle with my cat and we arrived in one piece. Good luck!

]]> By: anonymous https://thisfish.com/strung-out/#comment-23299 anonymous Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:09:28 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1367#comment-23299 <p>FYI, some airlines will not allow you to board the cat if it is on a sedative-- my vet said that it's a bad idea anyway, because there's no way to predict how the sedative will influence the cat under the pressure of elevation. The airlines (United, at least) refuse to board cats that they know are sedated for just this reason-- if something happens to the cat as the result of sedative/elevation effects, they don't want to be liable. When I traveled with mine, they weren't sedated... they meowed a fair amount (and other people looked like they wanted to kill me...), but they both were fine in the end.</p> FYI, some airlines will not allow you to board the cat if it is on a sedative– my vet said that it’s a bad idea anyway, because there’s no way to predict how the sedative will influence the cat under the pressure of elevation. The airlines (United, at least) refuse to board cats that they know are sedated for just this reason– if something happens to the cat as the result of sedative/elevation effects, they don’t want to be liable. When I traveled with mine, they weren’t sedated… they meowed a fair amount (and other people looked like they wanted to kill me…), but they both were fine in the end.

]]> By: Kristan https://thisfish.com/strung-out/#comment-23298 Kristan Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:49:59 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1367#comment-23298 <p>This tip comes courtesy of a friend from South Africa. Another friend of mine was moving and was very distressed because she once had a cat run away when they arrived at their new home (it was an outdoor cat and she didn't keep it inside for the first few weeks as is recommended). Anyway, my South African friend said that part of what freaks cats out is moving them out of their territory. They've worked hard to make sure their surroundings smell like them. She said putting a little bit of butter (or unscented oil) on their paws helps establish their scent in a new place much faster. You don't have to use a lot - there shouldn't be greasy paw prints everywhere - just enough to catch their scent and leave it where they have been. My friend tried this and thinks it may have helped (and certainly didn't hurt).</p><br /><br /><p>Good luck.</p> This tip comes courtesy of a friend from South Africa. Another friend of mine was moving and was very distressed because she once had a cat run away when they arrived at their new home (it was an outdoor cat and she didn’t keep it inside for the first few weeks as is recommended). Anyway, my South African friend said that part of what freaks cats out is moving them out of their territory. They’ve worked hard to make sure their surroundings smell like them. She said putting a little bit of butter (or unscented oil) on their paws helps establish their scent in a new place much faster. You don’t have to use a lot – there shouldn’t be greasy paw prints everywhere – just enough to catch their scent and leave it where they have been. My friend tried this and thinks it may have helped (and certainly didn’t hurt).

Good luck.

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