Traveling with animals isn’t easy. Animals can become car sick just like people, and other animals become increasingly agitated the longer they are out of a familiar environment. The bumps, sounds and frequent stopping can really stress an animal out when you are traveling with them by car; and with no other animal is this more true than with cats.

I remember traveling from North Carolina to New York with a cat when I was in college, and all I can say is that it was the LONGEST 10 hours of my life. On subsequent trips, the cat (which belonged to my roommate at the time) wound up having to be given a mild sedative just prior to departure by the vet. Keeping all of this in mind, it is important to treat our furry friends just as we would any small child. Suffice it to say, when you travel with an animal, for their safety as well as yours, ALWAYS make sure that they are secured in a crate or a section of your vehicle where they will not have access to the front of the car (because you are supposed to be focused on driving). Expert Village offers the following tips for traveling with a cat in the following video(s):

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