absorbent waterproof puppy pads to line crate for barfs and accidents, rolls of paper towels and plastic trash bags, blast air conditioning vent at her, let her out of crate every couple hours to use box or eat/drink. I travel with cats quite a lot. My older boy did once have a diarrhea incident on the rubber floor mat of our truck, but that was easily cleaned up/disposed of. edit to add: if you can, invest in a good backseat cover that is waterproof, and waterproof floor liners, and then you're pretty much bulletproof. Clorox wipes also good to have.

carry cage on my lap, open the door and he would wrap himself around my arm and was very content.

A friend of mine said that some of the new CBD oil pet products that have come out do a good job of calming without full on sedation, like calming chews, drops, etc.

my current two boy cats are fairly mellow travelers, they meow a lot at first and then settle down, so it hasn't been necessary. My elderly female kitty who passed away a few months ago was NOT a good traveler and I probably should have tried harder to get some anti-anxiety/CBD type stuff for her.

Otherwise, my buddy was afraid of nothing. The hour trip in the car had him quivering under the seat. I suspect some kind of drug will be necessary for a long move. Good luck.

She was sedated once for a trip in the car, so we’ll investigate that.

Plenty of room for a 3 day drive of 1600 miles. Three days as we are not young and didn't want too much time on the road every day. I drove van, husband drove the U haul.

Built panels with pine 1X4s with 2X4 (size of the opening in the wire) fencing panels attached. Took out 2nd row of seats for more room so I could get in to feed and change water. Put spacers between plywood bottom of cage and floor of van. Husband built a little 'drawer to fit in the space under cage for litter box; cut rectangular opening in floor over drawer so cats could potty, litter could be contained rather than loose in cage, and we could clean out the litter box without cats getting loose, one of the cats could get pretty hostile about being moved. Did not want any escapes!

Put a cardboard box with cut outs in cage for cat hideout. One cat spent a lot of time in the box, with his blanket, more blankets and a towel in the rest of cage. The killer cat enjoyed being on top of the box and watching the scenery. They hollered a bit the first 50 miles then gave that up, realizing it was not getting them out. Killer really enjoyed the times we drove along side rivers. She was fascinated with the sight of rivers. Who knew?

Had 2 way radios so we could keep in contact on the long drive, and make sure each driver was awake. Whenever husband called on radio, killer cat would start looking around for him in the van. Pretty funny in the rear view mirror on lonely stretches of highway!

We did pick up cat tranquilizers from their vet before moving, in case they really had trouble traveling. Did not need the pills until reached destination & I had to get them out of the cage and into the new domicile. Knew one would come easy as he loves being held tight. Didn't want to chance Killer shredding me, as happened at Vet's office when idiot assistant didn't listen to husband telling her to let me get Killer out of her carrier. Definitely did not want to risk losing my grip getting her from cage to carrier and into the new home. Little dose of tranqs in some food, wait a bit, easy and secure move.

We had planned camping out each night, so right there with the van/cats. But it rained like hell nights 2 & 3, monsoon season out here in the west, so we gave in and got hotel room. Cats were fine in the van overnight. One of them had been a feral kitteh, so he was OK sleeping in the van cage and he kept Killer calm.



Important reminder re moving cats: if cats are not 100% indoor cats, keep them inside new home 100% for at least 2-3 weeks so they understand this is their new home.

She has food allergies, so we have to be careful what is around that she might eat.

And flew with it back to Calif. I bought an airlines approved carrier crate, and the vet gave me a sedative for him. He rode under my seat the whole way without a problem.

One yikes moment though--Security makes you remove them from the crate so they can scan it. Another good case for the sedative.

If you move him by car, I would suggest Rescue Remedy, an herbal calmative, available online or health
food stores.

Good luck!

I’ll look into those. She has food allergies - we have to keep her on a duck and pea cat food - so she might not be able to handle them.