Travelling With Cats

A very restrained response AT.

I better say no more, being a fair bit anti cat myself.

Cheers
Pop

Why aren't dogs exactly the same worry. Why single cats out as the last animals. I could say exactly the same for dogs. Don't be so biased and anti cats Phil.

Yes ferral, ALL animals are a big problem. I fully 100% agree. Totally.

But be fair about it and don't apologise for being so one sided and knock the stuffing out of them before they even get a chance to read something constructive.

The OP was just trying to see if there is a way that they can do it responsibly.

Phill

He didn't ask about dogs, therefore I didn't post about dogs.

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Phil,
Take it easy big fella, you'll give yourself a nervous breakdown.

Anyway I'm not bigoted, biased, intolerant, predjudiced, ingrained, dogmatic, (catmatic maybe (;=)) ) fanatical, racist or chauvinistic.

I just hate mongrel moggies and hold the opinion that the only good cat is a dead cat.

Cheers
Pop

I was talking to the other bloke Pop.

What I asked you was that if you have a good reason why you thought his classifying cats as the "Last thing" was correct then I would love to hear it. I have noticed even on our club trips how people will lash out at cats but no one lashes out at dogs. But get people aside and they change their minds. Why can't people be honest and fair about it up front. We who have cats love our mates just as much as those who have dogs. Yet we have to bite our lip. It bugs me and YES I do go overboard sometimes.

I will not be silenced. Now who said that one.

Nah POP Just wanted to hear you out.

You will never hear me put either dogs or cats as mans favourite friend. Even the bloke down the road with homing pigeons would say that they are his mates. There was always one of the cats on the bottom of the bed during the whole five weeks crook in bed one. Just like a dog hey!

Cheers mate. Blood pressure is still 100 (proof???) over 68.

Phil

Stuffed that sentence: -- "You will never hear me put either dogs or cats as mans favourite friend".

They are all "mans best friend".

Phil

Jeez pjr, I've never seen a dog climb a tree and kill birds, what sort of boots/shoes do they wear for that?

Ask the farmers down the road what they think of the packs of wild dogs that kill their sheep. And dont even eat then. Its a game.

The pendulum goes both ways mate.

I never said that ferral cats were not a problem

Phil

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Can we please keep it to the topic in question and not hijack the post. This behaviour provides no value to the forum or the OP. If you have nothing constructive to provide, perhaps it's best not to say anything.



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Ross as an expert on everything you would know all this?
If its not constructive why post it.
Bushy.

Bushy,

Maybe not relevant in your humble opinion and maybe not generally but it sure did my heart good to hear about the demise of a couple of hundred cats.

Cheers
Pop

There is a lot less Butcher birds and Kookaburras as a result of things wot climb trees at night and kill them.
And they aren't native things either!!

You can care for one and condone the other.

I don't believe the earth is flat, but I do believe in flat cats.

Good on the original post for being responsible.We get absolute pleasure travelling with our dog,if people don't want us there we take our money elsewhere.I would imagine that RESPONSIBLE cat owners get the same joy..
As for disappearing species don't forget the developers that love knocking down trees and clearing forests and destroying habitats so they can make a quick dollar

I think more eagles are killed by people driving too fast & not giving the eagles time to gain altitude with a belly full of road kill!

Farmers have killed far more Wedgies than any Burmese cat ever will. That was in the old days when they apparently knew no better. I'll refrain from saying what I think of that excuse as an adult. As a kid I can recall seeing them strung up along fence lines in the country, presumably as a "warning" to others to stay away.

Can't really help with your query Rod, but as long as you're aware of the limitations and responsibilities life is too short to worry about what ifs. You also have to consider whether you're being fair to the animals. For example are you going to lock them in a hot van or leave them tethered but unprotected outside when you go for a walk or swim etc? Good luck!

Hi Hairy,
"No different than taking a dog, is it?"

It's quite different
Dogs have masters, Cats have slaves.

End of Story.

Disco.

Hahahahaha...........

But
irresponsible pet owners are irresponsible pet owners.

End of story.

Cheers

Phil,

So it turns out your good self is a responsible cat owner and leave the little darlings at home and have someone come and look after them.
Well done.
Sorry, can't agree with the bit about how they love to stay at home while dogs roam.
If your moggies were so well trained why do you need to have metal cages??
Let me guess, to protect them from all those marauding dogs...lol.
Sure, dogs like most animals will get bored and roam if you are not there to entertain them which is why when we had dogs we had them cared for while we traveled.
Little Fido or Puss Puss or your pet anaconda may be just the cutesiest little thing to you but not everyone shares your opinion.

Cheers
Pop

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Beautiful bunch of moggies there Phil.I'm jealous.

Hi Rod & Patricia,

I don't know if your last cat was a Burmese but as a previous owner of pedigree Burmese, their character is an interesting one in the cat world and one you should be aware of if you intend travelling with them.

While many consider them one of the most "dog like" breeds in the cat world (they can be trained more readily than many other cat breeds), they are roamers and they love to scrap, particularly at night. They can be right terrors in a contained environment like a flat or van. They are supercilious by day, and holy terrors once the sun goes down. Two together will only be company for each other some of the time. They will fight (and fight hard) and woe and betide the sanctity of your night if there is a feral cat in the vicinity of your campsite. They will howl to get out the door at it.

They are a lovely cat and can be great company but they have a split personality you will need to cater for. Personally, I would not chose to travel with them. If you really crave feline company on the road, get a fat, lazy Chinchilla (and please what ever you do decide, please consider having them desexed before going on the road. It will prevent them adding to the feral population should they wander off which is highly likely with a Burmese).

Regards

Mick

Yes Mick, I can just see you out in the red desert with a fat fluffy chinchilla, giving it a brush every night!
Agree about Burmese, best looking cat I ever saw belonged to a neighbour but personality wise it was a bit of a psycho.
My best cats have been moggies from the cat home. Like mixed breed dogs they have hybrid vigour, tend not to get sick and love you for giving them a chance.

Cheers

Actually Rocco, I ran into a T/O out east of the Canning one year who described in great detail preparation of feral cat for eating. More numerous than bandicoot and other bush tucker out west these days and they were a regular staple in their diet as a kid with his parents while still living a traditional lifestyle in the 1970's.

I've moved on to canines now but still choose not to travel with animals for reasons best outlined by John and Val above. Far too restrictive to my sort of travelling.

Chinchilla have a habit of making like a furry cushion for 23.5 hours of a day so their sedentary nature makes them a better cat for travelling (and easy to catch). Thankfully I have no need to pack a cat for emergency eating these days. That's what Outback Al Kennedy is for!

;-)

Cheers Mick

as i said its not if other cats feral or otherwise are around its how many

i had a lady housmate with a big cat.
first 3 days all it did as fight at nigght

i as pissed off until I realised what was happening

i had between 3 and 6 cats claiming my yard as theres

as i said this cat was big and after 3 days i only had one cat in the yard

Great post. As a fellow Burmese owner, all I could think about whilst reading the first 50 irrelevant posts was 'two Burmese in a van? No bloody way!' All this while ours took 20 minutes to howl its way up the stairs soaking wet from a play in the rain just to make sure the rest of the house was up just before sunrise. I guarantee his wet bloody carcass is wrapped around one of the kids in bed now.
I married into cats......
Seriously, 2 pit bulls will make better travelling companions, but weight for weight a Burmese will eat one for breakfast - I haven't seen an animal with more natural ability - hence why they have taken so easily to living in the Aussie bush with its small slow marsupials and birds. To watch a Burmese jump and take a gecko off a 2400mm high ceiling is to witness a majestic killer in action. To lock two of the hair brained bastard things in a van in a van park is to resign yourselves to never having a night's sleep again and to be evicted more than once from van parks due to the ungodly howling they are prone to at night. Seriously, if you don't want to travel with a couple of surly disrespectful teenagers (my best parallel), get a dog. If however, you are willing to sacrifice everything else that is good in your life, I also have no doubt a pair of Burmese will hold a place in your heart like no other.

Gidday 'mike

I think It's pretty important that dogs are desexed too

Cheers

There you go......some sense does come out of this forum occasionally........DE sexing would definitely be a worthwhile move on behalf of the natives!

Good call.

The only way a cat could be useful is if we could train them to eat cane toads.