Travelling with your pet is never easy. You have to take extra care of them. But at the same time you cannot leave them at home while you are going out to enjoy the good things of life. The best solution is to go for safe methods, is taking pets on travel. The three most important things o take care of are: ensuring their safety, ensuring that they don’t escape and taking proper care of their basic natural needs like eating, drinking and responding to natural calls.

Here are some tips to take care of if you want to take your pets along with you on travelling:

Choose Right Kind Of Animal Carriers

Animal carrier is the best option if you want to enjoy travelling with your pet. The dogs and cats would feel perfectly fine if you use the carrier box for taking them along with you on a travel. One of the most important things is to take care of is the litter box, especially if the travel is intended to take a one time. Ensure that the litter box is well structured and aptly positioned that not only prevents the contents from creating menace but also allows your pet comfortable to relieve themselves comfortably. Other factors to ensure are proper ventilation ease of cleaning and a proper size. One thing that most people fail to confirm is the latching system. Some of them are so loose or designed in such a way that they open even during small hitches. Especially dogs are intelligent animals so ensure that the carrier has proper latch work that would not invite them to take advantage of absence of your attention and run away.

Take Extra Care Of Cats

Unlike dogs, cats prefer the confinements of the house of their owner. So, when you travel with them they easily get stressed. So they start showing different physical acts of anxiety and streets like jumping, running inside their carrier etc. SO you need to ensure that you are carrying a carrier of sturdier quality and secure it well with a seat belt. For the trips that would take more than 24 hours ensure to let her come out of the carrier and spend some time with you. It will help it to feel comfortable and secure. It is also necessary as it might want to use litter box, drink water or have food. However ensure that you park the car well at a suitable place before you let her out. Some people would close all the doors of the car and let their cat out. It ensures them that the cat cannot escape. But what about your own safety? What if a cat suddenly comes between your feet and starts scratching at your legs while you are driving? It could be more dangerous on busy road. Another good practice is to use a comfortable leash whenever you take the cat out. Because cats can get excited easier and your attention is always divided while you travel.

Hence if the cat is out and decides to escape, you cannot run after it. But if you have a leash you can easily pull it and prevent the cat from running away. Unlike human beings the cats cannot sweat profusely even doing nines heat that heat up their bodies exponentially? So it’s always a good idea to carry some ice packs. If the air-conditioning system of the car fails you can wrap the ice packs inside a thin cloth and put it at the bottom of cat's carrier.

Don’t Allow Them to Sit On Backseat without Carrier Box

One thing to especially avoid is to allow your dog or cat to sit at the backseat of the car. You never know what can excite it suddenly. Maybe the dog gets excited looking at the other dog on the road or it simply wants to express its joy on enjoying a road trip but the way of expression is quite different. They might jump if over excited. And if a 15 pounds dog in the car riding at a speed of 50 MPH jumps to the from seat it will exert a force of more than 650 pounds of preside in event of a crash. So it is always better to use crates of carrier even if the pet is well acquainted with you.

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