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  Pura Magazine Issue 05

Travel comfortably with your pet the easy way!
Written by Dr. Laxmi Iyer

Perspiration dripping off your face by the buckets! The sun glaring down! Your restless kids raising the roof with their shouts and yells! Your pet howling at the top of his or her lungs or meowing pathetically while you concentrate on the road traffic and pedestrians at traffic signals give you a mean look!
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Has this happened to you? If it has then you need help while on the move with your pets on a travel.

Have you sworn that never again are you going to travel with your pet cat, dog etc. this way? Take heart! There's a brave, new way to travel with your pets. Easily. Comfortably and most important - Happily!

The way to get your cat or dog get used to long distance traveling is to start off by traveling short distances.

Depending on how you decide to travel with your pet cat or dog - by car bus, train or ship or plane, you can start off with short rounds in such vehicles.

Then, if you find your pet looking disturbed try other things to distract attention.

For example, you can play soothing music - the melodies and rhythms that your pets are fond of.

Otherwise, you can also let your pet sit very close to you in case that makes your pet feel comfortable.

You can also carry your pet's favorite toy with you. Fragrances too can sometimes help. If you are travelling with your cat, you can hide a whiff of catnip close to where your cat is sitting.

Possibly, for the rest of the journey your cat may be sniffing around trying to discover the hidden source of catnip.

Another technique that you can follow is to try getting one of your kids or family members to play with your pets. Another effective way to distract and draw attention away from the vehicular movement.

If nothing works, just search for the nearest boarding place and leave your pets there. It may be kinder for you and your pet to wait till you come back rather than undergo the torture and stress of travelling.

Ten things to do while traveling with your pet.

  1. Carry anti-emetics and sedatives. If you can a small first aid kit with you.
  2. Have your vet's emergency contact number.
  3. Make sure that you have the numbers of the nearest vet or animal hospital in case of an emergency in the place that you are visiting.
  4. Take care that your pet does not get dehydrated. If you are travelling by road or rail, ensure that every few hours you can give your pet a breather by letting your pet out of the box or basket and walking around.
  5. Ensure that the compartment where your pet is travelling is well ventilated.
  6. Also, try to make sure that none of the pets travelling with your pet has an illness - like a cough or gastroenteritis.
  7. Take care to see that your pet has already had his or her vaccination shots at least two months or a month before travelling.
  8. If you have more than pet, try to arrange so that they are travelling more or less together - in the sense in the same compartment, but of course not placed in the same basket. They may end up fighting with one another.
  9. Watch out for the walls! Make sure that there's a lot of good padding around so that they do not injure themselves.
  10. If you can, do keep some of your pet's toys in the basket so that they feel comfortable and not anxious while travelling.
 



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