Cat in plane

On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 05:14:39 GMT, "soxinbox" wrote:

Has any got any experience with taking a cat in an airplane. Do they freak
out from the loud noise. Do they have problems with the change in altitude?


Years ago a friend and I decided to give a ride in a 172 to Ole Tom
from the local FBO. Gentle old sole you could kick and he'd just roll
over. Threw him in the back seat and he promply went to sleep -- at
least for a while. At 5000 feet over Ohio he woke up and looked
outside. All of a sudden he went into overdrive and was tearing
aroung the cabin in vertical and horizontal circles. Skin and
headliner were being shreaded big time. Only thing I could do was
open the side window. Poof - - - I always wondered if he landed on
his feet.

Long and the short of it. If you fly with an uncaged cat, leave the
window open.

George Patterson wrote:
Roger wrote:

If he want's out he'll stand on
his hind feet and try to open the door, but can't mange to turn the
knob.


I had a big black tom many years ago who could turn the knob. He never
figured out how to pull a door open that way, but he could push one open
after the latch went. He topped out at 17.5 pounds and none of it was fat.

George Patterson
If a tank is out of ammunition, what you have is a sixty ton portable
radio.
I had a GREAT cat when I was in college. My apartment mate kept
accusing me of eating her baloney, which wasn't exactly my favorite
food. We couldn't figure it out, until one day when she caught Tyler in
the act. He would hook his claw in the rubber seal of the door and pull
it open. Then, he would ever so carefully flip the top open just enough
to slip a paw in and hook ONE slice of baloney with his claw. He would
close the door and no one was the wiser. She said if she hadn't seen it
with her own two eyes she would never have believed it.

Margy

wrote:
On 14-Nov-2005, Margy wrote:


Fred comes when called even if she knows it's for her medicine. She's
not happy about it, but she comes. Once in a while it's tuna instead.


Why not have it be tuna all the time? When our geriatric 17-year-old cat
developed hyperthyroidism, we had to give her a pill twice a day. After
many struggles and having the cat end up spitting the pill back out half the
time, someone I know suggested a solution that worked like a charm. We
bought cheap cans of tuna, the ones that have a lot of broth and mushy fish,
and each time it was "pill time" we crushed the pill in a little of the
broth, then stirred in a little of the fish. The cat LOVED taking her
medicine! We extended the broth for a few days, up to almost a week, by
adding a little tap water each day. After adding water each day, eventually
the tuna didn't taste as good, and our cat didn't take to it as well. At
that point our dog got a treat, and we opened another can of tuna. Plastic
pet food lids fit the tuna cans perfectly, by the way.You'll have to
experiment and see how little broth and fish you can get away with before
your cat won't eat it up. You may also have to try two or three brands of
tuna to find the one your cat adores. Our cat loved one brand, but when I
went to a different store once and they didn't have it, I bought their cheap
brand. Our cat refused it.
Scott Wilson
It's a liquid in a syringe and it's only for a week! I had a dog who
would eat anything if you wrapped it in peanut butter.

Margy

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Margy wrote:

Fred comes when called even if she knows it's for her medicine.

Vixen will eat her meds (prednisone) if they're sprinkled on top of canned cat food.

George Patterson
If a tank is out of ammunition, what you have is a sixty ton portable
radio.

Roger wrote:

Sounds a bit like a bigger version of Streak.

Sort of. Elemanzer was solid black and short haired and lean like your cat. By
the time he hit full weight, he had that sagging section just in front of the
back legs that most toms get. Some superstitious ******* ran him down. Had to
peel rubber and hit the wrong side of the road to get him, but she succeeded.

George Patterson
If a tank is out of ammunition, what you have is a sixty ton portable
radio.

wrote:
bought cheap cans of tuna, the ones that have a lot of broth and mushy fish,
and each time it was "pill time" we crushed the pill in a little of the
broth, then stirred in a little of the fish. The cat LOVED taking her
medicine! We extended the broth for a few days, up to almost a week, by
adding a little tap water each day. After adding water each day, eventually
the tuna didn't taste as good, and our cat didn't take to it as well. At
that point our dog got a treat, and we opened another can of tuna. Plastic
pet food lids fit the tuna cans perfectly, by the way.You'll have to
experiment and see how little broth and fish you can get away with before
your cat won't eat it up. You may also have to try two or three brands of
tuna to find the one your cat adores. Our cat loved one brand, but when I
went to a different store once and they didn't have it, I bought their cheap
brand. Our cat refused it.

One of my cats has to take a pill daily for a heart problem. I use to use
tuna, but after a few years he actually got tired of tuna. I was able to
find a conventional wet cat food that he really likes, and mix the
crushed pill in that.

--- Jay




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Don Hammer wrote:
outside. All of a sudden he went into overdrive and was tearing
aroung the cabin in vertical and horizontal circles. Skin and
headliner were being shreaded big time. Only thing I could do was
open the side window. Poof - - - I always wondered if he landed on
his feet.


That wasn't the "only thing" you could do. Good thing you weren't based
at my airport, or else I would have beaten you to death with a baseball
bat, once you had landed.

--- Jay
(who values the lives of cats more than most people's)



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Jay Masino wrote:
Don Hammer wrote:
outside. All of a sudden he went into overdrive and was tearing
aroung the cabin in vertical and horizontal circles. Skin and
headliner were being shreaded big time. Only thing I could do was
open the side window. Poof - - - I always wondered if he landed on
his feet.


That wasn't the "only thing" you could do. Good thing you weren't based
at my airport, or else I would have beaten you to death with a baseball
bat, once you had landed.

What would you have done in the same situation?

-jav

Javier Henderson wrote:
What would you have done in the same situation?

I wouldn't be so stupid as to "experiment" with taking a cat in my plane,
but I would have pushed it away or let it claw me (and take it like a
man), while I landed the plane.

--- Jay



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