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[quote=Anonymous]I traveled with my three cats cross country. I think it took me about 8 days.   I had a large tube set up in the back seat for two of the cats so that they were contained but could still move around.  Initially I did set up a small disposable litter box in there,  but they never used it while traveling.    The third cat didn't tolerate being with the other two so I set up a different tube in the front seat for him.  All cats wore harnesses during the trip but that was just to facilitate taking them from the car to hotel/cabin etc at the end and beginning of the day.    I would definitely NOT recommend taking them out on a leash at a rest stop.   The most dangerous times (in terms of escape)  for were these transfers from car to hotel. (I have yet to find a harness that a panicked cat can not get out of while on a leash....)

Definitely don't let them loose in the car - that is very dangerous (there was one time one of the cats managed to open the zipper of the enclosure and got out  and I had to pull over to get her back in. A cat crawling on you or in the pedal region is not safe.    Cats could see out the windows and this was not an issue at all for mine.  There was almost no meowing -  cats got very acclimated to the car over the course of the trip and it became "home" for them.

So based on my experience it is possible to have a setup that is safe and contains a litter box in the car,  but in my case it was not necessary - they just used the litter box overnight at the hotel and didn't use the car one.  [/quote]

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