HOW do you travel???

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I am a total newbie to all this diabetic stuff, and I'm totally overwhelmed. One of the reasons we have a cat and not a dog is because they are low maintenance. All our family lives out of town and we travel fairly often to visit. Cats don't require much supervision whilst out of town. We have an 8 day trip planned to Disney this summer, and I'm trying to wrap my brain around what on earth to do with our diabetic cat during that time. It's not like I can just ask the neighbor kid to come give my cat her INSULIN shots. Help! Advice? Tips?
 
Many people find a vet tech who is looking for some extra money. They can test and shoot. We took Oliver with us. We like to rent from VRBO (vacation rental by owner) so we found one that would accept pets. He was a good car traveler so we drove to our destination, set him up and enjoyed our vacation.
 
Do you have a good friend that can come it twice a day to feed and shoot. I am fortunate that I have two friends that take care of my cats. Both of them have learned to hometest and give insulin. I leave detailed info about Ricky's testing and insulin.

I have also boarded my diabetic cats at my vet's office in the past when neither one of these friends were available. Again, I leave detailed info for the vet techs including my cats' meter with the instructions that they must test before every shot using my cat's meter.
 
Where do you live? There may be a FDMB member who lives nearby and willing to take care of your cat while you travel.

Hire a vet tech from your vet's office. Many do pet sitting on the side. Be sure that the vet tech understands how to measure and give insulin (they should but it doesn't hurt to be sure), how to bg test and record numbers on a pad of paper for you, how to handle any possible hypos, how to set up the timed feeder if you use one, etc.
 
Everybody else gave great options for you, the only thing I would add is if you leave the cat at home, print out a word document with every phone number the person could need: yours/other family members on vacation with you, the vet, emergency vet, and a full list of "if this happens do this, if this happens call me immediately" and etc. If you decide to take the cat with you, locate vets/emergency vets just in case if you find yourself needing one near Disney.

Have a great time!
 
I take J.D. with me on vacations. And, like Suzanne said, I always research and print out directions to the nearest 24 hour clinic at my destination, you never know, and if you don't know the area, you'll need those directions in an emergency.
 
Directions are a GREAT idea! I just picked up a car just a couple of miles from the employee entrance to DisneyWorld in FL, and I ended up having to call two more times for directions to her place. When you need an emergency vet and you're upset/scared, directions are so important.
 
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