What is good for kitty car-sickness

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Karen & Smokey(GA)

Karen & Smokey(GA)

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Tommy is not a very good traveler, but travel he must.

The last two 3-1/2 hour drives for camping trips, he has gotten
car sick. Diarrhea and vomiting.

He is so stressed that he hyper-ventilates.

I am currently giving meclizine 1 hour before travel. Also comfort Zone spray
in his kennel 1/2 hour before travel.

I thought it was working because he did fine on our 4-day trip home for
Arizona in the spring. But now he is getting sick again. I feel so sorry
for him.
 
Karen,

The same thing happens to my civvie Boomer when he has to travel - which is not often thankfully. He was prescribed Acepromazine by his then vet. It worked, but it is a tranquilizer so I did not like giving him that. I fired this vet when she nearly killed Jake, so I would do some heavy duty checking into Acepromazine to make sure it is safe for your kitty.

Judy
 
drjsiems said:
Karen,

The same thing happens to my civvie Boomer when he has to travel - which is not often thankfully. He was prescribed Acepromazine by his then vet. It worked, but it is a tranquilizer so I did not like giving him that. I fired this vet when she nearly killed Jake, so I would do some heavy duty checking into Acepromazine to make sure it is safe for your kitty.

Judy
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Ace we already tried. Didn't help with the stress, and does nothing for the nausea.
Not for Tommy, anyway.
 
Angus was a horrible traveler. He would usually lose both bladder and bowel control in the 10 minute ride to the regular vet. My vet had me give him 1/2 tablet benadryl an hour before our 1/2 hour trip to the specialist. He seemed much calmer and didn't soil the crate, but I don't know for sure if it was the benadryl or because he was so sick (advanced intestinal lymphoma).
 
Does anyone know if ginger is safe for cats? In humans and in dogs, it may help the upset stomach.

A dog person recommended gingersnaps for dogs - obviously too high carb for cats!

Also, feed as early before traveling as reasonable, but not more than 4 hours. While that is a US federal regulation for commercial animal transporters, removing food a couple hours before transport reduces the amount that can be hurled if the upset stomach gets bad enough.
 
It seems I read somewhere that ginger influences diabetic cats' BGs so maybe you want to google that to find out more.

Judy
 
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