[C320-list] Ships cat

[Robert Seastream]

Thanks so much for your input!  We'd rather bring Kepler along instead 
of leaving her home and having someone stop in to feed and visit with 
her daily.

How old were your cats when you started bringing them along, and how 
long have you been doing so?

Bob


On Nov 17, 2006, at 8:13 PM, Martin Raphael wrote:

> Hi -- my wife and I have taken our two cats with us on many 2-week 
> cruises with no major issues.  Some things to consider:  you will want 
> some kind of a hand vacuum cleaner to keep up with the cat sand (or 
> you might consider keeping the catbox topside, which we have done 
> sometimes).  The other thing is to watch the rounded slopes along the 
> sides at the stern -- it's pretty easy for a cat to just slide off the 
> edge (which we learned from experience).  One solution is run a line 
> along that edge from a cleat to the stanchion -- something to provide 
> a bit of a barrier.  Cats seems to like the boat a lot, but they may 
> need some time to get used to engine noise.  On our first trip with a 
> new kitten, it spent the entire first day up in the v-berth under 
> whatever cover it could find.  After that it crept out and did fine.
> Martin Raphael
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Seastream" 
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> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 4:25 PM
> Subject: [C320-list] Ships cat
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>> Greetings:
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>> A seven month old kitten just adopted us.  We're thinking it'd be 
>> nice to bring her along in the summer rather than leave her home when 
>> we do our two week mini cruise.  We've heard success stories about 
>> dogs aboard; wonder if anyone has had success with cats aboard.  We 
>> just don't want her to jump overboard.  If it won't work, OK.
>>
>> Bob Seastream
>> 2002 'Intuition'
>> Hull # 906
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