I'll disagree with this analysis. Cats >CAN< travel well, but it all
depends on how they were raised.

If raised from young in a stable monolithic environment they are
unlikely to like to travel. If raised, constantly going places, they
get used to it and handle it quite well. For years, in the DC area,
there was a cat that went everywhere on the front of a motorcycle. The
owner even had a helmet made for the cat. It died a year ago (age, not
an accident) and the story (of the cat's death) was written up in the
Washington post.

http://kensworld.cnchost.com/kensworld/cattrivia.html

For camping, I would bring along a rug or blanket that the cat is used
to using (i.e. that has the cat's smell). With that as an orientation
point, the cat will be happy to go off and explore (in my case it was
usually in my company.)

On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 10:56 PM, John Rodgers wrote:

> Cats don't travel well. The biggest problem is they don't like strange
> places. Unlike dogs who are happy where-ever they are  as long as their
> master is present, cats are more creatures of habit and locale.
> the get lost far easier than dog do too.