"Do cats get motion sickness too? Seeing that they are not noisy or noisy, I feel very adapted! ”
Preface. Every holiday, especially during the Chinese New Year, many excrement shovelers will choose to drive their pets home, which not only saves the trouble of consignment, but also keeps the pets by their side, so that the furry children do not have to "stay behind".
But there is one problem that we often overlook: cats can also get motion sickness.
Because the dog will be more irritable when it is motion sick, there will be vomiting and even incontinence, but these are rarely reflected in the cat, which makes many excrement shovelers feel that in the car, the cat is definitely an "old driver".
In fact, the fact is that cats can also get motion sickness, but the symptoms are less obvious.
Today, let's talk about the problems related to cat motion sickness.
1. The obvious symptoms of cat motion sickness.
1. Drooling.
When your cat drools while in the car, don't think it's trying to eat.
In fact, the cat is very painful at this time, it is a digestive disorder caused by parasympathetic disorders, and when the cat appears drooling, it proves that the cat has severe motion sickness.
2. Lick your lips.
When cats are unwell in the car, they will also be accompanied by the act of licking their lips, and they will lick their lips from time to time, and the frequency is relatively high. At this time, the cat is mildly motion sick.
3. Vomiting and diarrhea.
Although kittens love to be clean and most of the time prefer to hold it rather than urinate and pull around, if the cat's motion sickness is severe, it will lead to the cat's digestive disorders, vomiting and incontinence.
Second, the cat motion sickness symptoms that are easy to be ignored by the shovel officer.
If the above 3 situations, the shovel officer is still relatively easy to distinguish the cat motion sickness, then the following situations are really easy to be ignored by the shovel officer.
The cat began to "meow meow" howl, and also seemed a little uneasy, like ADHD, like this kind of car everywhere, shovel officer don't be careless, most likely cat motion sickness.
However, there are also cats who don't like to bark when they get motion sickness, but they look weaker and weaker, lying motionless, feeling very well-behaved, in fact, the cat feels uncomfortable, so it wilts.
3. How can I avoid cat motion sickness?
Having said all this, the shovel officer should be most concerned about how to avoid cat motion sickness.
First of all, you have to get the cat used to riding in the car, and then choose to take them on a long journey. If your cat is riding a car for the first time and travels hundreds or even thousands of kilometers, it will definitely not work.
Usually you should take the cat to the car, and when the cat sits in the car for the first time, give them a good experience, so that the cat can slowly adapt to the car.
Secondly, during the cat's ride, don't feed them too much, try to let the cat eat enough 4 hours before getting in the car, reduce the number of feedings, and when the cat is in the car, just feed them to drink.
Finally, when the cat is in the car, it is necessary to keep the air circulation in the car as much as possible, and you can open the window a little smaller, so that they are close to the window and can see the scenery outside the window, so as to divert attention and reduce the probability of motion sickness.
Family, if the cat is really motion sick, you need to stop in time, and then take the cat to the nearest service area to rest for a period of time, and comfort the cat halfway, and wait for the cat's body to recover almost, and then continue the trip.