milo

no, really. this is NOT a cruelty thread.. i love cats. its a serious question (albeit a weird one).

my aunt has kindly agreed to look after my gf's cat while we move into temporary accomodation (until we find something permanent.. so will probably be for a few months).. but she lives several hours drive away and we won't be able to take the cat there ourselves. clearly i cant slap a few stamps on the cat and post it... but is there any company that deals in transporting pets and if so, what sort of cost?

cheers!

mj

Kitty Link?

Dracoro

Speak to your local petshop. No doubt they do this sort of thing all the time.

Mice_Elf

Are there no boarding kennels or catteries closer by? Would a friend be willing to drive the cat, if you pay petrol costs?

A drive of that magnitude is bound to stress the cat, let alone with the waiting times a delivery company would add to it.

It might be worth asking your vet for a mild sedative for the cat when it goes.

ajm

Cue the mods: "people won't be able to resist advising cruelty - locked"

http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Pets/Travel/Transportation/ (a few UK ones in there)

Muffleman

So a 'CAT'apult is out of the question ?!?







I'll get me coat .........

RichWalk

I deal with transport, never come across this though!
In the spirit of equality, why not let the GF sort it out!

Spoon

I take it the cat isn't that important to both of you then?

Type of pet owner I don't like.

Had one of my dogs needed to go a mere few hours away I'd have made time.

You propose letting a stranger take it?

milo

thats kinda harsh given that you know absolutely sweet buggery about us or the situation

type of person i don't like.

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

@ajm

Have you got some problem with cats or is it with moderators in general? if you have a problem with the mods regarding the locking of your cat threads, why don't you email webmaster@scoobynet.co.uk instead of continually sniping about it on various threads.

I am not a cat lover but I do like them ond don't mind them, but there are a lot of devoted cat people on SN and people going on about shooting them or poisoning them with antifreeze is only going to get peoples backs up when there really is no need for it.

So you hate cats! big deal is it really worth getting a reputation over? just keep your opinions and suggestions to yourself then threads will stop getting locked or deleated.

Spoon

Not harsh at all but I understand that guilt may want you to believe that.


What, a responsible pet owner?

r32

You really ought to try and get a close friend or relative to deliver said *****.
I would be uncomfortable with trusting a stranger with a loved one! (Cat or Child).
If you have problems due to circumstances then try the RSPCA they may be able to do something for you. Our local Vet looked after our cat for us but that was only for a short while, and he did need special care .......
Hope you sort something out.
STEVE...........

scooby nutter

We once bought a dog and they sent it on the train in a wooden box.
He phoned us when the train left and a few hours later we picked it up from the local station.

Dunc

ajm

Wurzel, in order to prevent further disruption to this thread I have responded to your outburst in Fightclub.

ScoobyDoo555

would this help?



Dan

(likes all animals btw!!!)

milo

nope - a narrow-minded jackass who makes gross generalisations about other people's situation regardless of whether they actually know anything.

fact is - you don't know a THING about my situation and yet are still willing to pass judgement.

milo

yes - that was the original hope and i have exhausted that avenue (finding someone i know to transport it).. which is why i asked my original question.

glad to say you've put it in nice terms rather than others (well, one other) who assumes i haven't even tried and brand me a bad pet owner (especially weird when i dont even own the cat anyway).

thanks to all who have replied anyway (well, all but one who'd rather just waste bandwidth with incessant winging about the "type" of pet owner(!?!) i apparently am - you know who you are)

Markus

Milo - you could show the cat a map and tell it where to go, it'd probably have some fun getting there. Cats are very clever, never forgotten they were once worshipped, and don't they let us know it.

On a more serious note, the transportation. Would echo talking to a pet shop about this as, but then it would be them with a van and a cat carrier I guess. Don't think ParcelForce or a courier firm would deal in transport of live cargo, well, not domestic pets. Agree with the sedative though, would chill the cat right out, which would stop claws being put where they should not be if cat gets stressed.

Spoon

Fact is I commented on what you posted and just that. I suggest if you have other issues then you explain them too or accept judgement on what you've posted on a public messageboard.

Oh and further I see you are distancing yourself from ownership now, good move

Also notice I can reply without resulting to vitriol.

milo

no, really, you didn't. not in an intelligent, reasonable way anyway. you merely passed judgement without knowing any facts.. and in fact even pretty much called me out as a bad pet owner.. when even my original post stated i didn't own the animal.

if you'd wanted to comment that i should try asking a known person to help (which i have already spent time trying), try suggesting in a more friendly, community-oriented (or at LEAST less agressive) way, such as the approach by r32. your reply then would have been appreciated/valued, and not mocked.

fact is, i have tried this (asking relatives/friends).


did you even read my original post properly? even my FIRST post on the subject stated i wasn't the owner.


well done, medal in the post. now try replying without your "holier than thou" judgement-passing attitude and things will be great.

Spoon

Nothing you have said has changed my mind.

You are not prepared to travel yourself for your girlfriends cat who I assume you like a bit, enough to move in with each other maybe?

Remember, it's my view, yours is evidently different.

milo

who said i wasn't prepared to do it?

sad that as a human being you can't assume the best of people and that im asking the question as a last resort.


sadly your view seems to be based around false assumptions that you've made without knowing the full story.

my view of you could so easily be that you're a bad pet owner if i took the same judgemental attitude as you. you say you have dogs, but you didn't say you fed them. thus you must be starving them and are a bad pet owner. shame on you

yoza

***** by post.

What an excellent idea, can I lick the envelopes.

WWW.PUSSYBYPOST.COM

Spoon

You kind of did by asking for alternatives.

That's where we differ, it's not your last resort unless you have no vehicle, map or money.

Repeat, I answered your post, if there was a book to accompany the post then forward it but allow a while before I re-post so I've had time to read it all.

Bless you, you were judged on the facts given, as explained more than once but for the last time because you seemed to be regressing to your childhood and we can't be having that now can we.

Right, I'm off for my Marmalade sandwiches.

Good luck anyway, whichever route you take.

Spoon

Guess which week out of the month you're going to be working?

Chip

Err, you did.

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

Ah he said he won't be able to ,he didn't say he wasn't prepared to.

there is a differnece

milo

i didnt at all. i asked for courier companies for transporting cats, not a list of other ways to get a cat there, and not a critique of my worth as a pet "owner".


again - it IS my last resort


no - as explained more than once, you made judgement and used none of the facts given.


don't forget to feed your dog(s) too


cheers horrible pet owner that i am i will probably just stick the cat in a box and fed-ex it somewhere at random

milo

no, really, i didn't.

i said i WON'T BE ABLE to take it.. not that i wouldn't be prepared to

as wurzel points out.. there's a difference.. a MAJOR difference.

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

No don't Fedex it !!!! the poor cat could end up being washed up on a dessert Island with no penknife or matches and only a coconut for company