Zugzwang posted:

We did a cross-country move by car a few years ago and had our cat with us. She was pretty chill about it all until we got to Arkansas, where she had a total loving meltdown in the car. It was like she was having a fight inside her carrier. When I went to check on her, she escaped her bag and was frantically jumping back and forth between the doors and dashboard, leaving still-there claw marks and gouges. Our prior cat died suddenly from a respiratory infection, so this was all a very not-fun experience.

Fortunately, we managed to wrassle her back into her carrier and doubly fortunately this was near a major city, so we got her to an emergency vet within the hour. She received a diagnosis of "stressed the gently caress out" and we got some awesome to get her through the rest of the trip. Coulda used some myself after that.