Travel with my older siamese?
I have an almost 13 year old siamese cat who is extremely attached to me. I dread going out of town, because when I'm gone he mopes and refuses to eat. Once I was away for 8 days, and according to my friend who came to my house to care for him, he didn't touch any food the whole time I was gone. In fact, when I returned, he had lost a substantial amount of weight. Since then, I've never been away from home for more than 2-3 days at a time, because I'm worried about him.
Now I want to go visit friends who live out of province, and they have invited me to stay for 2 weeks. I'm worried that if I leave the cat for that long, he might die. My friends said I could bring him along if I want. So I guess my question is, should I travel with him? I know he will be extremely depressed if I leave him at home, but I also don't want to stress him out with traveling, since he is an older cat. I would be traveling by plane, and my vet said he could have a kitty sedative for the trip.
Any opinions would be welcome! I really don't want to forfeit my trip, but I also love my cat! Thanks!
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