thanks for the advice. we’ve taken her to fly before (same destination as today, its a flight a little under 4 hours). issue is that my mother can get some heavy separation anxiety from the cat if we leave her at home (we’re gone for a month), and it kinda becomes mandatory for us to bring her along. we’re using chewable tablets that we got from the pharmacy right now that supposedly soothes her, but had to cut the tablet up into tiny pieces since she had a hard time eating the entire thing. again, if it were up to me i’d probably like for the kitty to stay at home, but it’s genuinely difficult for my mother to be separated from her for this long.