Oscar is undoubtedly a forced to be reckoned with, he is absolutely cute, very (very) affectionate and rules our house with fur, purrs and endless meows.

Once, maybe twice in a lifetime an animal comes along that you bond so strongly with you don't know how you would never survive without them.

A flee bitten, mite infected and worm laden street urchin was one such animal. Only problem is, Oscar also can live without ME!

Oscar separation anxiety is manageable day by day, but holidays are a completely different story. We could never let him see the suitcases and when we did he would turn on us, sitting in MY suitcase and growling, toileting where he shouldn't and even getting himself so work up he would start vomiting. Most packing evenings would result with Oscar sitting on MY suitcase meowing all night.

We tried buying new luggage and even swapping our cases over without success.

We also try getting the suitcases out several weeks before our departure date in the hope that he would become used to the suitcases and less anxious about us going away, but this only made matters worse - so much so that in the week before we left he had stopped eating completely for four days.

Then Oscar met [an Emotion Code practitioner].

6 months later we packed our bags with Oscar looking on with mild interest, not growling no howling or toilet mishaps....just one happy chilled cat.  Thank you!

https://www.atotalapproach.com.au/emotion-code/