Man Reveals How He Trained His Cats to Behave on International Flights — and How They Go to the Bathroom

Lazar Joksimovic travels pinch unexpected companions: his cats, Louie and Todd.

Joksimovic often travels domestically and internationally pinch his furry friends. Recently, he took a travel to Paris pinch a pal, who besides has 2 cats, truthful they travelled pinch 4 cats total.

The 27-year-old talks to PEOPLE astir what it’s for illustration to recreation pinch his pets and nan readying it takes to get them connected nan plane. 

Well earlier they committee nan aircraft, Joksimovic takes clip to book seats for his pets months successful advance. Depending connected whether he’s flying domestically aliases internationally, he has to make judge their vaccinations are up to day and get their wellness certificates and recreation certificates endorsed by veterinarians.

He packs Louie and Todd, some 2, into their carriers and often brings a stroller for them arsenic well. With recreation litter successful tow, he is fresh to embark connected nan journey. 

Joksimovic says he travels pinch his cats internationally “three times a year.”

“The first formation we went on, they were 4 and a half months old," he shares. "When kittens are that young, they don't really cognize what's going on, truthful they're a batch much chill by default.”

After a batch of training and exposure, his cats person go desensitized to noisy environments, making aerial recreation easier. 

“I trained them by taking them extracurricular each mates of days, each 1 to 2 days, connected a leash, first to quieter areas, for illustration broadside streets and playgrounds astatine nighttime erstwhile there's nary 1 there, past gradually exposing them to noisy environments, for illustration parks during nan day, shopping malls, downtown cities," he explains. "It requires tons of training and treats.” 

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“Then nan much flights we went on, nan much laid backmost they got," he continues. "Todd was ever chill. He was conscionable a very chill feline to statesman with. Louie was much skittish. But aft a mates of flights, they sewage utilized to nan full process."

Once nan cats get onboard, Joksimovic says they “just sleep” aft "spending nan first 15 to 20 minutes conscionable looking around.”

In nan TikTok video he shared, viewers tin spot what a emblematic world formation looks for illustration pinch nan cats. While they slumber for astir of nan flight, they person learned to nudge Joksimovic if they person to usage nan bathroom. He past takes them to nan bath successful nan backmost of nan plane, wherever he sets up a portable litter container for them to use.

Joksimovic says that astir group don’t person an rumor pinch nan cats connected nan flight, noting that his interactions are “mostly positive.” Similarly, astir of nan commenters connected his videos gush astir really well-behaved Louie and Todd are.

“If we person personification who has allergies sitting adjacent to us, they usually conscionable speech seats pinch personification who doesn't person allergies," he explains.

Louie and Todd aren't conscionable a deed pinch chap passengers, but besides pinch nan hose workers. Joksimovic says location person been times erstwhile pilots person near nan cockpit to travel meet his companions and wish them well.