I'm in LA now - touched down a couple of hours ago and am now in my hotel with Jetset Cat. The pill thing was a no-goer - no matter that I did she refused to have it in her mouth, so I gave up finally. She was pretty quiet on the way there and in the plane actually, I was surprised. I think she went to sleep once the plane levelled off.
The only time I did get stressed was when I arrived in LA - I picked up my bags (it's not fun carrying a cat in a shoulderslung carrier, another bag with my laptop on the other shoulder, and dragging two suitcases all at the same time) and had to go catch the bus to the rental car depots here at LAX. That's when I think she really got scared, because of the sound of all the buses and airbrakes and all that, which was very loud as we were at the kerb. Then I had to line up at Hertz for half an hour to get the car, and then take a golf cart to where it was parked. By the time I got her in the car she was very quiet, which concerned me as she's normally a very talkative cat. But when we got to the hotel and I finally let her out she got herself back to normal again and is playing now. She's a brave cat!
