Good choice avoiding the 9 hour cat car ride. When we brought ours in the car he used to try to squeeze his face through the cage and not even care that the bars were squishing his eyes!! So crazy!! Love seeing those kitties- especially the Scottish fold!!
We actually did bring them here once 2 years ago, but we planned on staying for a couple months so that's why they had to go with us haha. They did the same thing with the bars and we're mad all the time!