What is the Best Way to Get Cats Through Transtion After the Move?

Both humans and their animals go through a transition peroid after moving their residence. We humans find ways to deal with this and we get through much quicker than our cats would. What are some of the things that we could do to help our cats though the transition peroid? This is very scary to them.

Same way kids will not be happy about leaving a place they're used to, cats will have similar feelings. When moving, therefore, to lessen that trauma, keep your cat in a sealed, well-ventilated carrier of some sort.

Once you get to your new home, if there's is a room [doesn't matter if it's a bedroom] that you can lock most of the time, confine the cat to that room for about one week. That should be enough time for the cat to adjust to the new environment.

Once the one week is done, release the cat from the confinement room but ensure all exits [doors, windows and so on] are shut. The cat must then for the next one week get used to it's new home.

After that, let the cat roam free. . .

We moved a couple of months ago and we also moved our cats' favourite spot, which is just a cardboard box. They spent the first few hours looking a bit nervous and always running back to their box if there was a noise they didn't recognize. It seemed really good for them to have a 'safe spot'.

The next day they seemed adjusted already, running and jumping around like it was our old home.

Thank you Denis and Isopropanol. I think that taking the boxes on the move, is a good idea because they can connect them to their new space, a lot easier. Especially for those, whose cats own us.

(11-19-2013 10:17 AM)Isopropanol Wrote:  We moved a couple of months ago and we also moved our cats' favourite spot, which is just a cardboard box. They spent the first few hours looking a bit nervous and always running back to their box if there was a noise they didn't recognize. It seemed really good for them to have a 'safe spot'.

The next day they seemed adjusted already, running and jumping around like it was our old home.