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Helping a rescued cat with a house move
My friend Margot has a rescued cat that, unfortunately, abused before Margot
got her. The cat has gradually come around but is still very uncomfortable with any kind of change. Even just moving a piece of furniture around disturbs the cat. Margot has just purchased a house and will be moving there from her apartment in about a week and was asking me for advice about the best way to do the move to minimize the stress on her cat. Since I've never had to do a move with a cat, I suggested she ask on this newsgroup but she's never really worked with newsgroups so I'm asking on her behalf. I'll forward any replies to her as I see them. Does anyone have any suggestions? Margot was wondering it it would be best to put the cat in a local cat hospital (which also does boarding) for three or four days until the move is complete? She could also keep the cat at the new house during the move but would then have to confine her in a room for the whole day while the movers bring things in so that the cat can't escape. We were concerned that the cat might be very stressed - and also exposed to germs and infections - at the cat hospital/boarding place. We are also worried that leaving the cat confined in the new house during the move would also be stressful; clearly, the cat would hear all the commotion and be very aware that it was in a new place and was also confined, which surely wouldn't help its stress levels. I have to assume that many of the users of this newsgroup have had to move house with cats so I'd like to get your best advice so that I can pass it on to Margot. -- Rhino |
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