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moving on up
In the last two days I have decided on the Graduate school to attend in
September and DH and I have bought a house. Yes, it has been a crazy 2 days. My question is on how to introduce the Simba and Pepper to a new house. Both cats have lived in our current townhouse since they were 11 weeks old. The townhouse is two levels, has a staircase, is carpeted and is in a semi-rural area. The new house is VERY different. The house is one level, so it has no stairs. It also has NO carpet. The floors are all wood or tile. The new house is also close to the campus I will be attending, so it is in a more crowded "downtown" type area. I am a little concerned because both Simba and Pepper have been indoor only at the townhouse for 2 years and it is all they know. They will still be indoor only, but the house is so different it has the potential to upset them. DH and I plan on moving all the furniture and boxes first and then the cats in a second trip. Is it best to put them in a small room at first? Let them get accustomed to the smell of the new house and then slowly introduce new areas? This past weekend DH and I were also gone to visit relatives over night. When we returned home it was obvious both boys had missed us. Pepper spent all night glued to my ankles. I mention this because usually when DH and I return from an overnight the boys look at us as if to say "you were gone...Oh, we hardly noticed". Its nice to be appreciated ~Jemfur, Simba and Pepper. |
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Congrats on the house and school!
When we moved from our tiny apartment to our house, the girls had no trouble adjusting at all. They did spend the first 12 hours with their tails up in the air (just like lemurs) smelling everything. One thing I would suggest is moving them to the new house and lock them in one room while the moving is going on. That way there is no risk that they will be left out accidentally. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:03:43 GMT, Victor Martinez
yodeled: Congrats on the house and school! When we moved from our tiny apartment to our house, the girls had no trouble adjusting at all. They did spend the first 12 hours with their tails up in the air (just like lemurs) Wheeeeee! Lemurs! http://www.gothamist.com/images/2004_12_lemur.jpg Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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Let them get accustomed to the smell of the new house and then slowly
introduce new areas? Hi Jemfur! When we moved to our house from our mobile home, we brought our cats here first and put them in the upstairs bathroom (all 11 of them - large bathroom, thank Bast!) We locked the door and put a do not enter sign on it, and then concentrated on moving our stuff. After we got finished bringing stuff in we opened the door so they could come out and investigate. Nyota, Siobhan, Brianna, Ishtar, Squeek and Biddy aka the girls were out in a flash, tails up and ready to rumble! 3 of the boys - Maus, Dweazel and Tanglefoot slunk out of the room like something was going to attack them. The other 2 - Jeremy and Pixel - refused to come out for almost a full day. (Such brave boys! G) It really depends on the cat how long it is going to take for them to adjust. Good luck with the move! Patti |
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Congrats on the house and school!
When we moved from our tiny apartment to our house, the girls had no trouble adjusting at all. They did spend the first 12 hours with their tails up in the air (just like lemurs) Our crew moved from Ontario to Nova Scotia and settled into the new apartment within a few hours. All their furniture was here...they were more comfortable in their first minutes here than they were in the old apartment with no furniture in it (the furniture went by truck three weeks before us, the cats, and a few army-bags of survival gear like a cooking pot and a sleeping bag arrived) --Fil |
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Enfilade wrote:
Congrats on the house and school! When we moved from our tiny apartment to our house, the girls had no trouble adjusting at all. They did spend the first 12 hours with their tails up in the air (just like lemurs) Our crew moved from Ontario to Nova Scotia and settled into the new apartment within a few hours. All their furniture was here...they were more comfortable in their first minutes here than they were in the old apartment with no furniture in it (the furniture went by truck three weeks before us, the cats, and a few army-bags of survival gear like a cooking pot and a sleeping bag arrived) --Fil When we moved to Thailand with Vino from Vancouver, he was very uncomfortable in the old condo with all the furniture gone. We spent the last night on an air mattress on the floor with only a few suitcases that we were taking. Vino didn't like it at all and kept patrolling the place looking for his stuff. When we got to Thailand, we were in a hotel for a week or 2 and he settled in fast. Then we moved to a 2 bedroom apartment and he settled in right away as well. 6 months later we moved into a 3 bedroom house with stairs (which he had never seen before) and he was at home right away there too. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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Thanks for the support and advice! I think if we put them in the spare
bedroom and block the door it should be OK. Then when the move is done they can come out and explore at their own pace. It should be funny to watch them learn to run on wood floors instead of carpeting :P ~Jemfur and the boyz |
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