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relocating cat from house to apartment
wrote in message ... I'm thinking about getting a cat for our house, perhaps a kitten. But within a year or two it is possible we may be moving to an apartment. Is there general advice as to re-housing a cat in a more limited space, from a big house to a smaller 1-bedroom apt say? Does it depend on the personality characteristics of the cat? Does climate difference, eg from temperate to warmer climate, matter to how the cat adapts and its wellbeing? The cat will adopt. The size is not end all. Besides, don;t look at small apartment in one dimension. Cats like heights.Make second floor for him/her. I put up some zig zag shelfs (painted in room colors)on the wall, which they use as stairs to get to the top of a cupboard. There they have a "bedroom" with nice boxes(again in matching room colors). They love it! And it really looks good. I also placed couple of scratching posts on top of another unit, so they love going all over the place. Check "The cat house" book. I got many ideas from there. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...648498-7428424 Gee |
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I'm thinking about getting a cat for our house, perhaps a kitten. But within a year or two it is possible we may be moving to an apartment. Is there general advice as to re-housing a cat in a more limited space, from a big house to a smaller 1-bedroom apt say? It depends on a lot of different factors. If you plan to have a cat with outdoor access while living in your house, rehoming to an apartment with limited or no outdoor access can stress the cat immensely. It's almost always difficult and a lot of "outdoor" cats cannot adapt to permanent indoor "confinement".. If that's the case, I'd be patient and wait getting a cat till after you have moved - even if it is two years from now. I have experienced it myself and seen many cases with "outdoor" cats, who had to be relocated because they could't adapt to indoor life.... Does it depend on the personality characteristics of the cat? To some extend it does. Some cats that are rehomed adapt very smooth and fast, others don't. Does climate difference, eg from temperate to warmer climate, matter to how the cat adapts and its wellbeing? Of course ;-) But those kind of changes are usually just a matter of time.... /M |
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I'm thinking about getting a cat for our house, perhaps a kitten. But within a year or two it is possible we may be moving to an apartment. Is there general advice as to re-housing a cat in a more limited space, from a big house to a smaller 1-bedroom apt say? It depends on a lot of different factors. If you plan to have a cat with outdoor access while living in your house, rehoming to an apartment with limited or no outdoor access can stress the cat immensely. It's almost always difficult and a lot of "outdoor" cats cannot adapt to permanent indoor "confinement".. If that's the case, I'd be patient and wait getting a cat till after you have moved - even if it is two years from now. I have experienced it myself and seen many cases with "outdoor" cats, who had to be relocated because they could't adapt to indoor life.... Does it depend on the personality characteristics of the cat? To some extend it does. Some cats that are rehomed adapt very smooth and fast, others don't. Does climate difference, eg from temperate to warmer climate, matter to how the cat adapts and its wellbeing? Of course ;-) But those kind of changes are usually just a matter of time.... /M |
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"Gee" wrote in message ... Check "The cat house" book. I got many ideas from there. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...8669/sr=1-3/re f=sr_1_0_3/026-3648498-7428424 Thanks for posting that, Gee; I remember seeing on telly once these people's house, and it was fully catified, a veritable playground for the cats, and looked wonderful as well! It had carpeted beams and things along the walls and ceilings for them to walk along, and even holes at the top of each door for them to go on the beams from one room into the other, and ramps down to the floor. I always wanted to customize my house in some way like that for the cats, but had no idea where to begin; this book looks like just the place. Thanks again! Ann |
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"Gee" wrote in message ... Check "The cat house" book. I got many ideas from there. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...8669/sr=1-3/re f=sr_1_0_3/026-3648498-7428424 Thanks for posting that, Gee; I remember seeing on telly once these people's house, and it was fully catified, a veritable playground for the cats, and looked wonderful as well! It had carpeted beams and things along the walls and ceilings for them to walk along, and even holes at the top of each door for them to go on the beams from one room into the other, and ramps down to the floor. I always wanted to customize my house in some way like that for the cats, but had no idea where to begin; this book looks like just the place. Thanks again! Ann |
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wrote in message I'm thinking about getting a cat for our house, perhaps a kitten. But within a year or two it is possible we may be moving to an apartment. Is there general advice as to re-housing a cat in a more limited space, from a big house to a smaller 1-bedroom apt say? It depends on a lot of different factors. If you plan to have a cat with outdoor access while living in your house, rehoming to an apartment with limited or no outdoor access can stress the cat immensely. It's almost Or not. I had two indoor-outdoor cats (they spent summers outdoors, winters solely as indoors cats). I moved from a rural farm to an apartment in the city with no problem other than one of the cats thinking the top shelf of my bookshelf was his personal hidey-hole, and moving the books off of it regularly to properly prepare it for his slumber (said books ending up on the floor, of course!). I do think, however, the fact that they were litter-mates had a lot to do with it... when they were stressed, they'd pile together into a cat heap and groom each other until they were soothed. always difficult and a lot of "outdoor" cats cannot adapt to permanent indoor "confinement".. Well, where I was living, a shorthair cat didn't go outside in the winter. So they weren't "permenant" outdoor cats. That may have helped too. I would say that a) if you get cats now while in a house, don't let them go outside (keep them as indoor cats), and b) get two cats -- littermates, preferably -- so that they can help sooth each other over the stress of the move. I hauled those two cats over most of the United States before they finally kicked the bucket from old age/cancer. They hated travel -- they once yowled at me for two days straight from their cat carrier as I drove from Alexandria LA to Phoenix AZ -- but seemed to adapt just fine once they got there and got their routines re-established. -- Eric Lee Green Unix/Linux/Storage Software Engineer needs job -- see http://badtux.org for resume -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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In article , maz burped:
wrote in message I'm thinking about getting a cat for our house, perhaps a kitten. But within a year or two it is possible we may be moving to an apartment. Is there general advice as to re-housing a cat in a more limited space, from a big house to a smaller 1-bedroom apt say? It depends on a lot of different factors. If you plan to have a cat with outdoor access while living in your house, rehoming to an apartment with limited or no outdoor access can stress the cat immensely. It's almost Or not. I had two indoor-outdoor cats (they spent summers outdoors, winters solely as indoors cats). I moved from a rural farm to an apartment in the city with no problem other than one of the cats thinking the top shelf of my bookshelf was his personal hidey-hole, and moving the books off of it regularly to properly prepare it for his slumber (said books ending up on the floor, of course!). I do think, however, the fact that they were litter-mates had a lot to do with it... when they were stressed, they'd pile together into a cat heap and groom each other until they were soothed. always difficult and a lot of "outdoor" cats cannot adapt to permanent indoor "confinement".. Well, where I was living, a shorthair cat didn't go outside in the winter. So they weren't "permenant" outdoor cats. That may have helped too. I would say that a) if you get cats now while in a house, don't let them go outside (keep them as indoor cats), and b) get two cats -- littermates, preferably -- so that they can help sooth each other over the stress of the move. I hauled those two cats over most of the United States before they finally kicked the bucket from old age/cancer. They hated travel -- they once yowled at me for two days straight from their cat carrier as I drove from Alexandria LA to Phoenix AZ -- but seemed to adapt just fine once they got there and got their routines re-established. -- Eric Lee Green Unix/Linux/Storage Software Engineer needs job -- see http://badtux.org for resume -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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