01/09/2025
🌟 Moving House with Your Cat 🌟
Cats are a territorial species so they develop strong bonds with their environment. 🐱 As a result, house moves are potentially stressful.
Planning ahead will ensure that the transition from one home to another goes smoothly.
🐱 Before the removalists arrive, isolate your cat in a room with their cat carrier, cat bed, food bowl, water bowl and litter tray in this room and ensure the door and windows remain shut.
🐱 Place a synthetic feline pheromone diffuser (a plug-in Feliway® device) in a floor level socket in the new room where your cat will be temporarily confined, ideally several hours before your cat is brought in.
🐱 Once the room is ready your cat can be placed inside with their bed, food bowl, water bowl and litter tray and the door shut. If possible a family member can sit in the room with your cat for a while as it explores.
🐱 Keep your cat indoors for at least two weeks to get used to the new environment.
🐱 Make sure your cat has some form of identification (a collar with a quick release section to avoid getting caught up) with their name, address and contact phone number. (Don't forget to update their microchip information too!)
🐱 Maintain routines adopted in your previous house to provide continuity and familiarity.
