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Me and my husband are expected to move into our very first home of our own at the end of this month! It's been stressful and exciting, and while he's been dealing with the financial side, I've been dealing with the logistical side of moving. One major concern of mine is moving with our cats.
I've done a bunch of research leading up to this. The plan is to move the cats belongings into one of the rooms in the new house, then move the cats together once all of their furniture is setup. This room will also have a window facing the front of the house so that they can see us when we're moving the rest of the furniture so hopefully that would make them realise they're not there alone. We'd stay with them for a bit to make sure they're settled and situated, then we'd start to move all of the other house furniture while they're in that room, but the priority was to make sure the cats were in the new house first considering there's nowhere safe for them in our old house to be while we're moving furniture. I also fully intend to set up a makeshift bed on the floor of that room if it turns out it'll take more than 1 day to move everything as I wouldn't be able to sleep at our old house knowing our two cats were in a new house alone.
Thankfully, the house is in the same town we live in now and is about a 10 minute drive at most, so I'm not concerned about the travel side of things. I believe I have the plan down (please tell me if anything should be changed) but I'm still so full of anxiety. I'm scared that they'll be scared, or that they won't adjust very well. I hate the idea of them being stuck in a single room for possibly several days as they already get upset when they're locked in a room in this house, but I'm also willing to stick to it seeing as the new house is much bigger and different to the one they both grew up in. At least one of our cats grew up from a kitten in the house we're in now, the other has been with us for almost a year and came to us as a 1 year old but she is also the most skittish one.
I'm not quite sure what I wanted to achieve by making this post other than maybe seeking reassurance and advice. Like I said, I believe I have the plan down enough just from researching what to do when moving cats into a new home, but the anxiety over the cats possibly not adjusting well to the new house overall won't leave me, and I'd love to be given any advice to make this transition easier for our babies.
I've done a bunch of research leading up to this. The plan is to move the cats belongings into one of the rooms in the new house, then move the cats together once all of their furniture is setup. This room will also have a window facing the front of the house so that they can see us when we're moving the rest of the furniture so hopefully that would make them realise they're not there alone. We'd stay with them for a bit to make sure they're settled and situated, then we'd start to move all of the other house furniture while they're in that room, but the priority was to make sure the cats were in the new house first considering there's nowhere safe for them in our old house to be while we're moving furniture. I also fully intend to set up a makeshift bed on the floor of that room if it turns out it'll take more than 1 day to move everything as I wouldn't be able to sleep at our old house knowing our two cats were in a new house alone.
Thankfully, the house is in the same town we live in now and is about a 10 minute drive at most, so I'm not concerned about the travel side of things. I believe I have the plan down (please tell me if anything should be changed) but I'm still so full of anxiety. I'm scared that they'll be scared, or that they won't adjust very well. I hate the idea of them being stuck in a single room for possibly several days as they already get upset when they're locked in a room in this house, but I'm also willing to stick to it seeing as the new house is much bigger and different to the one they both grew up in. At least one of our cats grew up from a kitten in the house we're in now, the other has been with us for almost a year and came to us as a 1 year old but she is also the most skittish one.
I'm not quite sure what I wanted to achieve by making this post other than maybe seeking reassurance and advice. Like I said, I believe I have the plan down enough just from researching what to do when moving cats into a new home, but the anxiety over the cats possibly not adjusting well to the new house overall won't leave me, and I'd love to be given any advice to make this transition easier for our babies.