Hello!
I had posted about moving my senior cat (17.5 years, good health) into our new home about a month or so ago. My original plan was to move her in over Christmas break, but that didn't happen. Instead, we moved our 2.5 year old cat in (that was at my BF's house). She acclimated fine, though she's driving me nuts because she's like a toddler, lol
Anyway - I took today off & moved my senior cat (Cammie) in on Saturday. I decided to move her into our bedroom so I could hang out with her. She cried for the first 10-20 minutes (& so did I), slept under the bed for a few hours, then finally slept on it. And she hasn't left the room since & has had zero interest in leaving. She's seen me walk in & out, and just goes back to sleep. I spent most of today out of the room to see if she would cry, but she didn't.
I assume this is because she feels safe. She has very limited hearing left & used to be extremely vocal at my parent's house, maybe because she was disoriented. Even there, she mostly stayed in my bedroom & the room across the hall.
I don't really mind this, except I would prefer not to have the litter box in here, especially because she urinates a lot & doesn't always cover it (as I'm typing this, an awful odor is coming from the box since she just used it) And, since she hasn't met the young cat, my boyfriend's been sleeping on the futon to keep the young cat company.
So, I'm not really sure what to do. I don't want to force her to see the rest of the house if she's not interested. But, I feel I need to at least introduce the cats to make things a little less complicated. And would it hurt to try to show her the adjacent room where we have another box set up? My hope would be she would go between rooms, but not explore the rest of the house if she didn't feel comfortable.
I had posted about moving my senior cat (17.5 years, good health) into our new home about a month or so ago. My original plan was to move her in over Christmas break, but that didn't happen. Instead, we moved our 2.5 year old cat in (that was at my BF's house). She acclimated fine, though she's driving me nuts because she's like a toddler, lol
Anyway - I took today off & moved my senior cat (Cammie) in on Saturday. I decided to move her into our bedroom so I could hang out with her. She cried for the first 10-20 minutes (& so did I), slept under the bed for a few hours, then finally slept on it. And she hasn't left the room since & has had zero interest in leaving. She's seen me walk in & out, and just goes back to sleep. I spent most of today out of the room to see if she would cry, but she didn't.
I assume this is because she feels safe. She has very limited hearing left & used to be extremely vocal at my parent's house, maybe because she was disoriented. Even there, she mostly stayed in my bedroom & the room across the hall.
I don't really mind this, except I would prefer not to have the litter box in here, especially because she urinates a lot & doesn't always cover it (as I'm typing this, an awful odor is coming from the box since she just used it) And, since she hasn't met the young cat, my boyfriend's been sleeping on the futon to keep the young cat company.
So, I'm not really sure what to do. I don't want to force her to see the rest of the house if she's not interested. But, I feel I need to at least introduce the cats to make things a little less complicated. And would it hurt to try to show her the adjacent room where we have another box set up? My hope would be she would go between rooms, but not explore the rest of the house if she didn't feel comfortable.
so as long as she’s not using it, it should help us out. Thanks!
