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I am trying to decide the best option for our cat and would like your feedback and opinions please.
Just over a year we agreed to housesit our little cat and long story short she has ended up living with us permanently. She is around 3 years old, and when she first arrived she displayed typical cat behaviour when relocated, hiding for a couple of days etc. so no problem there. She eventually started living with us, but was very remote. Gradually over the year her behaviour with me improved, however we found that she was very aggressive cat, biting, scratching and hissing. This behaviour still continues but not very frequently with me, only if I annoy her (she can be quick to annoy] and is now to the point now where she will very rarely be in a different room to me, if she is not actually on my lap, if she is sleeping and I leave the room she will follow me until I return. With my husband her bad behaviour continues, she will jump up on the couch next to him, then hiss, and bite for no reason, then come and sit with me as if nothing had happened. All of this I can deal with as I can see how much her behaviour has improved over the past year and know it will only continue to do so. However, we will soon be relocating overseas for a year and I am concerned about how she will react to the flight and the lead up to the flight. She is always terrified when we take her in the car, shaking and wide eyed, we board her at our local vet on a fairly regular basis, but on our last trip, she was so angry when it was time to collect her that the staff had to call me to put her into her carry box. This has never happened before, I was able to put her in very easily, and I believe the staff are excellent so I don’t think they were hurting her in any way but I could hear her wailing a floor below. If we have people over she always hides and becomes quite agitated after they have left.
So that is a little bit of background and I know it is nothing too major and if we were not moving there would be no problem. We currently live away from our home country and will be relocating for a year before relocating again to France where we will pick up a boat and live permanently on board, whilst sailing back to Australia. My question to you all is do you think it would be kinder for her to try to rehouse her before we move, or do you think she would be ok? Unfortunately none of the airlines we can fly allow pets inside the cabin or I would so that. I am really concerned that the unfamiliar people handling her and the noise will be really distressing for her, especially as her behaviour around other people seems to be deteriorating. My husband thinks I am overreacting and that she will be fine once she realises I am there, but I am not convinced.
Thanks for any suggestions or help you can provide
Michele
Just over a year we agreed to housesit our little cat and long story short she has ended up living with us permanently. She is around 3 years old, and when she first arrived she displayed typical cat behaviour when relocated, hiding for a couple of days etc. so no problem there. She eventually started living with us, but was very remote. Gradually over the year her behaviour with me improved, however we found that she was very aggressive cat, biting, scratching and hissing. This behaviour still continues but not very frequently with me, only if I annoy her (she can be quick to annoy] and is now to the point now where she will very rarely be in a different room to me, if she is not actually on my lap, if she is sleeping and I leave the room she will follow me until I return. With my husband her bad behaviour continues, she will jump up on the couch next to him, then hiss, and bite for no reason, then come and sit with me as if nothing had happened. All of this I can deal with as I can see how much her behaviour has improved over the past year and know it will only continue to do so. However, we will soon be relocating overseas for a year and I am concerned about how she will react to the flight and the lead up to the flight. She is always terrified when we take her in the car, shaking and wide eyed, we board her at our local vet on a fairly regular basis, but on our last trip, she was so angry when it was time to collect her that the staff had to call me to put her into her carry box. This has never happened before, I was able to put her in very easily, and I believe the staff are excellent so I don’t think they were hurting her in any way but I could hear her wailing a floor below. If we have people over she always hides and becomes quite agitated after they have left.
So that is a little bit of background and I know it is nothing too major and if we were not moving there would be no problem. We currently live away from our home country and will be relocating for a year before relocating again to France where we will pick up a boat and live permanently on board, whilst sailing back to Australia. My question to you all is do you think it would be kinder for her to try to rehouse her before we move, or do you think she would be ok? Unfortunately none of the airlines we can fly allow pets inside the cabin or I would so that. I am really concerned that the unfamiliar people handling her and the noise will be really distressing for her, especially as her behaviour around other people seems to be deteriorating. My husband thinks I am overreacting and that she will be fine once she realises I am there, but I am not convinced.
Thanks for any suggestions or help you can provide
Michele