Not sure this is the right forum for this...but seemed close enough!
A few years ago when I moved into a new house, I set up a temporary safe room for my cat to adjust. Her litterbox is in the bathroom adjacent to that room and the room is where she was fed. Well...fast forward several years later and that room is still essentially 'her room'. I didn't need it for anything else and so there was no need to move/change where she ate. So, it's definitely become her safe spot.
Well, I soon have someone moving in and will need that room to be more than just a cat space. I also have a room that is used as my home office--it shares the bathroom that her litterbox is in.
Right now I have two options:
1. transition my cat's stuff into my home office. This would mean moving where she's fed and her scratching post. It would not mean moving the litterbox, but it would change the entrance to the litterbox. I could do this transition slowly so that she had both entry points to the litterbox.
2. Move my home office into my 'cat's room' and make the home office the new empty room. Obviously this is a bigger pain for me since it involves moving furniture around. My home office is also the smaller of the two rooms, so better suited to an office space. But this would mean cat's space stays the same.
What would you suggest?
An added factor is that the new housemate is also bringing a dog. We have started a slow introduction process. But it will be a bigger change than just a new person. Whichever room becomes my new home office will also have one of those dog gates with a cat opening, so that she has a place to go that is dog free.
A few years ago when I moved into a new house, I set up a temporary safe room for my cat to adjust. Her litterbox is in the bathroom adjacent to that room and the room is where she was fed. Well...fast forward several years later and that room is still essentially 'her room'. I didn't need it for anything else and so there was no need to move/change where she ate. So, it's definitely become her safe spot.
Well, I soon have someone moving in and will need that room to be more than just a cat space. I also have a room that is used as my home office--it shares the bathroom that her litterbox is in.
Right now I have two options:
1. transition my cat's stuff into my home office. This would mean moving where she's fed and her scratching post. It would not mean moving the litterbox, but it would change the entrance to the litterbox. I could do this transition slowly so that she had both entry points to the litterbox.
2. Move my home office into my 'cat's room' and make the home office the new empty room. Obviously this is a bigger pain for me since it involves moving furniture around. My home office is also the smaller of the two rooms, so better suited to an office space. But this would mean cat's space stays the same.
What would you suggest?
An added factor is that the new housemate is also bringing a dog. We have started a slow introduction process. But it will be a bigger change than just a new person. Whichever room becomes my new home office will also have one of those dog gates with a cat opening, so that she has a place to go that is dog free.