Juniper Jack
Well-Known Member
I am asking this for a friend.
His family is about to move from their old house to a new one about an hour away. The move will involve the moving company packing up things at the old house on Saturday and unpacking at the new house on Sunday. My friend and his family plan to spend Saturday night at his brother's family's house (brother and his family will be away but will leave their dog and two cats).
We are trying to figure which, if any, of the following plans will work best for my friend's cat.
1) Lock Kitty, with food, water, and litter box, in the bathroom off his bedroom at the old house, let no one go in there; then, when everyone else is out of the house, go in, get Kitty, put her in her crate, move her to his brother's house, shut her up there in a bathroom and allow no one in but him; repeat the whole process on Sunday to the new house and shut her in his bathroom there 'til the moving men have gone and the family are settled in.
2) Lock Kitty, with food, water, and litter box, in the bathroom off his bedroom, as in Plan 1; then, when the moving men and the other family members have gone, he could camp out Saturday night alone in the house with Kitty in the bathroom, keeping her company, and then, on Sunday, after the movers have finished at the new house and the rest of the family are settled in, he would load her and drive her directly to the new house.
3) Before the movers ever arrive at the old house to pack up, he could bring Kitty to my place, where we could shut her away from my 2 cats, with her own food and water and litter box; then he could go help his family with the move and come back for Kitty the next day when he is rested (and she is probably a nervous wreck!).
4) Same as #3, except he would come to my place and stay with Kitty, my cats, and me until his family are all settled in the new house, which would mean he could be with Kitty and comfort her; or he could stay at my place with her and my 2 kitties and I could go help his family with the move.
He says he will work something out but he is very stressed out about this. The above 4 have been my recommendations to him, based on my own history of moving with cats and things I have read.
Do any of you have any additional suggestions? Do any of the above plans sound good?
Please respond! Thanks.
His family is about to move from their old house to a new one about an hour away. The move will involve the moving company packing up things at the old house on Saturday and unpacking at the new house on Sunday. My friend and his family plan to spend Saturday night at his brother's family's house (brother and his family will be away but will leave their dog and two cats).
We are trying to figure which, if any, of the following plans will work best for my friend's cat.
1) Lock Kitty, with food, water, and litter box, in the bathroom off his bedroom at the old house, let no one go in there; then, when everyone else is out of the house, go in, get Kitty, put her in her crate, move her to his brother's house, shut her up there in a bathroom and allow no one in but him; repeat the whole process on Sunday to the new house and shut her in his bathroom there 'til the moving men have gone and the family are settled in.
2) Lock Kitty, with food, water, and litter box, in the bathroom off his bedroom, as in Plan 1; then, when the moving men and the other family members have gone, he could camp out Saturday night alone in the house with Kitty in the bathroom, keeping her company, and then, on Sunday, after the movers have finished at the new house and the rest of the family are settled in, he would load her and drive her directly to the new house.
3) Before the movers ever arrive at the old house to pack up, he could bring Kitty to my place, where we could shut her away from my 2 cats, with her own food and water and litter box; then he could go help his family with the move and come back for Kitty the next day when he is rested (and she is probably a nervous wreck!).
4) Same as #3, except he would come to my place and stay with Kitty, my cats, and me until his family are all settled in the new house, which would mean he could be with Kitty and comfort her; or he could stay at my place with her and my 2 kitties and I could go help his family with the move.
He says he will work something out but he is very stressed out about this. The above 4 have been my recommendations to him, based on my own history of moving with cats and things I have read.
Do any of you have any additional suggestions? Do any of the above plans sound good?
Please respond! Thanks.
