Welcome to the Wednesday Cats of Catster! Each week, we share a narrative from one in every of our cat-loving Catsters. This week is about Crystal and her soul cat, Ivy.
Hello Catsters!
The final time we spoke, I touched on the dreaded F-word: Fleas! I sincerely hope that everybody who learn that story checked their cat for fleas after that, or was no less than reminded of the significance of being in keeping with flea remedy.
This week, we’re speaking about transferring! I’ll be sharing a few issues that basically helped Ivy – and me.
After a couple of 12 months of residing in our first advanced, we determined it was time to maneuver. After a LOT of looking, calling, and emailing with brokers, we lastly discovered the right match! A little bit hidden gem of a fancy, surrounded by greenery, gardens, and timber.
The transferring preparation was in full swing, and transferring day arrived faster than I assumed it could. I used to be extraordinarily nervous about how Ivy would deal with the transfer – it was my first time transferring together with her and to be sincere, I didn’t actually know what to do or the place to start out to verify the transition could be as simple as potential for her.
Fortunately, Catster has a ton of assets with ideas for transferring together with your cat, and so they actually helped when it got here to getting ready and setting my thoughts comfortable.
There have been a number of issues that we did that I believe made a giant distinction in holding her calm and making the state of affairs the most effective we may.
1. Preserving ourselves calm
Let’s face it: transferring is disturbing. And wow, I used to be confused! I used to be stressed concerning the transferring preparation, the precise transferring, and the aftermath of the transferring. Nonetheless, I attempted my greatest to remain calm, persist with our common routine, and act prefer it was no large deal that mainly all of our issues had been in bins able to be moved to their new vacation spot. I believe I did a great job at staying calm – don’t ask anybody else, although!
2. The calming collar
I used to be very skeptical of calming collars – for no actual purpose, I simply was! Nonetheless, I made a decision to buy one anyway. There’s no actual method to inform for positive, however I believe the calming collar did make a distinction. I put the calming collar on a number of days earlier than the transfer after we began packing.
As everyone knows, most cats can sense when change is coming, and with mainly our total home being packed into bins, I for positive thought she would know one thing was up. With the collar on, it appeared like she didn’t have a care on the earth, and naturally, she beloved the entire bins!
The calming collar additionally helped with the precise transferring. Often, she hates being in a provider, and being in a automotive, since that often means she’s going to the dreaded veterinarian. However she was surprisingly chilled being subjected to each of these issues – fortunately, it was solely a brief 30-minute drive.
3. Making a secure room
Our new townhouse had two bedrooms, and we made her a comfortable, secure spot in one of many rooms with all of her issues. Her cat tree, litter bins, toys, meals bowls, and scratchers had been all positioned within the room earlier than her arrival. We saved her within the room till all of our issues had been in the home and the entire strangers had been out of the home!
4. Permitting her to discover
When the extraordinarily lengthy transferring day lastly got here to an finish, it was time for her to discover her new house! Her curiosity was at an all-time excessive, with new nooks and crannies and rooms to discover. I questioned what she was pondering. The views from the home windows had been totally different, the format of the home was totally different, properly, every little thing was totally different! After a few days, we moved her issues to their new designated spots. We additionally made positive to place an merchandise together with her scent in every room. In my thoughts, this is able to make her really feel like she’s been there earlier than.
5. Sticking to the common routine
We made positive that she nonetheless received fed on the similar time and received treats on her cat tree perch every morning. What made this course of even simpler, I believe, was the truth that I get to work at home. In essence, nothing modified besides the house we had been in.
Though these items helped Ivy and us quite a bit, I additionally suppose that she is a really adaptable kitty. She wasn’t hiding, or skittish, or not sure of herself. She was her regular, assured self. Inside a number of days, she was working round the home like she owned the place, and it appeared as if she had lived there her total life.
Ivy actually amazed me and actually made me suppose to myself, if she will be able to have her total little life uprooted, moved, and settle in inside a matter of days, why can’t I? As an alternative of me serving to her by way of the transfer and adjustment interval, she ended up serving to me much more.
Our transferring expertise isn’t almost as disturbing as some others I’ve learn or heard about, and for that, I’m extraordinarily grateful!
I’m curious to know: For those who may give somebody one piece of recommendation about transferring with a cat, what would it not be?
Thanks for studying, Catsters! Till subsequent time.
This text options Crystal and Ivy in our Wednesday Cats of Catster collection.
