We have just got a tentative date for moving, it's about a month away. We are quite literally moving across the road. (it's a fairly quiet road BTW). The lady that is buying our house has a cat which she says is "quite territorial".
We have an elderly gentleman (OopsCat), who is 17 and blind and arthritic and will be confined to the garden and house - so for him, it is the same as if we were moving across the country, nothing will be familiar. I am worried about the stress this will cause him (yes I do have Feliway on hand). We have a territorial bruiser of a lad, who fights with the other cats in the area and defends his home and food with tooth and claw. And we have a scatty teenage lady who wanders the neighbourhood and suns herself on every available surface and steals food whenever possible.
So - how do I make them all realise that this house isn't "theirs" any more, that the new house is their new home? This house will have a catflap, I suggested a magnetic one but the new owner's cat won't wear a collar.
I reckon our cats will learn pretty quickly where their dinner is served, but they are used to pooping in our garden, and I suspect they will be visiting regularly to 'go' there!
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oopsCENSOREDagain · 15/08/2012 15:00
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