Moving with older cats

**lisalee** · 08-03-2006, 10:04 AM

I will be moving with Sash in a month and I'm very worried how he will adjust. He's 13 1/2 now and we've lived in this apartment for 11 years now and will now be moving to a small house with two floors. Sash is a very easy going boy and not too afraid of much, so I'm hoping for the best that he will be happy there.

I would love to hear from anyone that has moved with older cats, especially one's 13 and older and how they adjusted. Any advice, stories would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

**LittleOrangeKitten** · 08-03-2006, 11:32 AM

Well, I have moved with older kitties before and never had a problem. What I usually do is get everything moved to the new location first, keeping kitty in a closed-off bedroom with food/water/litter pan while all is happening. Then I put kitty in the carrier with something that smells like me (old t-shirt) and off we go to the new home! When you get there, open the carrier and let kitty come out by himself and explore at his leisure. He will look and smell and smell and look. And if Sash is like other kitties he will LOVE the stairs!

Good luck and let us know how the move goes!

Lisa and Naranj and P. K. Knickers

**lisalee** · 08-04-2006, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by LittleOrangeKitten

Well, I have moved with older kitties before and never had a problem. What I usually do is get everything moved to the new location first, keeping kitty in a closed-off bedroom with food/water/litter pan while all is happening. Then I put kitty in the carrier with something that smells like me (old t-shirt) and off we go to the new home! When you get there, open the carrier and let kitty come out by himself and explore at his leisure. He will look and smell and smell and look. And if Sash is like other kitties he will LOVE the stairs!

Good luck and let us know how the move goes!

Lisa and Naranj and P. K. Knickers

Thank you for the reassurance, I sure hope it goes smoothly!

I will certainly be taking all the necessary precautions. I'll let you know how it goes.

**G535** · 08-04-2006, 07:39 PM

Finnigan was ten when we moved across town to this house and we had no problems at all. For the first few days he just took his time checking everything out, at the end of the week it was "his" house! Just be extra careful about open doors and windows, cats always find them before we do!

**lisalee** · 08-04-2006, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by G535

Finnigan was ten when we moved across town to this house and we had no problems at all. For the first few days he just took his time checking everything out, at the end of the week it was "his" house! Just be extra careful about open doors and windows, cats always find them before we do!

So glad to hear everything went so well with Finnigan. Don't worry, I'll be watching Sash like a "hawk" around everything!

**KitCat** · 08-04-2006, 09:38 PM

I have had my cat Cocoa Kitty for 8 years, and he was an adult when I got him. I evacuated for a hurricane with Cocoa and it was a 4 hour drive. Then after a few days we went back. Then my house was under construction (for a very long time) because of hurricane damage and so we moved to 2 different places untill it was finished. The apartments were very small compared to my house and packed with furniture so he wasn't very active. Now he is very happy to be back in the house, and he has plenty of space to run around and a nice big screened porch to lounge in. There was more stress for me (about getting the house back together) than you can imagine and Cocoa was very good through it all.