When I bought this house 10 years back, I had 4 cats. We did most of the move ourselves, so I'd take a cat over for a few hours to poke around with us while we did work here. Then took them back to the apartment. THis house is barely 1 mile from the apartment I was in. The final day in the apartment we had a moving company, the van and 3 guys, to move the big furniture. Only needed them for 4 hours, so worked well.

On moving day, this is what I did:
- got up and got all the cats in their carriers, kept them together in one room with the door closed;


- had the guys move the large stuff out of one room, shifted all the carriers to that room, closed the doors, let the guys get on with loading the truck.

- put the carriers in my car and drove to the house, had the guys unload the truck. While they did that, I set up one litter box, one water bowl, and a few beds in the "cat room," and took the carriers in there.

Lucky for me = or for the cats? - we moved into a larger place. No big pieces needed to go in to that room the carriers were in.

Only after the movers were finished and gone did I let the cats out of their carriers. I kept that room door closed the rest of the day. Being cats, they soon decided they needed food, lol. I went in with the food bowl, and then left the door open. They explored the house at their own pace, often at night while we were in bed.

It helps the cats a LOT that the furniture etc is the same. Same smells, you know?

As for Decker, hmm, guess you should talk w/ the vet about putting something in his food to knock him out and move him! Geez, that is a tricky one!

Hey, CONGRATS on the new home!!