When we first moved to this house 8 years ago, we had RB Calvin. (Calvin died of congestive heart failure January 26, 1999 and our daughter brought Toby home for DH the next day).

Calvin was an indoor/outdoor cat as well. He did his duty outside and spent most of his time indoors, just like Toby.

The move scared the holy crap out of the poor little guy. The drive up for KS was frightening for him. Thank goodness we thought ahead and got him some sedatives, but he still hated it. He was terrified to go outside, and would just sit in the doorway and howl. He was so on edge, I just can't describe it!

He did OK after a few weeks, but I think he sensed how far from home we were. He probably had no clue how to get back. It will be different for Toby. He will probably know he's close to home.

Neither Calvin or Toby ever went far from the edges of our yard. They mostly stayed right in the garden. It took Calvin a long time just to venture past the front stoop.

I'm hoping Toby won't want to go outside for a few weeks, then maybe he'll do like Calvin and very slowly and cautiously explore his new surroundings, always ready to sprint back inside in a heartbeat.

Maybe some sedatives wouldn't be a bad idea for Toby either?