Oct 29 2008
My Cats’ Reactions to Moving
At the moment, half of my move is complete. I still have quite a bit of furniture and boxes to move yet, though.
I finished the first half of my move on Sunday. We brought the kitties over with the last load of the night, and let them out into their new home, in the bedroom. Milita went exploring right away! Carmine, on the other hand, hid between the mattress and wall and shook. He was so scared!!
I didn’t anticipate Carmine to have quite as strong of a reaction as he did. We all sat and talked to Carmine reassuringly and pet him, but it didn’t seem to help. So, we let him be for a while. After I went to bed, Carmine did come visit me in the night once or twice, but he didn’t sleep with me like he normally does.
On Monday, Carmine spent a lot of time under the couch during the day. I felt so bad for him. I was trying to give him extra love and attention, but he just seemed to want to be left alone instead. I went back over to my old apartment to pack some things up, and Carmine came out after I got home.
Carmine’s been exploring more today, though he did spend some time under the couch earlier as well.
He is eating more now at least though and spending less time under the couch as he gets used to the new place. Moves certainly are stressful on cats; I just wasn’t sure *how* stressful it’d be on Carmine because he’s never had to move before (as far as I know, anyway).
So, if you are moving and have a cat, gage his or her reaction to it and give him or her time alone to adjust or more love depending on what he or she seems to be telling you he or she wants.
Please tell me what you think in the comments section below!
