Need some advice from glp.

Are you in a cold climate area?
Maybe try bribing them with some good canned catfood or tuna..

Litter train them to be inside now. When you move, let them get used to the inside of the new house for a day or two, then move the litter box outside. If they are attached to you they will stay. They just need a short time to associate a new home with a new magnetic location. Rescript and reorientation.

Yeah we will obviously do that, but I may keep them inside for a week or so to let them know it's a new house.

Not sure how I'm gonna play this ye5.

keep them inside the first 2 weeks

Very good advice thank you.

I would be they love to be outside.

They are outside kitty's.

We only let them in when its storming and really cold.

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Cats should remain indoors in your new house for at least three weeks.

I'm not sure I could keep them in that long.

They love being outside.

i guess its one or the other.
Just passing on what the vet says :)

Going outside

Outdoor cats will miss having outside access but it is important to stay firm – many cats have been lost by being let out too soon and getting disorientated, or trying to head back to their previous territory. Cats should remain indoors in your new house for at least three weeks. This time allows them to regard the new house as ‘home’, scent-mark the area and settle in. During this time, sprinkling some of your cat’s used cat litter around the perimeter of the garden can pre-warn other local cats that a new cat is in town, and also make the garden smell more familiar when you start letting your cat outside for the first time.

Pretend it's rainy for a few days.

Feed them inside for a day or two, place their bowl outside with some food when you first let them out.

If its only a few blocks they've likely been to the new place before, so while they may wander back to the old place, the firm knowledge of where the food now is should do it

You bet. I have even relocated semi-feral cats with this method. Good luck.

I'm not really a cat guy bit they are my daughters cats and she loves them.

I may follow your advice.

Good advice, thank you.

You'll be laughing mate



Last Edited by Sol-tari on 11/09/2021 06:50 PM

My daughter is so worried.

So I go to glp to get good advice on things like this.

If they do disappear, check the neighbors' closed garages. We had one that got locked in one accidentally, but found her after hearing her meows when we were checking.

You too. Cold, squishy revenge will be in your shoes by morning.

Buy some wet food for a month or two... they won't forget that.

Yes, on of the neighborhood kitties, Hanky-Panky, got closed up in our garage. Found him the next day, but he still left some poop on the garage floor.

He was rather indignant about the whole matter.

plenty of Food outside.. I never had trouble indoors or out moving ... with them. except one who got frightened because door got left open in house we were moving from and it took a bit to get her back.. because the move was 1 1/2 miles away... but we did and she was so happy to have the new house when she saw all the furniture have moved too...

If they are coming inside part time they WILL REMEMBER the furniture..

and once a friend drove to Florida and left her cat with me.. who had never been to my house.. and it got out a couple days later and the cat did know me and stayed tight... I put a bit of food on the porch.. no problems and I thus let it in and out as it wished.

Lol

Has anyone seen my cat carrier?? I think I loaned it to someone here...

Thanks for your advice.

I just want them to know the new house.

I may keep them inside for a bit, but the furniture thing is tricky because we are getting all new stuff.

It's a total makeover.

I bought all new shit.

Outdoor cats wander up to a mile away. But they will follow the food.

I heard this tip years ago... seems to work...

Rub butter on kitteh's feet before letting her out.

It somehow helps them find their steps back home.

Best of luck!

Well, on the plus side, that contraption looks like it would work on a rabbit or small dog too!

I have read or heard that putting soft butter on the paws and some of the fur will help a cat settle in also, the first few days in a new home.

It's a comfort mechanism for them to bathe and the butter triggers them to do so.