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Cat Forum / General Topics / December 2005I need some advice about moving with our cat, please
Hello, this is my first post in this group but I have been lurking for a while. My wife and I are moving into my in-laws' basement for about an 18 month stay. The problem is that my in-laws have 3 dogs, a Chihuahua, a small terrier, and a large mixed breed. We also have two Pugs and a kitten. Our kitten will be 13 months old when we move and she gets along wonderfully with our two Pugs. My father-in-law is afraid that his dogs will not get along with our cat, and he is about to forbid us to bring her along. One option for us it to send her to live with my sister-in-law; she has two old cats, 16+ years old. The other option is to have her come along and attempt to acquaint her with the new dogs. If that does not work she may be forced to stay in the basement at all times during our stay there. We have had our cat (her name, by the way, is Spooner) for 8 months and we currently live in an apartment and she is a totally indoor cat. She is the first cat I have ever lived with and I am very protective of her. After all of this, my question is, if we send her to live with my sister-in-law and her family and two cats, will this have an effect on Spooner? Will she be a different cat when we are able to have her live with us once more? Living with two rambunctious pugs is, in my mind, extremely different than living with to older cats. Would she be better off living with us, even if it is in the basement? I may be wrong, but I don't want to send her off to live with people she doesn't really know. It would feel like we are abandoning her and I would miss her terribly, only seeing her every once in a while, and not every day. Am I being too selfish here? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! You have to introduce all the new animals to each other I would be more worried about the dogs than the cat. Sounds like your father in law is looking for a reason not to have the cat there sounds like a something else is the issue > Hello, this is my first post in this group but I have been lurking for > a while. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! On Wed 28 Dec 2005 07:27:32p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Con_Valian? > Hello, this is my first post in this group but I have been lurking for > a while. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Definitely keep her with you and your pugs. If you want things be be as they currently are, I would not introduce her to your in-laws dogs, much less ship her off to your sisster-in-law. She is already relatively used to being confined under your present circumstances, so the transition to the basement will not be that much different since you and your wife and pugs will be there. Put her in a cat harness and lead and take her outside, even to a park, to get some fresh air. Spend lots of quality time with her. This is the best way to keep all present relationships intact.  SignatureWayne Boatwright *¿* __________________________________________________________________ And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony. you could invite the in-laws dogs over for a visit and see how they react to the cat at your house. I am also for keeping the family together. You have no proof that sending spooner off to live with the SIL is any better of an idea. Cats are notorious for not accepting newcomers, and the transition period could be much more traumatic there than being confined to a basement. I personally moved in with my in-laws for a while, and brought the cats. they were confined to the basement, but it was set up like a small apartment - ok a VERY small apartment, but they had us, the bed (very important to them for some reason) food, litter and love. > Hello, this is my first post in this group but I have been lurking for > a while. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Thanks for the advice everyone. We have worked it out and Spooner will be going with us as I wished. We will be introducing her to wearing a harness and lead soon so that we can get her out in the open as well. Thanks again! On Fri 30 Dec 2005 02:20:15p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Con_Valian? > Thanks for the advice everyone. We have worked it out and Spooner will > be going with us as I wished. We will be introducing her to wearing a > harness and lead soon so that we can get her out in the open as well. > Thanks again! I think you've made the best possible decision. Good luck with everything! SignatureWayne Boatwright *¿* __________________________________________________________________ And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony. > Thanks for the advice everyone. We have worked it out and Spooner will > be going with us as I wished. We will be introducing her to wearing a > harness and lead soon so that we can get her out in the open as well. > Thanks again! All the best for the move and the harness! I introduced my last cat to a harness before he we moved and he had to go on a long car trip. He was hilarious. As soon as I put it on he started walking funny - legs bent, crouched closed to the ground - and would head for a wall and flop against it, leaning on it for support as he staggered along. I consulted a vet as I was worried about doing permanent neurological damage but she said we were doing all the right things and he just didn't like it. We didn't use the harness much so don't know if he would have got over this eventually. Anyway, just thought I'd share my experience. Hope Spooner does well. Kate > All the best for the move and the harness! I introduced my last cat to > a harness before he we moved and he had to go on a long car trip. He [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Kate One of my cats has taken quiet well to the harness/leash. She loves walking on leash! It probably helps that I started her at it when she was 3 months old. > One of my cats has taken quiet well to the harness/leash. She loves > walking on leash! It probably helps that I started her at it when she was > 3 months old. For sure! Coco was 11. Probably too old to expect great results. Kate
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