How to Move With an Outdoor & Indoor Cat

Moving with cats can be a hassle, but knowing how to do so to insure your cat gets settled in properly is important for their general well being. If you have an outdoor cat and indoor cat, moving them together can be done easily, but they may require a few different steps of care when settling into a new home. Learning how to properly move your indoor and outdoor cats can make all the difference as to how they come to enjoy their new living space.

Things You'll Need

  • Cat food
  • Water
  • Litter box and litter
  • Cat carriers
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Instructions

    • 1

      Place your cats in a bedroom or small room in the house to be confined, while you prepare the rest of the house for moving. Place some food and water, along with a litter box and cat carriers, in the room as well.

    • 2

      Make a sign to be put on the door of the room where cats are confined that will keep people from letting the cats out, or leaving the door open. Write something like, "Don't Open: Cats Being Kept In Here." This way movers and members of the household will know not to enter that room and disrupt the cats.

    • 3

      Pack up all furniture and things to be moved in the rest of your house. Once loaded in the moving truck, put cats in their carriers and pack up the room they are confined in.

    • 4

      Keep cats in the car with you when heading to your new place. Do not put them in a moving truck or trailer with your furniture, as this will cause more stress and can be a danger to cats. If you have a trip longer than a couple of hours, stop and offer food and water to cats every couple of hours.

    • 5

      Unpack furniture in one of the bedrooms of your new home and set up the cats as you did before with food and water, along with bedding and a litter box. Confine cats to this room with a sign as before.

    • 6

      Make sure all windows and doors are closed and let your cats out of the room the next day. At this point, they can be allowed to venture into the rest of the house, just insure that they have no way to get out, be it an indoor or outdoor cat.

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      Place their food and water, as well as their litter box, in the area of the home you've designated for these things. Place cats in the area, so that they know where these supplies are. Eventually they'll learn the new setup.

    • 8

      Don't let your outdoor cat out of the house for two weeks, so that it has ample time to get used to its new home. Prior to letting it out again, ensure that you have updated any microchip records, or get your outdoor cat micro chipped at the vet, and place a break-away collar with your contact information on your outdoor cat.