Well, hubby and I are moving at the end of August to our first real home--mortgage and everything! It is twice the size of our current apartment and even has a spare room that will be solely a kitty room (well, and a bit of storage as well).
Right now, in terms of moving the kits, I have two options:
Option 1) At the beginning of the day, before the movers show up at my current apartment, move over the kits and lock them in their new kitty room with a big old sign on the door that says "open and die" so the movers get the point
We'll have moved everything except the furniture over ourselves the previous day--we're just going to have the movers do the heavy lifting, so their cat tree will already be there, as well as their favorite toys, litter boxes etc.
This would mean they'd be "alone" in the new room while we moved stuff in.
Option 2) Lock them in the big bathroom at the current apartment with the same "open and die" sign (no furniture in the bathroom so they wouldn't need to get in there anyway) and leave them alone in the bathroom while we supervise the movers moving to the new house. After all the furniture is unloaded and everything is moved into the new house, take the cats over with the last load of stuff.
Fortunately my parents will be helping us with the move, and my mom can't lift anything heavy due to bursitis in her hips and a pinched nerve in her lower back, so I'll have her on "kitty duty" checking in on them periodically to ensure them that the world is not ending!
Oliver has already moved twice in his short life, once across the country, so I'm not worried about him adapting--but Emma is a rescue whom we've only had for a few months, so she might be a little more freaked out by the whole process. Fortunately, the two of them are the best of friends, so even if meowmy isn't around for a few hours dealing with movers they'll have each other to commiserate with.
Anyways, what do you think is the best option to keep their stress level (and mine) down (if that's possible)?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Right now, in terms of moving the kits, I have two options:
Option 1) At the beginning of the day, before the movers show up at my current apartment, move over the kits and lock them in their new kitty room with a big old sign on the door that says "open and die" so the movers get the point
We'll have moved everything except the furniture over ourselves the previous day--we're just going to have the movers do the heavy lifting, so their cat tree will already be there, as well as their favorite toys, litter boxes etc.This would mean they'd be "alone" in the new room while we moved stuff in.
Option 2) Lock them in the big bathroom at the current apartment with the same "open and die" sign (no furniture in the bathroom so they wouldn't need to get in there anyway) and leave them alone in the bathroom while we supervise the movers moving to the new house. After all the furniture is unloaded and everything is moved into the new house, take the cats over with the last load of stuff.
Fortunately my parents will be helping us with the move, and my mom can't lift anything heavy due to bursitis in her hips and a pinched nerve in her lower back, so I'll have her on "kitty duty" checking in on them periodically to ensure them that the world is not ending!
Oliver has already moved twice in his short life, once across the country, so I'm not worried about him adapting--but Emma is a rescue whom we've only had for a few months, so she might be a little more freaked out by the whole process. Fortunately, the two of them are the best of friends, so even if meowmy isn't around for a few hours dealing with movers they'll have each other to commiserate with.
Anyways, what do you think is the best option to keep their stress level (and mine) down (if that's possible)?
Thanks in advance for the help!
