ok, so, as some of ya'll know, my husband and i are in the middle of moving from our tiny little apartment to a big, spacious, two-story house, and our three adult cats are completely in a tizzy about the whole thing. well, in case this isn't enough, the girlfriend of one of our best friends called us up tonight with a huge, urgent, favor to ask- and we're the only ones capable of helping her.
her parents are kicking her out of their house (long story short, they're jerks) and they've ALREADY kicked out her six-month-old kitten!!!! she had a friend who was going to take care of it for a few weeks, but he just bailed on her, bringing the cat to the vet's office where she works today and leaving it with her. her boss, the vet, is letting it stay there overnight tonight, but it has to go tomorrow. we are the only friends of hers who have our own place, which is why we got the call. we'd be more than happy to take her until our friend gets a place, if we were already in the new house, but we're in this tiny, cramped, chaotic apartment with three stressed-out cats (not to mention two stressed-out people!!!)
so, how do we (meaning us and our friend) handle this??????! literally, her only other option is to take the cat to a shelter, and there's no telling how the cat will fare at that point. how detrimental to the kitty, or our resident cats, would it be to keep her in one of our bathrooms (the closest thing to a safe room we can scrape up here) for part of the day, taking turns putting the other cats in our room so we can let her out? we did that when we brought onyx in, but he was a full-grown cat and could handle himself, and the place is such a disaster zone at the moment. i'm just afraid that there's going to be too much change and stimulus for her, going from our friend's house, to ours- where there are resident cats, to the new house in a week or two, or three (where there'd be a big, spacious, comfy room for her to romp), and i'm terrified of the dangers lurking in this chaotic house!
help!!!
her parents are kicking her out of their house (long story short, they're jerks) and they've ALREADY kicked out her six-month-old kitten!!!! she had a friend who was going to take care of it for a few weeks, but he just bailed on her, bringing the cat to the vet's office where she works today and leaving it with her. her boss, the vet, is letting it stay there overnight tonight, but it has to go tomorrow. we are the only friends of hers who have our own place, which is why we got the call. we'd be more than happy to take her until our friend gets a place, if we were already in the new house, but we're in this tiny, cramped, chaotic apartment with three stressed-out cats (not to mention two stressed-out people!!!)
so, how do we (meaning us and our friend) handle this??????! literally, her only other option is to take the cat to a shelter, and there's no telling how the cat will fare at that point. how detrimental to the kitty, or our resident cats, would it be to keep her in one of our bathrooms (the closest thing to a safe room we can scrape up here) for part of the day, taking turns putting the other cats in our room so we can let her out? we did that when we brought onyx in, but he was a full-grown cat and could handle himself, and the place is such a disaster zone at the moment. i'm just afraid that there's going to be too much change and stimulus for her, going from our friend's house, to ours- where there are resident cats, to the new house in a week or two, or three (where there'd be a big, spacious, comfy room for her to romp), and i'm terrified of the dangers lurking in this chaotic house!
help!!!