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Country cats to town cats
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Cats are very adaptable and should be fine. I suggest to buy a feliway when you have moved to help them settle
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Feliway-Diffuser-Plug-In/dp/B0049Q2CDE/ref=pd_bxgy_petsupplies_img_y
Also they may not like it but it might be an idea to start to restrict their time outdoors before you move so it does not come to such a big shock to them.0 -
Yes - I could try keeping them in more - lock the cat flap! Winter would have been better - they don't go out much then!0
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Well good luck with whatever you get, but I think they will soon adapt to their new 'pen' and of course, they will have the run of the house too.
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I think that providing a cat run, or cat proofed garden will be far preferable to re-homing them or letting them risk the busy road.
http://www.petforums.co.uk/cat-chat/211361-cat-runs-cat-proofed-gardens.html
Lots of ideas here. It seems that cats love the idea of vertical space so providing ledges and climbing posts will enrich the space. I have a DIY version of the cat proofing made from Deer netting and restraint straps bent into brackets, but there are several companies that provide more sophisticated (but more expensive) options.0 -
Thanks all - as I am planning to move into rented housing (in the short term) I would really like something a) a bit more easily built and b) removeable to another property, if need be. You have all been very helpful and encouraging - worrying a bit less about Golly and Archie now!0
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Hopefully I can let you know next week what my pen is like, there's been a problem with the courier so delayed a bit.
Chap I'm buying from will make what ever size you need.0 -
Hi Celli - please let me know how it turns out..0
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Thanks all - as I am planning to move into rented housing (in the short term) I would really like something a) a bit more easily built and b) removeable to another property, if need be. You have all been very helpful and encouraging - worrying a bit less about Golly and Archie now!
The brackets are simply screwed into the wood panels of the fence and would be just as easy to take down. The netting could be removed and re-used....but it is pretty cheap so TBH I would just scrap it and use new if I moved. I think it would be far more difficult to take an enclosure to pieces, and if it had been designed to fit a particular space it may well not fit into a different garden.0 -
At the end of January we moved into a rented property. Previously our cats were allowed out, but since we have been there we have kept them in (basically because they are the silliest cats I have ever had and I didn't want to confuse them as hopefully we will be moving again when we find a house to purchase)
Anyway they have adjusted well. I did buy them a cat tree and they do like sitting on the windowsill and gazing out, but on the whole they are fine.
OP, if you provide a secure outdoor area for them then that is an acceptable compromise. It is too much a risk otherwise when you are so near a busy road. GLIt is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.
James Douglas0
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