Keeping my cats in? And getting rid of litter tray

chocolatelover93

SensibleSarah wrote: »

In my experience the amount of time to keep your cats indoors after moving very much depends on the individual cat. I moved house 4 times in 6 years with my 3 cats. By the final move, I knew the signs really well that they were settled into the new place enough, so 2 of them were going out after a few days and the third cat after a week.That said, in other houses it was considerably longer depending on the area, surroundings etc.

In terms of litter trays... I always keep 2 trays down regardless of the fact they haven't been used in forever. It's a great early warning if they're ill and despite the pet flap which means they can get outside 24/7, if they're spooked by something outside (fireworks, thunder, another cat etc) then I want them to have a safe indoor option. The trays are hidden away in the utility (door to which is always open) so I don't notice them to be honest.

Thank you
We're moving somewhere completely different, at the moment we live in a town but the new house is rural, although there are other houses around there's a lot of fields etc.

I know the new house has as utility room so might put the trays in there and see if they use them