My family and I gonna move to our new home soon. No worries friends, it's still in USJ Subang Jaya. Anyway, one thing i'm concern most about moving is my cats. I'm scare that they will not be able to adapt to our new home and will ran off. So i googled on what to do when moving with cats and i got plenty of useful information and i wanna share this with my sisters and anyone out there who owns a cat.

You got to know the basic thing about cat, they have 3 territory zone: the core, the home range and the hunting range. The core territory is where the cat eats, sleeps and plays, and in the wild this area is very stable and secure.

Now, when you gonna start packing all your stuff into boxes, keep your cat out of sight and from hearing of your packing whenever possible so that the home remains as constant as possible for your cat. Before the removal van arrives it is advisable to place your cat in one room - the ideal location would be a bedroom. Put the cat carrier, cat bed, food bowl, water bowl and litter tray in this room and ensure the door and windows remain shut. Place a notice on the door so that removal men and family know that this door should be kept shut. When all other rooms have been emptied, the contents of the bedroom can be placed in the van last. Before the furniture is removed your cat should be placed in the cat carrier and put safely in the car to make the journey to the new home.

When you arrive at your new home, keep your cat indoor for AT LEAST 2WEEKS to get used to the new environment. Introducing your cat to one room at a time will also prevent problems of overwhelming it with too much new territory too quickly. The first room you place your cat into should perhaps be one that will have some furniture that is familiar to the cat from the previous home. Like my cat, she loves to sleep on this small rug in front of the kitchen door. So i better put that rug with her in the room she'll be staying for couple of weeks.

Cats live in a scent-orientated world and they find their way from place to place by following scent gradients. This means that your cat will return home to where his scent signal is strongest provided there is no strong fear or anxiety associated with the new home. Therefore the practice of restricting your pet to the new home for a couple of weeks makes perfect sense. By staying inside the house for this period your cat will build up a strong scent presence and any fear or apprehension about the new household will have diminished or disappeared.

What we can do is to help our cat to feel secure in his new home by spreading his scent throughout the house. Take a soft cotton cloth (or use lightweight cotton gloves) and rub your cat gently around the cheeks and head to collect the scent from glands around his face. Scrape this cloth or glove against the corners of doorways, walls and furniture at cat height to help your cat to become familiar with his territory as quickly as possible. Repeat this process daily until you start to see your cat rubbing against objects. And i will definitely do this for the sake of my lovely cats.

If you move cats to a new home and immediately let them outside, they won't be at all familiar with the area and will be very likely to run off and search for your old home. Let say if the new house your moving is nearby the new house, it is wise to warn the new occupiers that your cat may return and ask them to contact you if he is seen. It is also important that they do not feed him or encourage him in any way, this will merely confuse him.  Giving away my cat to the new owner is the last thing on earth i wanna do.

I hope this information benefit you guys as mush as  it does to me. =)

I love my cat!!