Timeline for Moving with a cat for a short distance
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| Aug 25, 2021 at 1:11 | comment | added | kaiya | These considerations are only meant as temporary solutions during the first weeks, I never for one second considered keeping the cat inside all the time; I fact I consider that as animal cruelty, especially if there is no second cat. | |
| Aug 24, 2021 at 23:22 | comment | added | ck1987pd | @kaiya I did respond to the question as to-the-point as possible. Half of the question, which starts with "The other thing", is about keeping the cat inside, you even mention getting a mobile fence. If you hadn't mentioned those things, I wouldn't include them in my answer. | |
| Aug 24, 2021 at 22:41 | comment | added | kaiya | Still, I don't see any reason to consider imprisoning him against his will. And I do tend to compare ethic decisions to humans because i disagree with mankind thinking they are above animals. I also don't see why you call that absurd. I do not see any big consequences with letting him outside other than my mentioned fear he might run back to his old territory during the first couple of days. I don't think that your arguments are reasonable in this situation. You don't know the cat, so with this point (outside/inside in general) I do not wish advice. I prefer a happy cat over a sad old cat ;) | |
| Aug 24, 2021 at 15:27 | comment | added | ck1987pd | Cats usually roam 40-300 meters, so it is not easy to know how many cats try to claim the territory. Challenging a new territory is different than defending an existing territory. Challengers usually have lower confidence and higher tendency for flight while defenders resort to fighting a lot more. So, your cat deterring other cats to engage him while defending his territory is not the same thing as deterring fight when carving a territory from scratch. Also, a collar with a nametag can save your cat several days to get back to you, but then again, they are not too important. | |
| Aug 24, 2021 at 15:22 | comment | added | ck1987pd | @kaiya It makes perfect sense to leave the question open. But it doesn't make much sense to compare old cats to humans. Human values are not shared by cats. This might be slightly reductio ad absurdum, but if you neuter a group of cats, it is called common sense but if you neuter a group of humans it is called genocide. The consequences faced by elder abusers are not the same as consequences faced by young and strong cats bullying old cats or small children (accidentally) hurting cats unable to escape. | |
| Aug 24, 2021 at 12:23 | comment | added | kaiya | Thanks for your answer, though I will leave the question open as I would prefer an answer focusing on the move itself, and not old-cat-considerations ;) He is chipped and he will not wear a collar - I don't see the necessity as the people who find cats usually take them to a shelter or know what they are doing -> read out the chip. So, as a sum up, I am open to answers that involve letting the cat outside after a finite transition time, but thank you anyway as this might help others in other situations ;) | |
| Aug 24, 2021 at 12:19 | comment | added | kaiya | At his new home he will probably not have to share some areas with other cats as most flats do not allow cats (here in Germany, most people rent and thus have less rights). So I don't see why I should even consider the problem with other cats, there are so few they will certainly get along. When I leave the house he always has the choice to stay in or go out, so I would leave that up to him. I do get that he probably would have a hard time defending, but the same applies to our human elders; we don't imprison them for that - well at least we shouldn't. | |
| Aug 24, 2021 at 12:16 | comment | added | kaiya | Where we currently live he has his safe territorium where he obviously feels very comfortable in. You should see him sleeping, sometimes even laying on the back like a seal, mostly in the middle of the pedestrian way so to get attention from neighbors. Certainly not any problems with cat fights. Also, he is very brave when it comes to dogs. He doesn't mind having them next to him at a vet's, and no dog ever even looked at him the wrong way. Don't know why, he seems to calm them, too. Maybe his self-esteem showing he is not pray. I never saw him fighting or being chased. | |
| Aug 24, 2021 at 12:12 | comment | added | kaiya | Carrying him is absolutely not bloody, he is used to that from vet visits (and after surgery I actually carried him whenever he got scared outside, which immediately calmed him, he has no reason to harm me at all as long as I don't harm him). Unfortunately, the flat is too small to offer horizontal entertainment without as humans having a bad time stepping over it all the time. Thanks for pointing out sound-based entertainment, I didn't know of that and will try. I refuse to keep him in against his will, though. I see no point in forcing him my will, I will certainly leave that up to him. | |
| Aug 23, 2021 at 19:37 | history | answered | ck1987pd | CC BY-SA 4.0 |