We have three neutered male cats that are about 13/14 years old. Each cat has their own unique personality. Two cats are yellow and the third is Siamese.
The Siamese cat came to us when I was living in Kentucky and had not been socialized because when we got him back to my apartment, he tried to climb the walls then hid. At night I could feel him walking on top of me. We brought the yellow cat over to Kentucky and after a few weeks together, the Siamese began to become more friendly, but his is still very untrusting.
Our third cat was also acquired in Kentucky and was a rescue cat who had been bottled fed and is very friendly towards humans... almost too trusting.
We had sold our house and were downsizing to a smaller house and yard. We felt that the movers would scare them and they would hide, making it very difficult to take them to the new house. Consequently, we got them one by one and put them in a room together for about a day and a half, maybe two days. This was the first time that they had been locked up in a room by us. Before this happened, they were free to roam wherever they pleased.
They had access to the main level, the basement level and through a cat door had access to a porch and an outside fenced in area that was created just for them.
When we were finally ready to move them to the other house, we entered the room and all three of them were together in a corner of the room with wild looks in their eyes, not sure what was about to happen to them. Instead of running away from us, they were easy to pick up and put in carriers. That behavior amazed us both.
At the new house, we opened the containers and two quickly jumped out and started looking around. The third cat remained in the carrier for another day before coming out. Once he was out, he became more open than before the move. He is now spending more time with us... go figure?
All three cats have adjusted to the move and are showing no signs of any negative behavior. The adjustment happened quicker than we had anticipated. They do not seem to mind not having a basement to go to or a cat door to go through.
The Siamese is not as friendly towards me as he was before but he is more friendly towards my wife which he was not before. I am sure the move has had something to do with that.
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