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Dr. Debbie Horwitz Answers Your Question About Home Environment

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I have had my cat all her 16 years. I have left her for six weeks while I visited my mom. I cannot find anyone to watch her and its upsetting to her so I thought I would bring her to my mom’s. I will stay three months come back home for a month and return. Will my cat adapt you think? My mom is 90 and I really see no other way to solve this.

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Dr. Debbie Horwitz

Purina® Cat Chow® Mentor
Dr. Debbie Horwitz

Specialty: Cat Behavior

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Dr. Debbie answered:

Some cats adjust well to travel and new environments and others do not. One thing that can help is to make sure the cat is used to the cat carrier long before they need to spend a great deal of time in it. Begin by leaving the carrier out all the time so that the cat gets used to seeing it. Place some treats inside to entice her to investigate. It also might help to place a soft and fleecy pad or blanket inside so that she might even nap in there. Once she gets used to it, it will make travel easier and when she gets to her new environment, she will have something familiar and safe. It also will help in the new place to keep her in a quiet space close to her food, water and litter box. Be sure to take her medical records with you just in case.

What cat lovers are saying

we have a 3.5 old persian kitty; after we got her fixed and removed her front claws she began to pee on SOME of our carpets. we removed one room and replaced it w/ hardwood. she stopped peeing in that room. we are getting ready to replace the other rooms hopping she will stop going if we remove her scent! problem 2 we just remodled and found out that she is now peeing on plywood! something we did not expect. we are not aware of any health issues. my son loves her what to do please help!!!!!!!!!! – colleen

My cat is 7 years old and she has always been boxed trained however she pees on the carpet in one place. I keep her box clean at all times and can not break her of this habit. I tried putting a second box where she pees and she still goes on the carpet. The vet says she is healthy and that is not an issue. Any help is greatly appreciated! – Jennie

I like it but where are the comments to the above questions? – Susan

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