Hello,
I’ve had my cat since she was only a month old. She sleeps with me every night and I’m definitely her "person".
In about a fortnight, I’m moving into a 40m² attic studio (though the usable floor space with full head height is only about 14m²).
I’ve planned to move her in with me in September to give myself time to get settled and to let the summer pass so she can go outside as much as she likes for now—she’s currently staying at my parents’ place.
The flat is full of exposed beams, which I’m planning to use to build her a climbing circuit.
Last year, I wasn’t able to take her with me, so I only went back to my parents’ at weekends. Because I wasn’t there during the week, she started peeing on the curtains.
She is used to the outdoors and going for walks on a lead and everything, but she’s not a massive fan because there are often too many people, dogs, and loud noises. However, I can let her off the lead as long as nobody else is around and she’s fine, but after a while, she eventually turns back and heads for the car.
She’s a very clever cat and knows loads of tricks: she can play dead, give a high five, sit, etc.
She’s already been on holiday with me, but that was during the winter and she stayed inside the house the whole week.
In the summer, I hardly see her because she spends her life outdoors; she comes home in the evening for a cuddle but then heads back out. In the winter, she spends all her time sleeping in a papasan chair in the bedroom.
My cat has always lived in a house with a garden. We moved two years ago and it went really well—we let her straight out into the garden and she found her bearings immediately.
How can I tell if she’s going to cope living in the studio?
