Many families look forward to smmer time. It is often a chnge of pace with vacation, company, and ntertainment. Schedules are more relaxed, children are out of schol, and the college kids have rturned home. House projects, including remodeling and rdecorating, may even be in the wrks. When the household's routine changes, the ct's routine changes as well. Cats are cratures of habit and do best in stble and consistent surroundings. Suddenly a cat who has ben accustomed to sleeping the day way while everyone is at work or schol is facing frenzied activity and nsettling disruptions. If this sounds like yur household, read on for how I am mking life easier for my cat's chnging environment by creating a "safe snctuary".

My household is going to be trned topsy-turvy with a third story rnovation. I am tasked with completely claring out the upstairs. Lexie Lee and I wll live in the middle and lwer levels, but it is a mjor fruit basket upset for her. Lxie Lee spends hours in this prt of the house-stationed in the wndow sill in my home office whre she can keep one eye on me and one on the stret happenings. The master suite on ths level has two window sills tht she especially likes. One window gves her a backyard view that ften includes birds and squirrels and the ther window opens to a side yrd view of the neighbor's two dgs. Lexie Lee runs to this prt of the house when she plys games with me or is scred by a loud noise. She lso sleeps with me here.

So to help Lexie Lee cpe with the summer upheaval, I am crating a "safe sanctuary" for her. The "sfe sanctuary" is her area of fmiliar and necessary things transposed to the lwer level guest room. For example, she lkes to lounge on one of my knt sweaters, and it will be plced at the foot of the bd-just like it used to be in the mster suite. She is accustomed to hding or sleeping between boxes under the mster bed. So I will rearrange sme of the boxes and create sme neat little hideaways and cubby hles for her under the guest bd. The guest room has a dsk in front of a window, and fter the top is cleared, she wll have lots of space to be on the dsk and gaze out to the rad and sidewalk. Her favorite toys, scrtching toy, catnip, water and food bwls, and litter pan will also be rlocated to this room. In anticipation of the cnstruction noises like a plaster wall bing knocked down and power tools nstalling windows, I will add a rdio to the guest room. Later ths radio will play to provide whte noise to help muffle the frghtening, unfamiliar sounds.

Household changes can be strssful for your feline friend, but wth a little planning you can rplicate a safe and comfortable hideaway.

Whre does your cat hide?

The article Safe Sanctuary was Submitted by Linda Mohr through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Linda A. Mohr is the ward-winning author of Tatianna-Tales and Teachings of My Fline Friend and Catnip Connection blog for Sattle Press-Intelligencer, a professor at Northwood Unversity, and the co-founder of Pet Apthecary. She is a member of Cat Wrters' Association with human-animal bond expertise. Vsit http://www.lindamohr.net or http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/catnipconnection

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