您的貓咪能同時快樂地住在兩個家嗎？

September 9, 2014 • jaime

您的貓咪能同時快樂地住在兩個家嗎？
如果你和某人共同照顧一隻貓，之後又決定搬家，你可能會考慮讓寵物在兩個新家之間生活。當一段關係結束，而雙方都對這位貓咪夥伴感情深厚時，這種情況尤其常見。有些工作上的安排，也可能讓你的貓需要在兩個不同的地方來回居住。雖然這樣的安排對你而言或許可行，但你可能會想：這對你的貓來說真的可行且公平嗎？事實上，這很大程度取決於貓咪的個性，以及你個人情況的具體細節。若你正試著做出這個困難的決定，務必考量以下所有因素。

你的貓是室內貓還是戶外貓？

如果你的貓是室內貓，住在兩個家可能出現的一些主要問題就能立刻排除。若你養的是戶外貓，則需要仔細思考可能產生的危險與混亂。具體來說，經常在不同地點之間移動，可能會讓你的貓感到迷失方向；有些貓也可能更難弄清楚該如何回家（甚至難以判斷哪裡才算是家）。此外，對某個地區較不熟悉，也會增加發生交通事故的風險，因此應盡量讓貓接觸越少的戶外環境越好。當然，如果你打算讓寵物住在兩個家，也可以考慮讓戶外貓轉為室內生活，但並非所有戶外貓都能滿意地適應這種轉變。

你的貓是什麼樣的個性？
 
有些貓個性隨和、放鬆，能非常輕易地適應突如其來的環境改變（例如在兩個不同的家之間搬動）。相較之下，膽小、年老或特別黏人的貓，可能會覺得經常被帶往兩個地方是一種不小的創傷。務必將你的貓獨特的性格特質納入考量，因此請想想看，你的寵物過去在其他需要應對變化的情境中表現如何。同時也值得考慮，住在兩個家是否代表會接觸到更多陌生人；有社交焦慮的貓可能會因此感到不安，並可能在兩個家中都表現出退縮或害怕的行為。

你的貓對旅行有什麼反應？

在兩個家之間生活時，移動也是另一項重要因素。即使你的貓是悠閒的室內貓，若牠討厭坐車，這種安排就不太可行。如果一坐車就讓你的貓嚎叫尖叫，要求這位毛茸茸的朋友經常忍受這種經驗，可能並不公平。不過，若你的貓覺得乘車很刺激，或只是覺得無聊，那麼往返兩個家可能就不是什麼大事。若你不知道你的貓對坐車的感受，不妨先試著開車帶牠短程兜風，觀察牠的反應。

在考量過你的貓的性情及適應變化的能力後，你應該就能安排出一個適合所有人的方式！

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  1. Harriet

    I have a situation where someone has moved in next door with a beautiful playful, friendly but young cat. She is 4. She is very small and I thought she was a kitten when she first came. I live in a shared house with 6 housemates and it is a no pets rental. Although the landlord doesn't mind, some of the others have complained that she is so persistent with getting in the door that it is really quite a pain with having her come here.

    I am very attached to her and for the past month have enjoyed so much habing her here.

    We didn't know who she belonged to at first but I found out she lives next door and the owner seems quite happy for her to come during the day whole she is at work as long as she's back by 5pm.

    I don't know what to do.
    Pixy sometimes gets stuck in my room for hrs and I think she's finding the whole experience stressful.

    The reason she comes is she is a very social cat and she has a brother cat at home the bullies her.

    She just want's somewhere quiet to sleep, wash and be loved.

    And that is what I want too so haha we get on very well.

    I am just concerned this cannot go on forever and I don't want anyone to fall out and I don't want pixy's health to be effected.

    What should I do? She is so persistent. Maybe I should just pull the plug and refuse to let her in before things get really bad?

    I'm so soft tho and I just give in and let her in. She is too cute!!

  2. Mo

    Hello Harriet please can you update us on how it went with pixey? Also you seem like a lovely girl can I have your phone number? Thanks 🙂

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