Moving with pets: How to go about it
Moving with pets is a challenge for both humans and animals. After all, your animal family members sense when change is in the air – even if they don’t lend a hand themselves, while you have to dismantle and stow away your belongings. In order to make the move with pets a relaxed experience for everyone involved, a few precautions can help. Therefore, we will tell you how both you and your pet can arrive safely and happily in your new home. From the preparations to the actual moving day to the arrival in the new home – with our tips your move with pets will be a success!
A removal with pets – our tips
Even before the removal with pets, changes take place in the apartment, which can cause stress for your animals. On the one hand, they are used to your familiar surroundings and on the other hand, they feel disturbed by possible noise from furniture and packing boxes. Therefore, create a retreat for your loved ones that is spared from the hustle and bustle of moving preparations. This can be a room that has already been cleared or one that you decide to set aside just before the move. Furnish the room with familiar items, such as a basket or blanket, and provide your pet with his toys so he doesn’t get bored. This retreat, in addition to providing a place for your pet to relax, also provides safety for both of you, as you won’t run the risk of tripping over a free-roaming animal while carrying boxes.
On the day of your removal with pets, we recommend that you place your pet in care. Ask, for example, within the family or among acquaintances. It is ideal if your pet is already familiar with the caregivers. Alternatively, you can book a place in a boarding kennel. If your pet is not on site, it will be spared the excitement of the move in any case. Bring it to your new home as soon as you have also created a quiet place there with a place to sleep, bowls, toilet and favourite toy. Once you have set up all the furniture and unpacked the boxes, let your pet explore the entire apartment and familiarize himself with the new surroundings.
If you have not been able to arrange care for your removal with pets, your pet will remain in its retreat in the old home until you have removed your boxes and furniture from the home and stored them in the moving truck. You will then leave your old home together. If your pet is not used to being in a transport box, allow enough time for it to get used to it. Also, provide the box with enough water and food for the trip. Depending on the distance from the old home to the new one, you should plan breaks so that you can stretch your legs together from time to time.
After moving with pets, take loving care of your pet: give him attention, play and cuddle together. For your pet, you are the familiar in the new place, so help him settle in quickly. However, if the worst comes to the worst, you should also be prepared for complications and take the precaution of finding the number of a veterinary practice in the place of the new and the old home.
Your move with pets and Umzüge Mansholt
Are you planning a move with pets? Umzüge Mansholt supports you in this. Thanks to more than 25 years of experience with moves of all kinds, we have the expertise you need for a special kind of move. Instead of a do-it-yourself removal, you get logistics and all services from one source. Enjoy our all-around carefree move and be there for your animal roommate.
Contact Umzüge Mansholt for a move with pets. We will make an appointment with you for a moving inspection and provide you with a free, no-obligation quote. We look forward to meeting you and your pet!
