They both sound very sweet and I’m sure they will transition very well. 🙂

Having a ‘furniture litter box’ is good idea. I’ve seen several people do that as well. This one couple posted a neat idea on RVilliage. They create a kitty litter ottoman, where they bought a hollow leather ottoman and had a local upholstery guy cut a hole in the side to make a door flap. Below is the link with pictures. You may need to join RVillage first before you are able to see the pictures but I would recommend joining as it is a great way to meet other RV’ers.
http://www.rvillage.com/group/864/why-didn-t-i-think-of-that-tips

It’s great that you are doing research now. We started reaching easy too and I feel that made our transition much easier and made for less problems down the road.

We would love to hear how you guys make out. Let us know if you have any additional questions and Good Luck!

~Kala

Thank you so much for your reply. Both of my cats are indoors only also, and I think my younger cat will adapt well to living on the road as she’s already fairly comfortable in the car. My older one (almost 17) is a bit more unpredictable as he’s been mostly feral all of his life (even though he’s been indoors only since we adopted him). He’s just started to come around to enjoying someone petting him, and will sit next to me on the chair. I’m nothing if not patient – lol.

We have a motor home already (a 40′ Alfa See Ya Gold). Unfortunately, we don’t have the option to put the litter box in the bathroom, so we are thinking of taking out one of the recliners and getting a piece of furniture that will have the litter box inside (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006H7Y2CW?colid=2HZW8SIPINM56&coliid=I2681TQ9ZLH94H&ref_=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl). Not the best solution, but I think it’ll work for us. I’m just trying to do research before we go to make the transition as easy as possible for all of us. Thank you again, and I would love to see a video on traveling from Sake’s point of view 🙂

Tara

Hi Tara,

Thanks for checking out our blog and reaching out. I’m more that happy to talk about Sake! He definitely makes our RV feel like a home. So I hope your furry family members adapt well!

In the beginning Sake was a little ‘freaked out’ as the walls moving and the entire house shaking was very different than what he has ever experienced, but after we moved about 3 times he got used to it. He also adjusted very quickly to living in the RV – probably about 2 week until he found the spots he likes to sleep in and he got into his old routines. We brought his favorite bed and toys, which I think helped him to adapt quicker to the RV (familiar things and smells, etc).

He’s an indoor cat so I was a little worried that he wasn’t going to have enough space to run/play so we bought a harness and leash and attempted to walk him outside. But he really didn’t like it. The second I bring him outside- he runs straight to the door and wants to go in. For exercise he loves the red dot lazer pointer. Running after that for a minute or two sends him right to nap time. 🙂

Last is the litter box… we tried to think of many different solutions to the old litter box problem. I did a bunch of research on this myself.. some people put it in their shower… other actually do a bit of construction and make a bay under their RV for the litter box. Our solution was to have a small litter box in our 1/2 bath (yes, we are a bit spoiled and have a bath and a half) so we just keep a small litter box in the corner of our half bath that I scoop into a small cover trash every other day or once a day. I then toss the trash every week. It’s not the most glorious job but it didn’t involved having to move the litter box everyday or a lot of work to the RV. I also buy light weight litter so it’s not to heavy to carry. We’ve been doing this for about 9 months and it has proven to be a solution that isn’t smelly and works for us – and Sake hasn’t had any accidents 🙂 yay!

I hope this was helpful.. maybe we’ll just have to make a video and article on it! Thanks for the idea!

Good Luck with making the change to a mobile lifestyle! That is so exciting! Please let us know if you have any other questions! We are happy to share our experiences and give help where we can.

See you on the road soon!
~ Kala (Erik & Sake)

Tara Morse

Yeah!! The zip lining was so fun! Definitely my favorite part of our visit to Pennsylvania. 🙂