A Patient Cat Who Still Needs His People
The Selkirk Rex is one of the easier breeds to move — tolerant, affectionate, and more interested in laps than in territory — but easygoing cats get overlooked during moves precisely because they do not protest. Your Selkirk will likely supervise packing from inside an empty box, ride reasonably calmly, and settle faster than a nervous breed. The risks for him are quieter ones: combing sessions that stop for a week and leave his soft curls tangled, play that disappears because everyone is exhausted, and long hours alone in a shut room on moving day with nobody checking in because he is 'the easy one.'
Prepare by scheduling his care into the move itself. His day should still contain a gentle comb-through, a play session, meals at the usual times, and proper human contact every day of packing week, even if each element is shorter than normal.
Coat Care Cannot Take Moving Week Off
A Selkirk's curls are loose and plush rather than tight, and the coat tangles at the friction points — behind the ears, under the collar area, and in the armpits — when combing lapses. Use a wide-toothed comb and your fingers rather than a slicker brush, which can pull the curl straight and damage it, and keep sessions gentle and brief during the busy days rather than skipping them entirely and facing a matted cat in the new house.
Keep his comb in your essentials bag, not in a packed box, along with a day or two of his food, a familiar blanket, and a favourite wand toy. Those small continuities matter more to this breed than which room he is in. Wash nothing of his before the move; the blanket that smells of the old sofa is his fastest route to relaxing in the new one.
A Safe Room With Company on Moving Day
On the day itself, settle him in a quiet room in the old house with his litter tray, water, bedding, and toys before the movers start, with a clear sign on the door. Because he is sociable, arrange for someone to sit with him in spells during the day rather than leaving him alone from morning to evening — a Selkirk shut away for eight noisy hours will feel it more than a solitary breed would.
Travel him in a secure carrier lined with his blanket, and at the new house open him into one finished room with a perch he can climb, a scratching post, his tray, and his toys already out. Let him explore that room with you in it. His instinct will be to find a person and a lap; give him both before you return to unpacking.
Settling: Play First, Then Territory
Open the rest of the house gradually over the next days, playing with him in each new room so he associates the strange spaces with the best part of his day. Keep combing, feeding, and sleep routines on their old schedule, and watch for the low-key signs that even a tolerant cat is struggling: eating less, curls left ungroomed because he is grooming less himself, or following you from room to room unable to settle.
If he stops eating, vomits repeatedly after travel, or seems withdrawn and unlike himself for more than a couple of days, check in with your veterinarian. Setbacks in an easygoing cat are easy to rationalise away, which is exactly why they deserve attention.
Splitting his moving-week care keeps it from slipping, and KinsLe Care Teams lets you hand a helper the morning comb, the evening play session, or the safe-room check as a clear task that gets ticked off with a time attached.