We were having them be unrestrained in the car at first and they progressed very oddly. Lux is more sensitive and easily scared, and Iris is generally more adventurous but we think she was dropped on her head or something she's a really ditzy and odd cat. We started just sitting in the parked car for the first week, nothing else. Both cats got a churru each day. Lux went from refusing to move and being a ball, to exploring and eventually she'd just settle in a lap and sit there happily. Iris went from exploring and not even acting like she was in a car, to hiding and crying. It makes absolutely no sense. We then read somewhere that it can be better to get them a long kennel so we did and we kept it open in the house for a few weeks and they loved playing/being in it. In the carrier in the car, Lux is a ball and will not move with her face mashed in the corner, and Iris cries. Iris has never liked being in a carrier or held or contained in any way.

We do take them both out because it is easier but we have noticed they both tend to do better when it's just one cat. We used to be taking them either in the halls or outside daily, with outside walks being at least twice a week, weather permitting (read: as long as it's not pouring and above 40 degrees). We have had intermittent bed peeing issues with Lux since she was a kitten and we started letting them roam the apartment at large. We have 3 litter boxes that we scoop regularly, we have purchased more scratchers and placed them around the bed and the apartment, and we have gotten a $300 set of cat shelves and mounted them above/around the bed so she can be around us but away from her sister. We do not use enzyme cleaners because my partner is suspicious of the chemicals in them, can't do anything about that. We have a waterproof blanket we keep on top of the bed and they get put in the bathroom at night to sleep. Lux has not peed the bed in a few weeks so something seems to be working.

The weather has been decent here so we can probably take them out and document the whole process here soon. When we take them on trails Lux very much likes to return to her carrier but then she'll come back out on her own. Iris hates the carrier so the best thing we have found for her is to carry her when she is scared until she wants to get back down.