Moving with cats that are in the process of reintroduction HELP

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I have a very weird situation that I can’t find any help for. And it’s such unfortunate timing for this to happen.

About 2 weeks ago, my cats got scared of something and a bad case of redirected aggression came out of it. Clem (3F) took it out on Sable (2F). Ever since then they have been separated and in the process of reintroduction.

Currently, there is a mesh screen set up outside the bathroom, and they get to see each other through the screen when I’m home, and their mealtimes consist of them eating right up against the screen. Which is very good progress!

They have been doing very good! Clem will occasionally hiss just one time but that’s been all she does recently. Sable is just restless and desperately wants out, but Clem still is scared from what happened I’m guessing. Sable is in the bathroom, and Clem has the rest of the house. (This is just what worked best for them, as before the fight Clem was always the one “in charge”)

My issue is that in 5 days I will be leaving for about a 5 day trip, and then when I get back I’ll be here for about 2 days before I move out into my apartment. My dad will be taking care of them when I’m gone.

Even before all this, I already planned to NOT move the cats in with me right away, so that way we could get everything unpacked and set up without them there incase they got scared.

But now this has really screwed me up. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what my next steps are because in basically two weeks from now, they will be in a new home. I don’t know if I should just keep them separated like this until I move them. I don’t know if I should move forward with the introduction process. And I don’t know what to do with them when I do get them moved into the apartment.

I really need help here and I don’t know where to find the help :(

Any suggestions? I’m so desperate and I feel so bad for my babies.

Ps: I do plan on getting a pheromone diffuser for the apartment, but my dads house is big so I didn’t want to buy multiple just for something temporary