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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2004Kitty Wants Out Desperately!
Okay, I am pretty sure that I'm not the only one experiencing this at this time of year and was hoping more of the great advice of the ng. My youngest cat, Tucker, age one, was out side so desperately. He's only escaped twice before, so he's been an indoor kitty virtually all his life. He loves to sit in windows like all cats, and we have an uninsulated back porch where he's allowed to *experience* the fresh air and sit in the window sill there, watching birds and such more up close. However, lately he's been meowing to get out there tons more (it's okay, he has me well trained to come at his beck and call <G>) but he also paces all over the house, sometimes mewing, sometimes just wanting to go outside. I know it's spring time so of course he sees more critters he'd like to hunt, outdoors. I know he's restless. I just don't know how to help him. Our other cat has no such problems! We have several kitty scratching posts, one of them a climbing structure and the cats have free reign of the house, so plenty of room to roam. What else can we do to make Tucker feel better? ANY advice would be welcome! TIA, Hailey >From: "Hailey" hailey@cmi.net >What else can we do to make Tucker feel better? ANY advice would be welcome! Hi Hailey, I find that when my cats are feeling restless, if I play with them with their feather on a stick toy, it really helps a lot. Another thing you might want to consider is harness training your cat so you could take him outside on a leash and harness. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm > Hi Hailey, > I find that when my cats are feeling restless, if I play with them with their [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Lauren Thank you, Lauren. We've tried the harness thing, but it was last year. He hated it, but I still have it and perhaps should try again. Good idea. We do play with them all the time. One of us always seems to be entertaining His Highness :) Hailey > Thank you, Lauren. We've tried the harness thing, but it was last year. He > hated it, but I still have it and perhaps should try again. Good idea. > We do play with them all the time. One of us always seems to be entertaining > His Highness :) Hailey Hi Hailey, It takes a bit of time and training to get a cat used to a harness. If you go about it the right way he should get used to it. There's a chapter on harness training in Karen Pryor's Clicker Training Your Cat . You could also think about building a large run and have tree branches and grass in it .It would be worth it to have a contented cat . Alison > Okay, I am pretty sure that I'm not the only one experiencing this at this > time of year and was hoping more of the great advice of the ng. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > the cats have free reign of the house, so plenty of room to roam. > What else can we do to make Tucker feel better? ANY advice would be welcome! My cat is sometimes like this in the mornings. The meowing is maddening, but he is a cat, after all. If he's had plenty of romp time for the morning already, then lately I have been 'timing him out' in his large travel crate. It only takes five minutes or so of restricting him. He usually can watch me at whatever I am doing during this time. (Obviously I don't like caging him.) He settles down immediately--no meowing or pawing at the bars. After really just five minutes, he's reclining seemingly contentedly in his crate. I open the door. He doesn't rush out but just meanders out at will. Sometimes I think he just likes the attention he gets when I nudge him in... Anyway, the effectivness of these "time-outs" has surprised me. Good luck. > My cat is sometimes like this in the mornings. The meowing is maddening, but he > is a cat, after all. If he's had plenty of romp time for the morning already, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Good luck. Thank you, Caroline! I never thought of that one., Hailey > Thank you, Caroline! I never thought of that one. You're welcome, Hailey. This question seems to come up a lot here. I haven't googled to check what is solution works with the most cats. Unfortunately, I suspect the solution that worked for my cat won't work for all cats... Anyway, updates are welcome, so as to add more wisdom to the Usenet archive. :-) >What else can we do to make Tucker feel better? ANY advice would be welcome! Well, he's making it pretty obvious what he wants. Is there a way to give him safe outdoor access? Consider leash training, cat-proof fencing or backyard enclosures. In my experience a cat that already wants to go outdoors makes a good candidate for learning to wear a harness and leash. It usually doesn't take them too long to realize they have to put up with it to get what they want. Unfortunately he drops to his belly and refuses to move. We haven't used it in many months as he made it clear he hated it. We will have to try again. Also unfortunately we cannot allow him out. This kitty was declawed when we adopted him and we live very very rurally on 8 acres. Eagles live in our backyard as well. No hope of keeping this kitty safe out doors without being leashed. Did think about making him a kitty enclosure of some kind, off the back deck, so he could chase spiders (he LOVES spiders) and such and taste the fresh grass and such. Not real sure how to do it though. Thanks for your advice :) Hailey > >What else can we do to make Tucker feel better? ANY advice would be welcome! > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > for learning to wear a harness and leash. It usually doesn't take them too long > to realize they have to put up with it to get what they want. circa Fri, 13 Feb 2004 22:31:57 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Hailey (hailey@cmi.net) said, > Did think about making him a kitty enclosure of some kind, off the back > deck, so he could chase spiders (he LOVES spiders) and such and taste the > fresh grass and such. Not real sure how to do it though. Got a Home Depot or Lowe's in the area? Laura  SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. Feb 2004: > I know it's spring time so of course he sees more critters he'd like to > hunt, outdoors. Ah, I wish it was springtime. lol Dead of winter here still. Good luck with Tucker, mine are content indoors for the most part so I know what to suggest. SignatureCheryl Trapped like rats. In a chia-pet. MIB II
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