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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / May 2004cat running away??
my daughter took in cat over a year, he was a stray and adopted her Bill cat has been to the vet, up on all vactions and has been neutered for some time now He's very loving and Mr.Mellow I know my daughter treats him well they moved, still in the same small town she didn't let Bill out until they had been there several weeks and on a weekend when she could be home, Bill was fine came and went several times for over month he did, then he dispeared and snow storm hit the next day, we were all worried Bill has collar w/phone number, he had gone back to her old apartment to do this he has to cross train tracks amd a busy highway, her ex landord called Bill was a bit thinner but clealry happy to be home she tried keeping him inside, but then he won't use the litter box if allowed to go outside, he has no problem using the litter box she finally let him outside again, again when she could be home same thing all over again...for several weeks he came and went fine then disappread again, she got a phone from a lady that lives near her old place there was Bill She has taken him to vet, vet could find nothing wrong..Bill is a healty male tiger cat, neutred like I said...he his well loved and well taken care of Bill is big cat, not a fighter but if another cat starts something... I doubt very much he;d be threanted by another cat any ideas?? ensoul I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer. ~ Douglas Adams I would have your daughter keep this cat indoors. I'd also have your daughter consider adopting another cat. This would keep him company. If he insists on going out then get him a leash and harness. This way he won't disappear and you will have peace of mind knowing he is safe. This also might solve the litterbox problem. Is the litterbox in a high traffic area. If that is the case I can see why the cat might have issues about not using it. Also if the litterbox is extremely dirty they might also not use it.  SignaturePanther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com > my daughter took in cat over a year, he was a stray and adopted her > Bill cat has been to the vet, up on all vactions and has been neutered for some [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer. > ~ Douglas Adams > they moved, still in the same small town > she didn't let Bill out until they had been there several weeks and on a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > called > Bill was a bit thinner but clealry happy to be home Isn;t it amazing how cats can find the way back to what they consider HOME no matter how far it is! I wish I knew how they do it, cos they certainly can;t read the road signs or A-Z! Anyways, if you do insist on letting him outdoors, which I know many people will tell you against (including me-as my beloved QT got run over) , I'd say get him a harness and a dog leash. For the next few weeks, take him out in the area for walks. OK so he will take you for walks. The point is, he doesn;t consider the new area his territory hence keeps going back "home". Spend time with him in the new place, take him out and around for good few weeks untill he accepts this as his new terrotory. So he may not like the harness, but I think that is better then finding him flat on that highway. > She has taken him to vet, vet could find nothing wrong. Of course. Going back to his "territory" is a mind thing, not a desease. Lots of cats do it after their humans move home. Gee circa Fri, 7 May 2004 02:38:33 +0100, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Gee (Gee@canttellya.com) said, > Isn;t it amazing how cats can find the way back to what they consider HOME > no matter how far it is! I wish I knew how they do it, cos they certainly > can;t read the road signs or A-Z! http://www.straightdope.com/columns/011102.html Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. I would have your daughter keep this cat indoors. I'd also have your daughter consider adopting another cat. This would keep him company. If he insists on going out then get him a leash and harness. This way he won't disappear and you will have peace of mind knowing he is safe. This also might solve the litterbox problem. Is the litterbox in a high traffic area. If that is the case I can see why the cat might have issues about not using it. Also if the litterbox is extremely dirty they might also not use it. SignaturePanther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com > my daughter took in cat over a year, he was a stray and adopted her > Bill cat has been to the vet, up on all vactions and has been neutered for some [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer. > ~ Douglas Adams Hi , There's nothing wrong with Bill and I'm sure your daughter treats him very well . He is being a cat. Cat's become very attached to their territory and will often make their way back. This is instinct. In the wild, cats are solitary hunters and rely on their territory for survival rather than rely on the pack or a leader as wolves/dogs do. Alison > my daughter took in cat over a year, he was a stray and adopted her > Bill cat has been to the vet, up on all vactions and has been neutered for some [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer. > ~ Douglas Adams . Cat's become very attached to their > territory and will often make their way back. This is instinct. Alison, do you know how they find the "territory"? I mean are they using some special sense, as I just can;t think of anything else... It can't be smell, or sight, or sound, so it must be something like a compas in their heads to tell them where home is. Gee > "> Alison, do you know how they find the "territory"? I mean are they using > some special sense, as I just can;t think of anything else... It can't be > smell, or sight, or sound, so it must be something like a compas in their > heads to tell them where home is. > > Gee I think they must have , it's amazing , some cats get lost going a few hundred yards down the road and others travel hundreds of miles back to their old homes. I know cat recognise their territory not only by the scent they leave but by making metal maps in their head and use certain buildings or trees as markers like we do. Apparently homing pigeons do this as well How far is Bill's old home from his new one. Alison One of my friends cats did this too after they moved house. He kept on turning up at their old home and she had to keep on going back to fetch him. Her new neighbour, an old lady with lots of cats, told her to take the cat to her new house and rub his paws first in the soil outside the house and then in butter! It's an old wives tale in the UK and she was sceptical to say the least, but she did it and it worked. The cat didn't go back to their old house after that The only thing we could come up with as to why it worked was that, when the cat licked the butter from it's paws, it also tasted the soil and somehow equated the taste of the soil and the nice taste of the butter with being home. Crazy, I grant you, but actually true! Jeannie > my daughter took in cat over a year, he was a stray and adopted her > Bill cat has been to the vet, up on all vactions and has been neutered for some [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer. > ~ Douglas Adams circa Sun, 9 May 2004 19:12:49 +0100, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, jeannie (jeanniw@NOSPAMdaikatana.fsnet.co.uk) said, > One of my friends cats did this too after they moved house. He kept on > turning up at their old home and she had to keep on going back to fetch him. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Crazy, I grant you, but actually true! I find this fascinating. Truly. 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