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Cat Forum / General Topics / February 2005I would like to train my cat to stay inside
I would like to train my cat to stay inside with out all the fuss. It bothers me when she is upset and when I don't let her out she gets very upset. She scratches on the (beleive it or not) walls in my bedroom and there is no one sleeping. She tries to break out the windows. If I am in the living room she scratches the door. I finally do cave and let her out. She has me wrapped. I am tired of replacing doors in rental homes some one help. Tabetha > I would like to train my cat to stay inside with out all the fuss. It > bothers me when she is upset and when I don't let her out she gets very [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > She has me wrapped. I am tired of replacing doors in rental homes some one > help. Is this cat spayed? >I would like to train my cat to stay inside with out all the fuss. It >> bothers me when she is upset and when I don't let her out she gets very >> upset. She scratches on the (beleive it or not) walls in my bedroom and >> there is no one sleeping. Have a friend stands outside your door holding a say a pan. Open the door, and have your friend bangs the pan loudly, which will scare your cats. Do this a few times. Once your cat is convinced that there is a loud monster outside your door, she will stop wanting to go out. She is declawed and fixed. I did not get her until she was already 8 years old and she had been abandoned and trained as an out door cat. This is not the life I would have chosen for her but it was not up to me. I would have let her keep her claws and I would have let her outside. I have rescently moved and I am scared that she can not stand up to the feral cat population in the area where I have moved. People have told me that if she has made it this long that she will be alright now but I would hate myself if I let her out and she got hurt. Our Neko went outside for 8 years. Last year after she was in a fight we decided she could no longer go out. It took a few weeks of her asking and not getting to go out for her to accept the fact that she was not going out. If she is declawed she should not be doing that much damage to doors. Even though she is declawed do you have a scratching post for her? Our other cat is declawed and we have a sisal scratching post and she loves to stretch and rub her paws on it. We regularly put catnip on the post and both cats love it. Also our Neko still gets her "tuna" treat at night that she used to get when she came in. She has not asked for months to go out. > She is declawed and fixed. I did not get her until she was already 8 years > old and she had been abandoned and trained as an out door cat. This is not [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > it this long that she will be alright now but I would hate myself if I let > her out and she got hurt. > Our Neko went outside for 8 years. Last year after she was in a fight we > decided she could no longer go out. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Also our Neko still gets her "tuna" treat at night that she used to get when > she came in. She has not asked for months to go out. This is a good point about scratching posts and declawed cats. They need the stretching that posts facilitate, and they still have scent glands in their feet that allow them to mark things as their own. Neko is lucky to have you, as you love her enough to keep her inside and safe, and you gave her the time to get accustomed to it. Good on you! try a big dogwood stump at least 3 to 4 foot long > Our Neko went outside for 8 years. Last year after she was in a fight we > decided she could no longer go out. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >> let >> her out and she got hurt. > She is declawed and fixed. I did not get her until she was already 8 years > old and she had been abandoned and trained as an out door cat. This is not [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > it this long that she will be alright now but I would hate myself if I let > her out and she got hurt. Tabetha, you are very kind and very wise to keep your cat inside where she is safe. Does she have a cat tree and toys, and someone to play with for enough time every day? That might distract her from wanting to go out. I do not have many cat toys. I have few though. I spend the evenings with her and my husband is usually home durring the day. Now that you mention it when I am petting her and talking to her she never worries about going out. I will try to keep her occupied. The door I had to replace was a screen door. I used to open the big door and let her look out side. It used to work untill I walked away for a few minutes. She managed to bust right through that screen. I found her a few minutes later. She doesn't run when she gets out side. She rubs her body up against things and me. I can easily pick her up and bring her back in but I know it hurts her feelings and that is what I hate the most. I do have a few cat toys. She shows interest the first few days and then its borring capitol of the world. I will try the cat nip. She will like that. I never had a routine for her going in and out she did as she pleased. I will try and establish an inside routine with treats or something like that. She does love her tuna. >I do not have many cat toys. I have few though. I spend the evenings with >her and my husband is usually home durring the day. Now that you mention [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >an inside routine with treats or something like that. She does love her >tuna. Check out http://www.drsfostersmith.com/ website. On their page http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Shop.cfm?N=2002 check out the Containment & Travel and Outdoors sections for outdoor enclosures where you can set up an enclosure for you baby to get out a bit and get some fresh air but still be contained until it gets used to being indoors all the time. They will also send you a free catalog which I believe has larger enclosures then they show on the web site. Good luck to you and your baby http://members.aol.com/larrystark/ ***************************************************** E-mail address altered to foil spam. Remove spam and junk to reply via e-mail. ***************************************************** > I do not have many cat toys. I have few though. I spend the evenings with > her and my husband is usually home durring the day. Now that you mention > it when I am petting her and talking to her she never worries about going > out. I will try to keep her occupied. It will work out. :) You're doing the right thing, and you are clearly a super cat mom! The door I had to replace was a > screen door. I used to open the big door and let her look out side. It > used to work untill I walked away for a few minutes. She managed to bust [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > an inside routine with treats or something like that. She does love her > tuna. You know to be careful not to feed her too much human tuna, right? It does not have an essential ingredient called taurine, whereas cat food tuna does. Human tuna is okay for a treat, though, just not an only diet. Yeah she only gets tuna in a can as a treat. I like to give her cat sensations with crab meat and salmon flavor. I think she eats better than me. Ha Ha perhaps > Yeah she only gets tuna in a can as a treat. I like to give her cat > sensations with crab meat and salmon flavor. I think she eats better than > me. Ha Ha hey wasit a minute this tabetha has been talking about pet abuse for so long here .. what the frack going on? any buddy around her site who can can call on children services check her out kid and pet with a problem is one thing not a weekly new and improved hate list >> I do not have many cat toys. I have few though. I spend the evenings > with [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > whereas cat food tuna does. Human tuna is okay for a treat, > though, just not an only diet. On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 20:57:29 GMT, "Tabetha Orr via CatKB.com" <forum@CatKB.com> >I do not have many cat toys. I have few though. The best toys are often not the ones you buy at the pet store. When it stopped working, I tied the earpiece from my cell-phone around a door-knob. It's provided hours of entertainment to the princess. Right now, she's playing with a bottle cap. | On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 20:57:29 GMT, "Tabetha Orr via CatKB.com" | <forum@CatKB.com> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] | | Right now, she's playing with a bottle cap. I think most cat toys are a waste of money, but mine love a fur mouse that squeaks and feathers tied to a string. Table tennis balls are a *must* though. Just throw one into the bath tub and see what happens! Carola >She is declawed and fixed. I did not get her until she was already 8 years >old and she had been abandoned and trained as an out door cat. This is not [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >it this long that she will be alright now but I would hate myself if I let >her out and she got hurt. It is up to you now !!! Like I told my neighbor about his cat: You are bigger then the cat and in control !! Just do not let her out !!! It may take her a while but she will get used to it. I took in a 4 / 5 year old female stray that was pregnant and I was afraid to leave her out because she might hide and have her babies out there. After about 6 months she got so she would not even try to go out even if she could!! It may seem mean but for a cat with no claws she would have no way to defend herself plus what if she made off and tryed to get back to where she lived before ?!?! http://members.aol.com/larrystark/ ***************************************************** E-mail address altered to foil spam. Remove spam and junk to reply via e-mail. ***************************************************** good point. i think u should stay in all day and all night u sound like a prioson warden a pet is not becoming the prison warden i suggest u go to pet safe homes and giving up your charge. i have never seen the amount of destruction you claim so i must believe the animal is terroized not a big thing a cat does not have your intelligent quotient the cat is not as smart as you and beating is not really a good idea of training sorry kid, but NO cat can desteroy what you said tell the parents to take the cat away you don't care about it pets are a godsend to teach us about ourselves some of us have no time to do that. switch from a pet to a boyfriend hey is there anthrax in this soil or what. >I would like to train my cat to stay inside with out all the fuss. It > bothers me when she is upset and when I don't let her out she gets very [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Tabetha
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