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keith - 02 Jun 2006 10:08 GMT
Hello everyone,
im new here i was hoping a few of you could give me some tips with the
following problems.
my cats are a male and female both 8 years old,ive been in switzerland for
the last 25 years
moved back to the UK 6 months ago,my cats for the last 6 months were with a
freind in Zürich.
Theyve never been outside,were bred as house cats.
 They joined me in the UK 1 week ago,they recovered very well from their
trauma flight etc.
What im looking forward to is letting them out for the first time,theyve
both had their inoclutaionsd etc.
Id like to ask you all
1) How long should i keep them inside beofre i let them out?
2) How do i help or thrain them to use a cat flap?
3) After theyve started going out ,should i get rid of their litter box,or
leave it.?
4) Theyve never had collars etc,should i put one on them,will it disturb
them,are they to old.?
5) Is there anything else i need to know?
   Sorry about so many questions,but these little clowns are pretty
precious to me! Just for interest,they were reunited with their old freind a
5 year old Jack russell,who theyve know since a puppy.when i got the air
crate finaly in my living room,it was amazing,the dog shook all over with
excitement,then his tail nearly fell off it wagged so much,i let the cats
out of the crate,then the cabaret started,the purred so loud i thought theyd
got throat infections,they then proceeded to rub themselves so hard against
me and the jack russell,that the jack russell repeatedly lost his
balance,ive never seen such joy expressed by animals,they were besided
themselves with joy at the reunion,that night we all slept together in my
bed,i dont normaly allow that but i was also happy to see my freinds
again,anyone who says cat`s dont remember their owners are psycoticaly
misinformed :)
( i guess no one here ,argue with that :)
         Anyway any help would be greatly appreciated.
                            Regards Keith
Sean Black - 02 Jun 2006 13:34 GMT
>2) How do i help or thrain them to use a cat flap?

With our two, it was a pretty much just a case of holding the flap open,
holding them up to the flap and encouraging them to go through it.
Enticing them with treats if necessary. Once they start to get the hang
of it, then close the flap half-way and get them used to pushing it open
the rest of the way, then finally let them push it open all the way by
themselves. It was a while ago now, but I don't recall the whole thing
taking more than 20 or 30 mins. One was quicker and less nervous than
the other, but they both picked it up quite quickly.

>3) After theyve started going out ,should i get rid of their litter box,or
>leave it.?

We kept the litter box, although they mainly do their business outside,
one of them comes in over-night so she does use it occasionally if she
can't wait until she goes back out in the morning. The other one, we
often don't see for days or weeks on end and only then when he's hungry,
but that's another story.

>4) Theyve never had collars etc,should i put one on them,will it disturb
>them,are they to old.?

Ours didn't have collars until they were old enough to go outsides (3
months?) they weren't keen at first, but soon forgot about them. I guess
it would be the same with older cats.

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Joshua Pap - 03 Jun 2006 03:24 GMT
Hi Keith,

   A very good piece of advice with cats is that you should keep them
inside for at least 3 months.  The reason for this is that need to get used
to the house they are in and once they are used to it and comfortable they
will want to come back. The other great trick that you can use, the first
time you decide to let them out,  put butter on there paws that way they
will know where they came from and will find there way back. But based on my
own experience I would not let them out for at least 3 months. I have made
that mistake in the past and lost my best friend 6 years ago. His probably
still alive, he just forget his street directory... Anyways if you would
like any more advice I will be more then happy to help you out. I have been
in a Vet for the past 10 years in Australia. Please feel free to email me
jpap1980@optusnet.com.au

Regards

Joshua
TaliesinSoft - 03 Jun 2006 03:47 GMT
To be remembered is that cats are attached as much to a location as to the
humans there. When one moves and the cats are let outside too soon they will
almost invariably try to find the old home.

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James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com

 
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