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Cat Forum / General Topics / April 2006Outdoor Cat now Indoor Cat - Advice?
We have recently moved to an area where our cat can no longer safely roam the area outside our house since we are practically next to a 4-lane road which our cat has never in his life of 11 years had to deal with. Also there are coyotes and racoons about that would probably give him a harder hiding in a fight than he's ever had before. We have therefore decided to keep him indoors, which he seems to have adapted to without too much of a problem, but we do find that he's extremely frustrated sometimes about getting out and having the chance to explore the garden on his own. We are to worried he would get himself into trouble outside on his own and we're not always there to take him out on a leash. Anybody have any ideas to help him get rid of some of his frustrations indoors? We have been playing with him with all sorts of toys which have helped. Any other ideas would be great to try out! Thnx in advance, Ravelstaff make him a grass box of his own does not have to be that big maybe 2' * 4' put some cat grass in it maybe some cat nip plants he will love you for it in one corner put a 4 foot high piece of ply wood wrap it in a burlap bag and it makes a great scratch post cost make $20 to $ 25 do this > We have recently moved to an area where our cat can no longer safely roam > the area outside our house since we are practically next to a 4-lane road [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thnx in advance, > Ravelstaff > make him a grass box of his own does not have to be that big maybe 2' * > 4' put some cat grass in it maybe some cat nip plants he will love you > for it in one corner put a 4 foot high piece of ply wood wrap it in a > burlap bag and it makes a great scratch post cost make $20 to $ 25 do > this I was just going to suggest a cat grass box... This evening, I picked up some seeds... They're some type of cat grass oat seeds or something. The little pack was around $1.50, a bag of soil was about $2 and I used an old tin from some Worther's that was sitting around collecting dust as I wasn't in the mood to go into the basement and pull out some flower pots... I probably used about 1/4 of the pack of the seeds and about 2 cups of soil. Hoping the cat will like it, and if she does, then I plan to use the rest of the pack and pick up even more seeds if need be and have them spread about the house and put actual boxes out if I can manage to grow the grass. Pack said that it grows quickly and the cat will start on the grass as soon as it starts to spout, and it also claims it's great for indoor cats to still have a taste of outdoors. >> We have recently moved to an area where our cat can no longer safely roam >> the area outside our house since we are practically next to a 4-lane road [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> Thnx in advance, >> Ravelstaff We have also thought about the grass box and have already bought the container and the sods with some gardening soild from the nursery. We have been using a cardboard scratch patch from PetCo which he has been nothing short of mad about. Thnx for the suggestions, it sounds like we're on pretty much the right track with him. Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. :o) "Ravelstaff" <ravelstaff@gmail.com> wrote in message > Thnx for the suggestions, it sounds like we're on pretty much the right > track with him. Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. What about a large outdoor cage next to where you live with a cat door to permit access to the cage? Kitty could go outside anytime it wants but still be safe. Have you considered giving your cat a lobotomy? > We have recently moved to an area where our cat can no longer safely roam > the area outside our house since we are practically next to a 4-lane road [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thnx in advance, > Ravelstaff I'm assuming that you yourself have had one? > Have you considered giving your cat a lobotomy? > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> Thnx in advance, >> Ravelstaff "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in message > I'm assuming that you yourself have had one? Doubtful. There probably wasn't enough grey matter there to lobotimize. > > Have you considered giving your cat a lobotomy? > "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in message >> I'm assuming that you yourself have had one? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >>> Have you considered giving your cat a lobotomy? LOL!!! |
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