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Sunday morning, I was awakened to find out that one of our cat, Socks accidentally slipped out the door while my Grandmother was out feeding the birds. We live on four acres in a not really urban neighborhood. We also have a small house in the property and a lot of bushes surrounding it about 50 feet from the back door. The cat hung out under one of the bushes most of the day and stayed close to the house, thankfully. We tried calling him and luring him inside with food and also left the screen door open (with our others two cats closed in other rooms) a few times, but never would go back in, going the opposite direction and making a lap around the house
We say outside calling him all day, and he would talk to us. He stayed just out of reach when he came close, and my grandmother tried to get ahold of him, but he squirmed his way out of her arms. He wouldn’t get close enough for my mom to grab him, either. He laid under the bush seemingly calm, but would come to me. This always concerned me since he’s always following my Grandmother around the house and stays too close to the back door for my comfort level.
He’s couple of years old and neutered, which is good. He is also a previous semi-feral that lived outside for about a year and a half before he came in the house last October, so he's familiar with the area. Our concern is predators and vehicle traffic since we live on a pretty busy secondary road.
Does anyone have any tips or tricks on how to catch him/lure him back in the house? We also have two other indoor cats that we've been closing in separate rooms so we can open the back storm door, but he's been hesitant to approach the door. We also can't leave the door open late all night due to the risk of unwanted visitors. This has made all of us pretty anxious that he is doing his own thing and is being stubborn and come inside. Any reassurance would also help. Thanks.
Attached are photos of the back door he went out of Sunday morning, our back porch that I just took with him lounging on the ramp, and a picture I took of him this morning.
We say outside calling him all day, and he would talk to us. He stayed just out of reach when he came close, and my grandmother tried to get ahold of him, but he squirmed his way out of her arms. He wouldn’t get close enough for my mom to grab him, either. He laid under the bush seemingly calm, but would come to me. This always concerned me since he’s always following my Grandmother around the house and stays too close to the back door for my comfort level.
He’s couple of years old and neutered, which is good. He is also a previous semi-feral that lived outside for about a year and a half before he came in the house last October, so he's familiar with the area. Our concern is predators and vehicle traffic since we live on a pretty busy secondary road.
Does anyone have any tips or tricks on how to catch him/lure him back in the house? We also have two other indoor cats that we've been closing in separate rooms so we can open the back storm door, but he's been hesitant to approach the door. We also can't leave the door open late all night due to the risk of unwanted visitors. This has made all of us pretty anxious that he is doing his own thing and is being stubborn and come inside. Any reassurance would also help. Thanks.
Attached are photos of the back door he went out of Sunday morning, our back porch that I just took with him lounging on the ramp, and a picture I took of him this morning.
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