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Hey, all,
I recently adopted a roughly 9 year old cat who was a stray in my neighbourhood, so it is to be expected that he wants to go outside. It's what he's used to.
However, my problem is that he goes out for hours at a time, sometimes the whole day. He is neutered and up to date on all his vaccines. And I'm just scared for him because there are other cats outside too that he could get into fights with. I just want him to live a healthy life without worry of what he's up to or the danger he could be in outside. Of course he's happy out there but I just want him to be safe.
When we first got him back from the shelter, we tried to keep him inside and that lasted about 3 days before we gave in. He would scream for hours to be let out and would scratch at the door and he just looked miserable. I lost many hours of sleep over it. I would be willing to try cutting him cold turkey again if I was certain he would be able to adjust and learn to love the indoors.
I just want him to be happy, but I feel leash training would not be something that would be possible, because he wants to be out for like 8 hours at a time and I simply cannot commit to that. That is unless I would be able to cut down the amount of hours he is outside.
I am renting a basement so i cannot really make a catio either unfortunately.
Any advice? I'd greatly appreciate it.
I recently adopted a roughly 9 year old cat who was a stray in my neighbourhood, so it is to be expected that he wants to go outside. It's what he's used to.
However, my problem is that he goes out for hours at a time, sometimes the whole day. He is neutered and up to date on all his vaccines. And I'm just scared for him because there are other cats outside too that he could get into fights with. I just want him to live a healthy life without worry of what he's up to or the danger he could be in outside. Of course he's happy out there but I just want him to be safe.
When we first got him back from the shelter, we tried to keep him inside and that lasted about 3 days before we gave in. He would scream for hours to be let out and would scratch at the door and he just looked miserable. I lost many hours of sleep over it. I would be willing to try cutting him cold turkey again if I was certain he would be able to adjust and learn to love the indoors.
I just want him to be happy, but I feel leash training would not be something that would be possible, because he wants to be out for like 8 hours at a time and I simply cannot commit to that. That is unless I would be able to cut down the amount of hours he is outside.
I am renting a basement so i cannot really make a catio either unfortunately.
Any advice? I'd greatly appreciate it.