So my neutered 7 month old twerp is a prolific door darter that has escaped outside over 10 times!!!! Now when he tries to escape out my arpment door he is still trapped in the apartment building so it isn’t so bad BUT the 5 days a month when we are at my mom’s house he is getting out into the front yard!!!!!!!!! I’m terrified of him being hit by a car! (no it isn’t stress, he is bonded to his brother and likes picking on his sister. He likes all 4 cats that live in my mom’s house and there is zero aggression there. The older/senior 2 cats are amazingly tolerant of my little twerp.)
I have tried foot stomping and penny cans and he is still running for it. Plus other people at my mom’s house seem to be kinda slow in closing the door (and fending off 2-3 teen kittens trying to make a break for it all at once is difficult!) I trained my last 2 cats with a squirt bottle to keep a respectful 5-7 foot distance from a open door. I know every one says squirt bottles are bad but I really need him to stop running out the door. Also the squirt bottle didn’t seem to hurt my relationship with my last 2 cats but they did scatter when I picked up a squirt bottle and sloshed the water inside. *When I use a penny can to get him off the counter he just calmly looks at me .... he doesn’t get down until I get up to pick him up and put him down on the floor..... then the little twerp walks quickly to get off the counter!
If anyone has any other ideas to get him to stop escaping please tell me? I don’t want to use a squirt bottle if I don’t have to.
I have tried foot stomping and penny cans and he is still running for it. Plus other people at my mom’s house seem to be kinda slow in closing the door (and fending off 2-3 teen kittens trying to make a break for it all at once is difficult!) I trained my last 2 cats with a squirt bottle to keep a respectful 5-7 foot distance from a open door. I know every one says squirt bottles are bad but I really need him to stop running out the door. Also the squirt bottle didn’t seem to hurt my relationship with my last 2 cats but they did scatter when I picked up a squirt bottle and sloshed the water inside. *When I use a penny can to get him off the counter he just calmly looks at me .... he doesn’t get down until I get up to pick him up and put him down on the floor..... then the little twerp walks quickly to get off the counter!
If anyone has any other ideas to get him to stop escaping please tell me? I don’t want to use a squirt bottle if I don’t have to.