Sorry this is a bit long, but it's a weirdly specific problem.
I take one of my cats outside every few days when the weather is nice so he can get some fresh air and run around in the backyard. He started out fine with this, but recently he has become unbearably whiny while inside. I used to leave the back window open so he could sniff the outside air, but now he's taken advantage of that to whine in the most pathetic way possible (he's part Siamese, so he knows how to hit those really whiny notes) until I get so frustrated I have to close the window. He will honestly run from the back window to wherever I am every 5 minutes, whining his butt off. It's like having a child who just learned that crying gets him special treatment, only I almost never cave in so I don't know where he got that idea. Any movement by me anywhere in the apartment leads to him sprinting over from the back window (closed or open, he still hovers there on warmer days), running over to me and trying to lead me out the back door. If I stop in my bedroom or the bathroom, he comes in an whines as if I'm teasing him. The worst is when I have to go to the kitchen, where the back door is.
I don't understand why he is so whiny and adamant about going outside when I only let him out at most every other day for 10 - 20 minutes. I understand he loves it and I would never stop taking him outside, but is there anything I can do to make him a little less whiny? He even comes up to me when I'm at my computer and tries to ram his head into my hand, just so he can get my attention and try to lead me to the back door. I am hoping someone here has an idea, because he is incorrigible to my bag of tricks.
I also think he's started finding ways to get me to let him out more often. I always feel bad because he is doesn't like to play as much as my other cat. He'll stare at whatever toy I try and maybe will bat a paw at a string, even though he was very active and would literally sprint for 15 minutes during playtime as he chased Da Bird. He stopped being active when I got my other cat, who is much more aggressive in chasing toys during playtime. That's why I liked the idea of taking him outside. I felt better about him not being active during playtime because he was still getting exercise. Also, my other cat doesn't really like being outside so it's a special thing for me and him. I think he figured that out and is now purposely avoiding playing so he can guilt me into letting him outside, because he has been trying even less at playtime. As in, he won't even follow the toys with his eyes anymore. I know I'm probably seeing a pattern where there isn't one, but it honestly feels like he's manipulating me into letting him outside all the time. BTW, the same toys he has no interest in while indoors are transformed into the coolest playthings of all time the second there's no roof overhead. Heck, I started tossing a pebble around and he went crazy for it outside.
I take one of my cats outside every few days when the weather is nice so he can get some fresh air and run around in the backyard. He started out fine with this, but recently he has become unbearably whiny while inside. I used to leave the back window open so he could sniff the outside air, but now he's taken advantage of that to whine in the most pathetic way possible (he's part Siamese, so he knows how to hit those really whiny notes) until I get so frustrated I have to close the window. He will honestly run from the back window to wherever I am every 5 minutes, whining his butt off. It's like having a child who just learned that crying gets him special treatment, only I almost never cave in so I don't know where he got that idea. Any movement by me anywhere in the apartment leads to him sprinting over from the back window (closed or open, he still hovers there on warmer days), running over to me and trying to lead me out the back door. If I stop in my bedroom or the bathroom, he comes in an whines as if I'm teasing him. The worst is when I have to go to the kitchen, where the back door is.
I don't understand why he is so whiny and adamant about going outside when I only let him out at most every other day for 10 - 20 minutes. I understand he loves it and I would never stop taking him outside, but is there anything I can do to make him a little less whiny? He even comes up to me when I'm at my computer and tries to ram his head into my hand, just so he can get my attention and try to lead me to the back door. I am hoping someone here has an idea, because he is incorrigible to my bag of tricks.
I also think he's started finding ways to get me to let him out more often. I always feel bad because he is doesn't like to play as much as my other cat. He'll stare at whatever toy I try and maybe will bat a paw at a string, even though he was very active and would literally sprint for 15 minutes during playtime as he chased Da Bird. He stopped being active when I got my other cat, who is much more aggressive in chasing toys during playtime. That's why I liked the idea of taking him outside. I felt better about him not being active during playtime because he was still getting exercise. Also, my other cat doesn't really like being outside so it's a special thing for me and him. I think he figured that out and is now purposely avoiding playing so he can guilt me into letting him outside, because he has been trying even less at playtime. As in, he won't even follow the toys with his eyes anymore. I know I'm probably seeing a pattern where there isn't one, but it honestly feels like he's manipulating me into letting him outside all the time. BTW, the same toys he has no interest in while indoors are transformed into the coolest playthings of all time the second there's no roof overhead. Heck, I started tossing a pebble around and he went crazy for it outside.
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