First a little history: I rescued a stray kitty from under our woodshed just over a week ago. He was about 6 weeks old the vet figured. It is becoming increasing difficult to keep him contained. We have an open concept house and we are still in the middle of building so we have no doors on the bedrooms, bathroom, etc. etc. We are just using curtains for the time being as we have lots of other more pressing jobs to do.
We have an older cat who we are slowly trying to get use to the kitty and we also have 7 pug dogs who seem to be very interested in him. They corner him quite often when he makes his way over the board we have up between the livingroom and bedroom where I'm TRYING
to contain him. They don't want to hurt him, they just want to play with him. The kitty isn't exactly scared of them, he is pretty fearless but with 7 pugs coming at him I'm sure it's a bit daunting. At any rate he jumps out into the livingroom more and more so I guess he is kinda enjoying all the attention he is getting.
Okay, so the problem is that we have doggie doors with access to the outdoors. I know that it will be virtually impossible to keep this little guy indoors. I have no idea at what point or what age he will figure out how to get outside through the doggie doors but he is a very smart little fella so I have a feeling it won't be long.
At this tender age will he know enough to come back inside? Are there things I should do to ensure his return. Should I put a collar on him? I'm afraid if I do and he gets lost as he grows it would choke him to death.
Any advice on how to deal with outdoor kitties would be very much appreciated. Most of my cats have always been indoor cats. My older cat would never use the doggie door as she never leaves the bedroom/bathroom area so I'm not use to having indoor/outdoor cats.
We have an older cat who we are slowly trying to get use to the kitty and we also have 7 pug dogs who seem to be very interested in him. They corner him quite often when he makes his way over the board we have up between the livingroom and bedroom where I'm TRYING
Okay, so the problem is that we have doggie doors with access to the outdoors. I know that it will be virtually impossible to keep this little guy indoors. I have no idea at what point or what age he will figure out how to get outside through the doggie doors but he is a very smart little fella so I have a feeling it won't be long.
At this tender age will he know enough to come back inside? Are there things I should do to ensure his return. Should I put a collar on him? I'm afraid if I do and he gets lost as he grows it would choke him to death.
Any advice on how to deal with outdoor kitties would be very much appreciated. Most of my cats have always been indoor cats. My older cat would never use the doggie door as she never leaves the bedroom/bathroom area so I'm not use to having indoor/outdoor cats.