Hi..im a new member so greetings!
I have just recently purchased an orange tabby at 8 weeks of age..he is now atleast 13 weeks. We want to make him an indoor/outdoor cat but dont know which age is old enough. we've had him exclusively indoors for about 5 weeks and he knows his name (Loki) means "Food time"and he jumps merrily to his feeding room (the staircase lol). so i think he could follow his way home on the sound of my voice..but he is still a lot smaller than neighboorhood cats. He has a microchip and collar on him (not the same in the pic) and his vaccinations. I know some people might say that indoor is always the best b/c of dangers lurking outside. I used to live in America and can attest to seeing several roadkill laid on the street and how drivers seem to not be able to break for animals there (my mom who still lives in america just rcently lost her dog to a speeding truck 2 days ago) ...where I live is a suburban family neighborhood where everyone has a cat it seems like and people drive courteously for the most part..if someone could give me some info on whens the best time to let him start roaming around outdoors that would be great
this is a pic of my cat (its european championchip here..the orange lion is the netherlands mascot)
http://tubeimage.com/viewer.php?file...yjbjqmlo8q.jpg
I have just recently purchased an orange tabby at 8 weeks of age..he is now atleast 13 weeks. We want to make him an indoor/outdoor cat but dont know which age is old enough. we've had him exclusively indoors for about 5 weeks and he knows his name (Loki) means "Food time"and he jumps merrily to his feeding room (the staircase lol). so i think he could follow his way home on the sound of my voice..but he is still a lot smaller than neighboorhood cats. He has a microchip and collar on him (not the same in the pic) and his vaccinations. I know some people might say that indoor is always the best b/c of dangers lurking outside. I used to live in America and can attest to seeing several roadkill laid on the street and how drivers seem to not be able to break for animals there (my mom who still lives in america just rcently lost her dog to a speeding truck 2 days ago) ...where I live is a suburban family neighborhood where everyone has a cat it seems like and people drive courteously for the most part..if someone could give me some info on whens the best time to let him start roaming around outdoors that would be great
this is a pic of my cat (its european championchip here..the orange lion is the netherlands mascot)
http://tubeimage.com/viewer.php?file...yjbjqmlo8q.jpg