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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 12:08

I was found by a kitten a few months ago and have adopted him. He has now been castrated, vaccinated, microchipped and had flea/worming treatment.
He is about 6months old now and I am looking for some advice having never had a cat before.

I do not want to keep him as an indoor cat and he seems keen to get out and explore the world beyond my windows but I want to know the best way to go about doing this.
I am a bit worried about other cats/traffic hazards etc but am aware I can't do anything about that.
I have been feeding him in the evenings and he tends to eat at night anyway as I would prefer to have him indoors overnight and let him come and go during the day.
I dont have a cat flap and cant see a way of installing one without upsetting the Landlord! I live in a villa with a garden but it is not secure so he can venture wherever he chooses.

Should I just let him out and see what happens or do you have any advice on the best way to handle the start of his adventures?

Thank you

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 20:28

4 rescue/dumped on us cats and they all go in and out as they please, villa with small garden, but no major roads. They never go far and all come when called and always ask to come in at night. If they don't come in before we go to bed they stay out and ask to come in in the am for breka, but this is quite rare. All neutered and micro chipped wearing collars but no tags as the tags fall off or get broken withing 2 minutes. Unfortunatly they don't seem to run away!!!!!!!!!!! Don't believe in keeping cats indoors all the time, ours love the garden, walls and generally being cats and doing what cats do, if they get hit or die out there at least they had a great quality of life and enjoyed it as cats. Normally within 2 weeks of them living in the house and learning their place in the pack they are fine to go out. They rarely go very far from the house, 3 being more Garfield mentality cats (lazy). If you let your cat out be prepared that it may get hit or not come back one day. Stray Tom cats are the bigest problem in trying to fight with them.

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 19:51

well loopy, I can certainly help you out there :)...2 beautiful part turkish Angoras, looking for a family...just tuned 4 months today http://picasaweb.google.com/susanburch50/WilliamAndSpice# <em>edited by SueB on 20/01/2011</em>

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 16:15

Here in Dubai the life of cats is worth nothing!!!i have 2 cats,and one of them was a stray,they are member of the family,so the older one had to get used to stay indoor,the young one has never been let out.I love them dearly,and i cant stand the thought of them being shot,poisoned or run over from one of the many drivers that actually drive like nuts even in estates(where the limit is 25km).So honestly train him to stay indoor.all the best

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 15:52

This thread has turned my mind re indoor cats are actually ok (we do have a large-ish balcony, 7th floor so no chance of them jumping I hope). I SO MISS catz!!!!! Wonder if I can persuade DH??????? It's the relocation costs that pray on our mind should we leave (we have no intention of staying 21 years which is the ripe age my 1st cat lived to). Ohhhhh I soooo want a couple of kittens :-(

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 15:41

Honestly I really have no idea how I trained my cats. They spend a lot of their time indoors and usually only go out when we go outside with them. There are times when they ask to be let, say in the evening when I'm watching tv so I might let them out then, they come back when I call them. A couple of times they didn't come back but that means they are shut out for the night and I don't think they like that so now they always make sure they come when they are called.

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 15:35

I have just rescued a kitten from the street 3 days ago. I live in an apartment on 10th floor so there is no way she will be able to go out and roam. I am feeling guilty that she is not able to go and play out, but the vet said she is young enough that it wont matter as long as I give her a loving home. she also reminded me that if it weren't for my 10th floor apartment then she would be still starving. Its hard, but I am sure my guilt will go soon - any thoughts? sorry for hijacking! I don't think you should feel guilty about it. You rescued her, providing her with home, food and love. So much more than what she used to before. My cat has lived in both apartment and villa. Just get something for her to play with and scratch on. When my cat was a kitten, he loved the knitting wool and balls. Good luck. <em>edited by Goofball on 20/01/2011</em>

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 15:21

I have just rescued a kitten from the street 3 days ago. I live in an apartment on 10th floor so there is no way she will be able to go out and roam. I am feeling guilty that she is not able to go and play out, but the vet said she is young enough that it wont matter as long as I give her a loving home. she also reminded me that if it weren't for my 10th floor apartment then she would be still starving. Its hard, but I am sure my guilt will go soon - any thoughts? sorry for hijacking!

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 13:52

Thank you for the advice. I know some will say to keep him inside but I don't want to do that. He is an animal albeit a very friendly and cuddly one and I feel that he should be able to do his cat-thing outside because he is a cat. I am looking for advice on the best way to introduce him to outside. Surely there are people with cats that have been outside without being posioned/trapped/squashed/attacked? our cat is an indoor outdoor cat, and in 3 years we've not had an emergency with him. When I'm home, the door is open and he is free to come and go. When I'm not home I have an upstairs balcony window locked open just wide enough for him to get in and out of. His hours of roaming differ depending on the time of year...in high summer hes out all night, sleeps all day. Now, when it's cold, he sleeps with me all night, sleeps part of the day and sunbaths in the garden the rest. He does leave the garden but not for long (cept in the summer nights when who knows what he's up to) he does have an enemy, a satans spawn of a cat that will attack people and he's had a few barneys with him. We also have stray cats that we feed in our garden with no problem, a free roaming torti and a bunny and now a foster pup as well. Just make sure at the vet check up that they know he'll be a partly outdoor cat so he can have the appopriate shots to help protect him from diseases he'll meet when he's out in the general population. He has a bell on to warn birds,though the likely hood of him ever catching one is slim to none, and his name and my number and his municipality tags on his collar. I didnt do anything special introducing him to the garden...we just went outside. Took him some time to learn to climb the fence so we had a few reassurring weeks of knowing where he was, but it also gave him time to really mark his property so he finds his way back hth

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 13:52

whenever i move house i start collecting his used litter( the dirtier the better) into a large binbag maybe for about a week then spread it all round the perimeter of the garden walls etc. It dries within a few hours so there is really no smell to us but for him, it will be like a magnet should he go over your wall or get lost on his walkabouts. i do however get mine in at 6pm and that's it for the night. good luck! <em>edited by jam43 on 20/01/2011</em>

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 13:42

Our kitties are indoor cats with limited exposure to the garden, but only under supervision. Mine are indoors for the following reasons: 1. The way people drive around here, even in residential neighborhoods 2. The rat poison traps that Emaar puts out, which are just big enough for a curious cat to get its head into 3. The high incidence of cap gun related animal killings 4. The neighborhood dogs, and other strays 5. Cats are their own little environmental catastrophes, and I don't want mine contributing to the decimation of the local bird population (one has a taste for blood already, having somehow managed to get a little bird while under supervision on our balcony). They kill just for fun, not just when they're hungry. I love my savage little monsters, but I harbor no illusions about whether or not they would have me for lunch if I were smaller than them and wasn't their source of food and cuddles. But that's just me. If you want to let him out, then just leave your sliding door to the garden cracked when you are home so he can come and go as he pleases. You don't need to do anything special to introduce him to the outside, as cats are adapted to being outdoors. But a bell on his collar to warn the birds that he is coming, though. And don't cut his claws too short, as he'll need them to defend himself should he get in a scrap (which he almost certainly will).

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 13:25

I let my cat out in the garden only if someone would be outside as well. We have two incidences over the years where stray cats jumped inside our garden and attacked our cat. He is bigger but since he is an indoor cat, he couldn't handle the strenght of stray cats. Luckily DH was in the living room and managed to rescue him.

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 12:47

Thank you for the advice. I know some will say to keep him inside but I don't want to do that. He is an animal albeit a very friendly and cuddly one and I feel that he should be able to do his cat-thing outside because he is a cat. I am looking for advice on the best way to introduce him to outside. Surely there are people with cats that have been outside without being posioned/trapped/squashed/attacked?

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 12:46

there is no reason to put your cat outside :).....you could build a nice enclosure for him so he can spend the day in there, have lots to do and climb, with a litter box etc and he will be fine. But to just let him out to explore, nope, unless of course you want to be back on here looking for your lost moggy :(. You can try a body harness. take a week or so for him to get used to it then string up a clothes line so he can walk back and forth, play and be out. But I would not put him out without safety precautions. If you do let him out to wander in the day, make a bed beside the door you want him to come in and out of.....do not leave food out and he will come in when he is hungary. I keep mine in after 6 and she lays in the garden most of the time.

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 12:41

Dubai is a BRUTAL place for cats. If you want to make it a pet, do it a favor and train it to be an indoor cat by NEVER letting it outside. Not to mention the endless vet bills you will have to pay for all of the trouble it will get into outside.

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 12:39

LOL I used to sit on the grass with a laundry basket and when he approached, plopped over the top of him. Have you tried enticing him with his fav food?

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 12:34

On a similar thread - but different - how the h3ll do I catch my rabbit to get it in at night? He's so fast. We have resorted to using the hose pipe and spraying him until he runs indoors but surely there must be a better way as he hates me now. Just can't risk leaving him out at night as we have lots of stry cats come into our garden.

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 12:21

There are a couple lines of thought about this, but most vets will tell you that an indoor cat is a healthier cat. There are lots of hazards out there ranging from wild dogs and other animals, wild people, cars, poisons, and other things. If you love this cat just take a look at the many, many threads of people who have lost their cats because they were free to roam. Your cat is still young enough where you can train him to go out on a lead. It takes patience, but it might be a compromise that'll allow him access to outdoors while staying safe.

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 12:14

PS it's also slightly less embarrassing than hanging out the back door yellling 'here lill kitty kitty kitty' :-)

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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 12:13

I don't have cats here as we live on the 7th floor and I'd rather not have purely indoor cats but at home I trained my cats to recognise that a whistle means food and without fail they'd come running in from where ever they'd been. Rather than leave a continous supply of food on the floor for him/ her set a meal time so it's hungry when food time is looming. Whistle just before you feed and do this EVERY time. They're smart little things and within a couple of weeks little one should recognised the whistle, associate it with food and come running. HTH & good luck! x

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