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cat wants to go OUT sooooo bad...

sheena74 Aug 21, 2007 11:09 PM

About this time last year I lost my beautiful Mr. Whitepaws to the dangers of the great outdoors. So when I adopted Webster the Wonder Cat from the local Humane Society, I was determined to keep him in. From his history I believe that in his previous home he was given free rein to go in/out anytime. Well, this boy is driving me nuts trying to get out! He sits at the door and yells. He follows me around the house and yells and nips at my legs (not enough to hurt, just to get my attention!) He climbs the screens. He is neutered, so it's not that. He just wants out.

I saw the post down-thread about the cat-fence and hope to build a fenced-in cat garden when I move to my new house but that won't be for several months. Right now I'm in a rental and there's no place safe for him to go (as I painfully learned last summer).

In the meantime, what can I do to convince him that it just ain't happening?

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PHWildCat Aug 22, 2007 11:22 AM

Oh this one is hard for both of you. First of all when he is yelling, ignore him entirely. No pets, no comforting words..nothing. Hopefully he will learn that yelling doesn't get him what he wants. Make sure that he has plenty of toys inside and that you play with him with some interactive type toys like Cat Dancer or the little red dot pointer toys. You can also try every time he goes near a door or climbs a screen squirt him with a water bottle. This way, maybe...if you are lucky....he will decide that those places are not very pleasant. Good luck and let us know how it goes.
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