Is it possible to teach my next cat road sense?

DKLS

Sadly the little tabby that adopted me when I moved in got squished last night. :mad: poor little sod was so friendly and loving.

c6h4m1

I wish there was a way - if anyone can tell us how to I'd be eternally grateful. One of my cats got hit by a car but he still goes over the road, just much faster than he used to. As far as I can tell the only way to stop them getting run over is to stop them gonig out at all, or to have a cat-proof run/garden for them.

snowman2_2

Cats have no road sense whatsoever and it is not unusual for us to see a cat that has been run over more than once. Sorry but there is no way to reduce the risk without a cat proof pen

DKLS

I have reserved two kittens for collection at the end of Jan, they will be living at my Ohs as her house backs onto open fields, and a quiet cul de sac at the front.

Having said that mine was run over on a single track country lane, dozy sod I do miss him.

c6h4m1

Ours got run over on a private drive, I have an idea who did it and the people who live up the drive know us but hadn't got the guts to tell us :mad:

Some cats do seem to have road sense - I saw one cat regularly wait at a pedstrian crossing for the light to change for him before he'd cross. He wasn't crossing with people, either - sometimes people would press the button for him to cross! One very intelligent cat :T

foreign_correspondent

I dont think most cats ever 'get it' - my OHs mum spent huundreds getting her cat's pelvis pinned back together after he was bashed by a car, he died several years later after getting run over again .

Kimberley

Sadly when you let cats out to roam free there is always a risk that they will be killed on the roads. The only sure way of protecting them is to cat proof your garden or build a cat pen, which is what I have done. I'd always have indoor cats, they have as much a happy life as ones who roam free, If you keep a kitten indoors from the start the cat doesn't know any different, although it would be harder for a rescue who was previously let out to become an indoor cat.

Goodluck with your new cats and sorry for your loss.

Raksha

I think 'quiet country roads' are probably the worst, as the cat gets used to coming and going as they please - until the worst happens - I lost so many cats like that I gave up trying to keep cats at all when I lived in a village

LADY_A_5

this may sound silly but maybe try a harness...and try teaching a simular way to a dog? obviously not 'sit', but maybe pull cat back with harness if he/she attempts to just cross a road?

sounds mad when i read it back!!! lol

lowis

Lady A - it's ok, you aren't as mad as this....:) these are quite popular in America - cat strollers. i would love to have the bottle to walk through the City with my two in one of these

LADY_A_5

rofl!!!!!:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

that is funny!!!