Letting cats outside.

Kimberley

It's always best to let them out once they have had all their vaccs and have been neutured. It's your job to be a responsible owner. I'm fed up with people letting their toms and unneutured females out to add to the ever increasing cat population.

leoetal19

my youngest boy (of 4 ) is 18 weeks now and is up 2 date with jabs, will be neutered at 6 months. we are letting him out in short bursts ie we are there watching, heart in mouth, glad hes back and in sight. do it little n often. ignore the git re the neighbours. little, often. let em build thier confidence. let u !! somehow b4 u know it they'r out all nie and ur not distraught-its a gradual thing x

Kimberley

leoetal19 wrote: »

my youngest boy (of 4 ) is 18 weeks now and is up 2 date with jabs, will be neutered at 6 months. we are letting him out in short bursts ie we are there watching, heart in mouth, glad hes back and in sight. do it little n often. ignore the git re the neighbours. little, often. let em build thier confidence. let u !! somehow b4 u know it they'r out all nie and ur not distraught-its a gradual thing x

Why not wait until he is neutured? cats can become sexually mature as young as 4 months old

leoetal19

hes only out while we are there and he is in sight if he vanished we'd panic n search for him. we have a HUGE garden we let him out to play with the others not to disappear n pro-create. hes only ever out of sight for seconds-can he do it that quick??

Kimberley

leoetal19 wrote: »

hes only out while we are there and he is in sight if he vanished we'd panic n search for him. we have a HUGE garden we let him out to lay with the others not to disappear n pro-create. hes only ever out of sight for seconds-can he do it that quick??

Would you be able to catch him if he were to jump a fence if he were to smell a female in the distance? I had a kitten once and at 4 months old he was practically crawling up the walls to get out. I had him fixed two days later.

leoetal19

well probably not. the vet will only neuter him from 6 months, he seems quite happy in the garden. shouldnt some onus b on the owners of the cat 'in the distance' i have 3 other neutered, microchipped adored cats. i am a responsible measured cat owner - u seem cross !!!

Kimberley

leoetal19 wrote: »

well probably not. the vet will only neuter him from 6 months, he seems quite happy in the garden. shouldnt some onus b on the owners of the cat 'in the distance' i have 3 other neutered, microchipped adored cats. i am a responsible measured cat owner - u seem cross !!!

No i'm not having a go at you, i just don't understand why cat owners don't keep them inside until they are neutured but it is your choice and right. I promise i'm not having a go

leoetal19

i guess the answer is the pressure they impose by trying to get into the garden after the others-meeowing etc and how much fun they all have chasing each other in our garden (half acre) the other 3 were allowed out from 12 weeks-after jabs etc-with us-nevr leapt out the vacinity towards other cats etc, just out in small doses until after neutering then gradually more n more-no irresponsibility intended just aiming for happy well socialised cats-neutered, vaccinated, chipped. insured, flead. xxxxxxx

squeaky

I used to carry Sally outside when she was young and before the jabs etc.

Short exposure and a slow walk up the garden and back allowing her plenty of time to look around. So she got used to what the garden looked like and what the way home looked like.

When out at the front of the house - as soon as I heard a car coming I would turn round and walk back to safe ground and then just hiss at the car (but not move) until it was gone.

She doesn't hiss at cars as a grown up - but moves out of the way without panic and just waits

Kimberley

Carry on enjoying your cats, lovely things they are, i lost mine at 12 months old due to diebetes type 1, so i decided to do dog fostering instead. :beer: