Cat in or out?

katie_saver

Hello,
I'm fostering a cat on behalf of a charity. I have fostered a lot before but usually kittens so this has not been an issue. The cat always wants to go out and was moved on to me from another foster carer as she was attacking the neighbours cat. Now every time I let her out she is looking for trouble and staring out my neighbours cat but if I never let her out she hisses at me and won't let me stroke her....Any ideas?
I work full time so I only let her out when I get home in the evening and briefly in the morning...

Thanks.

antw23uk

Keep her in, write up lots of lovely things about her (fib if you have to, lol) for the charity to 'advertise' her with and hope she doesn't get stuck with you long term!
We used to foster and some of them we didn't even wave off .. just closed the front door and thanked god they had been adopted, lol!

gettingready

antw23uk wrote: »

Keep her in, write up lots of lovely things about her (fib if you have to, lol)

Sure way for the poor cat to end up in the wrong place and be returned again and again.

Pls do not ever do that.

his_missus

I don't know whether it would work for you but I had a kitten who wanted to go out (before he'd been vaccinated) because the older cats went out. So, I put him on a harness attached to an extension lead so he could wander around the garden, supervised but not "escape".

He soon got used to the harness representing "freedom" and would come running, purring when I got it out.

It won't help your foster cat's issues with looking for trouble but she might appreciate you for some freedom rather than hissing at you.

wannabe_credit_free

I used a cat harness and long line, that I attached to my whirlygig. This gave the cat enough room to roam the garden without being able to escape.

WeAreGhosts

gettingready wrote: »

Sure way for the poor cat to end up in the wrong place and be returned again and again.

Pls do not ever do that.

absolutely agree. i once adopted a cat that was according to the rescue very loving and a softy and fine in the house. it looked ok in its cage but once we got it home it was obviously feral and distressed. it ended up going to a farm where it should have gone to in the first place had the rescue been proactive enough to find it a suitable home.
so sorry, but fibbing is a terrible thing to do and very upsetting for the new owner and the cat!

pawsies

wannabe_credit_free wrote: »

I used a cat harness and long line, that I attached to my whirlygig. This gave the cat enough room to roam the garden without being able to escape.

Definitely agree. Supervised access outdoors solves your problem and doesn't annoy the neighbours!