This little guy has been visiting me at work almost every day for the last few weeks. He lives across the street and he comes running as soon as I pull up in the morning.
This little guy has been visiting me at work almost every day for the last few weeks. He lives across the street and he comes running as soon as I pull up in the morning.
As much as I agree, trying to keep indoor, a cat that’s used to life outside, it’s really hard, and may stress them out a lot.
Several years ago at my (then) house, we had a regular visitor that I called Neighbor. There was one winter in particular that was especially cold, so when he came to visit, I tried bringing him in to help him warm up, and he practically fought and cried the whole time. Of course after a few minutes of getting toasty, I let him go on about his routine.
I imagine doing that for an extended period of time would greatly stress the cat out in an unhealthy way.
Ya, I adopted an outside kitty, tried to make her an inside kitty. She would paw at the windows for 12 hrs a day, sleep, then go back to pawing at the windows. Wouldn’t eat or groom herself.
I did however train her out of going after birds outside. I’d go out with her, and spray her with a water bottle whenever she got interested in a bird. It worked! She only ever brought rodent corpses home!
Outdoor cat houses with heated cushions are a thing! Now.