My cat keeps trying to get outside, how do I make her stop trying to get outside?? HELP!!!?

Question

Whenever I open the door, she tries to dart out. What do I do

She is an inside cat.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Is your cat a stray and was born outside? You adopted her as your own and took care of her? Now that shes older she wants to go back outside and come back for food and rest? If this is so and she is familiar with the property then you can let her out. But if not, then buy a harness that goes around her chest. Try not to get one that goes only around the neck. Cats don't like that. Take her outside and make sure that the harness is securely around your hand and guide her outside. if she get scared she has learned her lesson. If she is fine, then take all over you think she might go and make sure she knows the neighborhood. Next time if she wants to go outside, let her. she might be back in a couple of hours depending in your cat. Make sure you show her an open window or a kitty door so she can come back on her own. (She that she is not bringing home other feline.)

Answer 3

Just tell her that she'll get her head chopped off if she tries to go out .... and semi-forcefully push the cat away from the door (well, that's what I do with my cat anyhow). If your cat doesn't like water, you could spray her whenever she goes near the door to go outside. Making a lot of noise may also scare kitty. Another would be to put some kind of barrier, such as sticky tape, in front of the door (cats don't like sticky surfaces).

Answer 4

My cats do the same thing. I always try to entertain my cat, so the cat doesn't have the need to go outside. You can use normal toys (with feathers --> they love it) and put some catnip on it. (crush the catnip a bit so it smells better), and that should keep the cat busy!!

If your cat keeps doing this, make sure it's spayed or neutered. If it helps you can also buy a line, and put the cat on it and walk it.. don't be frustrated if your cat doesn't walk like a dog.. mine doesn't either.. I bought a line you can make longer, so the cat can walk around by itself!! Don't let it go into the bushes, though!.. I'm experienced: It's hard to untangle!

Love, R

Answer 5

There really is no "inside" "outside" cat except for those with no fur....eeewwwww! They are very independant and until they explore their surroundings and taste the outside world, they will always try to venture further and see what there is to see. Have your cat fixed, if not done so already and you might see a difference.
Ther may be an advantage to this whole "outside" thing. I had a cat that never used his litter box for the summer because he would always go outside and do his deed in the playground sandbox!LMAO! I loved it but of course, I have children so I had to be responsible and scram my cat from the sandbox when he went out.

Answer 6

Is your cat neutered? If so then maybe she just wants to see the outside world let her just use a harness and guide her around the neighborhood and make her recognise your houses smell so she can know her way back, id she has not been neutered then maybe she's pregnant and wants to have her babies in privacy or wants to mate with a cat that might have been roaming around, get your cat neutered and get rid of the cat that has been roaming around your house.Don't get a cat/pet door because it might get your cat out and lost in some place and my neighbor's got one and a burgular got in by it and some other animals, so don't get it.
Hope this helps you out

Answer 7

You should try to make sure the cat is in another room with the doors closed when you go out if you don't want her to go out. You can't stop a cat from wanting to get out and they can be surprisingly inventive about finding ways, so just be as careful as possible.

Answer 8

This may sound obvious, but don't let her out even once in awhile. It develops bad habits.

Try distracting her when you're ready to head outside, so it gives you a chance to escape. I'll set my cats up on something that takes a moment to
(safely) get down from (e.g. a bookcase) and by the time they've figured a way down, I'm out the door and gone.

Answer 9

Get a catdoor and let them go outside. For thousands of years of evolution cats have been hunting outdoors. Yet you come along and decide to imprison your little predators indoors. They try and get outside, surprise surprise. Get a catdoor and your cats will go off and hunt for a while and then come back and grease up to you. Your job as an owner is to give them the freedom they demand. Otherwise you have no right to own a cat in the first place. They need the outdoors, not indoor imprisonment.

Answer 10

I have one that sits in front of the door to my apartment and begs to get out. He goes out for 10 seconds then scratches to get back in. He's not peeing, because I've watched him. he goes to the neigbors apt door sniffs it then comes back home. One thing you must remember, The one things that drives a cat mad is a closed door. Especially when there's noise behind it. They are curious animals, and will want to check out everything with they're sensitive noses, and eyes. The water thing was a lesson the cat learned quickly, hitting it with a squirt gun or spray bottle might work.In my case it's no harm no foul, Mike, Medford, Ore