My lost cat came home next day?

Question

But now he yells to go back outside He wont stop crying and scratching at the door soooo pitiful .Should I let him ? We live in a fairly quiet neighborhood but there is a small amount of traffic on the road in front of my house don't know what to do. Everyone says he's a cat he needs to be outside to be happy I want him to be happy HELP

Answer 1

If your child wanted to play in the road, would you let him? Even though he is only happy if he plays in the road?

Of course not. Our pets rely on us to keep them safe and healthy. Your cat doesn't know that the car coming down the street will kill him. There are some evil people out there who will purposely swerve to hit a cat. If he bothers someone he could get shot (I knew a neighborhood stray who got shot with a BB gun, poor kitty--luckily for him I took him to the vet), or even poisoned. It's just not safe out there.
I know it is hard. I have four cats, and one of them just insists on going outside. It is a struggle to keep him from sneaking out the door! Sometimes he manages to escape and I worry until he comes back. But I do my best to keep him inside because I lost another cat this past April to a car. I felt awful. She is buried in my backyard and her photo is the wallpaper on my computer. But that doesn't stop the guilt I still feel for letting her outside. She was only six years old.
Indoor cats can live 15-20 years. Outdoor cats average five years.

Provide him with plenty of toys, play with him, set up a window that he can look out of, and ignore those plaintive cries. Get a kitty harness and either walk him on it or tie him out on a tether as you would a dog (don't leave him unsupervised in case he freaks out at being tied up).
Good luck.

Answer 2

Honestly, I would let the cat whine all he/she wants.........and NOT let them out. All my cats are indoor cats and last year one got out by mistake for 3 months during the winter. We looked for her for several weeks but then gave up and sadly assumed she'd never come back or somethign worse happened to her. But then, one day 3 months later, she was on my front doorstep.........she only weighed 3 lbs! She couldn't stand up by herself. I don't know how she GOT to my front door in her condition. I canceled work that day and ran her to the vet for a checkup. Besides her obvious need to gain weight, she was "fine". Poor baby.

Anyhow, my point was that even after all of her apparently horrible experiences outdoors (during the winter/snowy months I might add), she wanted to go back outdoors BAD. Of course, I didn't let her because she needed to heal for a long time. After about 3 days, she didn't whine anymore. Now, she's up to her healthy 8 lbs and has NEVER even glanced at the door again when it opens (she used to try to get out).

I'm SO for an indoor kitty :) No real opportunity to catch ticks, fleas, other animal diseases and NO chance they'll get run over, hurt by other animals, hurt by other people and/or have to eat food that may be rotten or otherwise unhealthy.

Answer 3

Indoor cats usually live quite a bit longer. It sounds like you want him to be indoors, but happy, so I recomend buying him some toys that he can play with alone, some toys you can play with him with, a nice bed, and some cat grass. Make a "Kitty Corner" by putting the toys, cat grass, and bed in a corner of the room. Put inexpensive posters or drawings of outdoor scenes, birds, and other wildlife. Good luck!

Answer 4

its up 2 you do you want him to be an indoor cat or an indoor / outdoor cat. he should give up trying to go out after awhile and can be perfectly happy inside.

but on the other hand if u want to let him out there are no guarenees on safty but he can climb trees and will go to the bathroom outside more than in the litter box........

its a matter of what works 4 u

Answer 5

I had a cat a couple years ago, she got out and was gone for a week. I found her late one night by a storm drain... she had adopted a litter of kittens! (they weren't hers, she was fixed) Well, I took her back into the house, but she constantly cried, even after I caught the kittens and sent them to the local no-kill shelter... She was very sad until we moved into a house with other cats, so, maybe your cat just needs a friend to be happy.

Answer 6

I have three cats and I leave the back door open for them so they can come and go as they please. They naturally know to come back home and they don't get lost and they tend to stay away from the street. That's just my cats though. Maybe yours is different but as far as I know cats are fairly intelligent animals and if a car was coming, they usually get scared and run away from it.

Answer 7

when i brought back my first kitten i wanted him to be an indoor cat. we sealed up windows and the door. somehow he managed to get out, because we couldn't possibly cat-proof the house; it'd be totally killing us because we'd suffocate.
anyway i found my now 2.5 year old cat dead a few days ago under a bush outside, near a road. he probably died from being hit by a car.
its a 2-sided problem with its pros and cons. keeping your cat indoors requires you to be responsible enough to make your home safe for your cat, even when you go out. however domestic cats still are wild, and going out is part of them (unless you are lucky to get a cat which is really really domestic) and they will be unhappy if you confine them inside

Answer 8

My male cat did the same thing. An indoor cat will live 3 times as long as an outdoor cat. Is he fixed? Mine eventually got hit, and I had to put him down, so you make the call.

Answer 9

All 4 of my cats will meow and scratch to go out, and I don't let them go. I just consider it tough love, they are safe in the house and it only take one second for something bad to happen outside. Good Luck KG

Answer 10

A cat that goes outside is exposed to a lot more danger than one that stays inside. It's completely up to you. You can also take him out supervised if you want. I used to put mine on a leash and let him hang out with me.