2006-11-17 05:08:31 · 11 answers · asked by mary l 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
Ok this will be a tough one.We had to do this with one of our cats when we moved.Once you bring them in all they will do is meow meow meow meow.It will be horrible!The basic idea is to make inside more fun then outside.They will need plenty of love and petting,lots of toys,and things to keep them entertained.Thats about it.It just takes a while for them to adjust.Good LUCK!
2006-11-17 05:13:28 · answer #1 · answered by jill@doodle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you want to do is gradually introduce the indoors to your cat. If you just take a cat that has live outdoors their whole life they will probably go crazy. However if you keep your cat in for about 3 hours and let them back in and do that thoughout the day and over time increase the time that your cat spends inside soon it will get used to the indoors and you should have no trouble making it trained to be an indoor cat.
2006-11-17 05:15:49 · answer #2 · answered by ~Romantic_Dreamer~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I did was bring my outdoor cat in. Have a litter box in there and be sure to show him where it is. Then allow him the time to get used to his new surroundings.
You may run into him wanting to get back outside. Just don't let him. Eventually, he'll learn to stay indoors. Out of the previous 7 cats I've had over the course of the last 17 years, 5 were orignially outsiders. Now they are 100% insiders and are happy...who wouldn't be?
Good luck.
2006-11-17 05:14:12 · answer #3 · answered by BVC_asst 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Show the cat the litter box by putting it in the box and keeping it confined to a part of the house for a few days with the box nearby. Cats are usually very good at immediately knowing what to do but if the cat is used to outdoors, too much space to roam in when first wanting to acquaint it to a litter box can be an invitation for the cat to use whatever is around, like large potted plants, for instance..
2006-11-17 05:13:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's pretty difficult to train anything to accept imprisonment (you will be taking away the freedom it has known), and that's the only thing the cat sees. It hardly knows that you mean well and are just trying to keep it from getting sick or injured, fed and cleaned.
But I suppose making the environment inside the house interesting enough for a cat would help. Like toys and those little cat playgrounds http://www.woodruffforpets.com/cp/massive_cat_playground.gif
(just an example, this is a little excessive).
good luck.
2006-11-17 05:17:56 · answer #5 · answered by endrshadow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the age of the cat and if he/she has ever really been in a house. Sometimes, just the loving it receives is enough. I do know that once a cat has experienced the freedom of being outdoors, they will want outside all of the time. Time is all you can give it, but if it starts peeing on things (which it just might), put it back outside, cat pee is the worst!
2006-11-17 05:14:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we don't rigidity our cats to become outdoor cats yet we do provide them the alternative. we live interior the rustic and there are particular damaging aspects (foxes, coyotes, feral cats) that could desire to be considered. We save our cats indoors till they're acclimated to being indoors and function been spayed or neutered. Then we start up off leaving the door open whilst we placed the dogs out into our fenced backyard. to date each and every cat has at last observed the dogs outdoors. it many times takes a pair of days earlier they're tender with us final the door and that they are off searching and doing in spite of it fairly is that cats do. Our one cat is out in the beginning easy and we frequently do no longer see her earlier dark. suitable now she is nursing an injured leg and has no longer been out all iciness. We honestly have a 4 a million/2 month previous kitten that we rescued from the backyard and he's not getting out till he's neutered. And cats do no longer forget approximately the place the meals dish is. they could run like bugger once you open the door yet I assure you they consistently come back. we don't use collars. They get snagged on stuff and a predator could desire to grab the collar too. we don't placed meals outdoors and the clutter dish maintains to be interior too. Our cat has never deficated interior the backyard. The dogs could kill her if she did and he or she never used the clutter dish all final summer besides. She has survived 2 coyote assaults and he or she hunts with the feral cats around the line. She has never been happier the two.
2016-12-30 14:06:30 · answer #7 · answered by mccasland 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a difficult thing to do!
Especially if it is an older cat, they have spent their lives outdoors & will always want to go out...
Really the only thing you can do is show the cat love & do your best to make sure he/she does not get out of the house....although it will be difficult!
It is nice you are giving the cat a home & I wish you luck!
2006-11-17 05:17:37 · answer #8 · answered by Heather 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean to get them used to a litter box? Try the litter box with dirt first and slowly add litter! Or make half-and-half, but don't mix, just leave the dirt on one side and litter on the other. If you have bad dirt or something from sand fleas try some play sand...hard to find this time of year though if you live north like I do. Call around! Good luck!
2006-11-17 05:13:12 · answer #9 · answered by carrieinmich 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think it all depends to age...if the cat is old you woun't make it...or you'd make it very hard. if the cat is outside, and you want to make it indoor, she'll want to get out in any case.
2006-11-17 05:22:04 · answer #10 · answered by lesa_hlodkovic 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋