My cat was born inthe wild. He is now 1 year old. All he does 24/7 is meow and wants out. I don't know what to

Answer 1

You never said if he was fixed or not. He may just want out for a little bit or he may want out permanently. Let him out and allow him to decide.

Answer 2

This is a feral cat meaning wild and not domesticated. I
and my mother have had both. She chose not to domesticate
and ran into numerous problems such as you are most likely having. I chose to domesticate. It isn't an easy process. First, take to a vet and spay, shots, etc. Next, keep indoors as much
as possible and make sure his nails are kept short. He will be crafty and try to sneak out when you answer the door or, if children accidently open to go out. Bottom line, the more you keep him indoors and well fed, the less often and likely he is to want to return to the wild...especially if you live in the colder parts of the world! : )

Answer 3

How long have you had him? How long has he been an indoor cat? It takes time for an outdoor cat to adjust to being an indoor cat. And it takes an indoor cat time to adjust to a new home.

Has he been neutered? That's critical for the peace of the cat and the smell of your home.

Does he have places to play? Places he can climb? Places he can feel hidden and secure?

Has he bonded with you? Does he like to play with you and get petted and scratched and curl up to sleep?

If the answer to all the above is yes and he has still been crying for a year, maybe you need to find him a home where he can be an outdoor cat. If he's a newcomer, you need to give him time and space and love and the things he needs to feel happy and secure.

Answer 4

get him neutered it will help..I have 3 cats two of which are ferals (wild) are you sure its a male cbeause unspayed females do the same thing when they go into heat, they stand and cry (meow) usually by the door. DON'T LET IT OUTTOO MANY CATS ARE KILLED BY CARS AND MEAN PEOPLE SINCE YOU ACCEPTED RESPONIBILITY AND TOOK HIM IN PLEASE KEEP THE KITTY SAFE sorry dint mean to yell I just don't want to see your kitty hurt or dead

Answer 5

Let him out he will be happy explorin outside. How old waz he when u got him? Dont wrry he will come bac i had a cat from the wild i let her out & she disappears for a few dayz but alwaiiz comes bac.

MERRY CHRISTMAS
Christine

Answer 6

There are a few things to consider.

I'm very much in favor of keeping cats inside for all the obvious reasons. Some cats are OK with that and others are not.

It's a safety issue, but there's more to life than safety. We'd all be safer if we never left the house, but most of us wouldn't want to live like that and neither do some cats.

You don't say whether kitty has been neutered or how long you've had him in your home. If he hasn't been neutered, you should get him neutered. That should help some.

If you haven't been keeping him in very long, you might find that he'll get used to it and accept it after a while. Making your home a stimulating environment will help: lots of high places he can climb to and jump up on, lots of toys, lots of interactive play with you; all those things will help.

If time goes by and he still wants badly to go out, you may have to consider letting him go outside. The big factor, of course, is how cat safe your neighborhood is or isn't. If your neighborhood really isn't safe for him, then you and he will just have to tough it out and adapt.

If your neighborhood is reasonably safe, maybe letting him out would be OK. It would be good to limit his excursions to the daytime, since most places outside the cities have dangerous nocturnal predators that could make a quick snack of a cat. Coyotes, racoons, fishers and owls are all dangerous to cats, common almost everywhere, and they all hunt at night. Bats, because they eat mosquitos that drink the blood of just about everything, are notorious carriers of rabies, and they work the night shift too.

You might strike a compromise like I have with my Scamper. The Scampster is an ex-feral who made it very clear that he couldn't be happy staying indoors 100% of the time, and I'm fortunate to live in a very quiet suburban neighbodhood that's pretty cat-safe in the daytime. The deal we worked out is that Scamper doesn't go out by himself, but I take him out as often as reasonably possible. That means each day after work, weather permitting, in the seasons of long days, and weekends the rest of the year unless it's outrageously cold or windy.

At first I followed Scamper around while he explored the neighborhood, and he promptly showed me that he knew where we live and that he's really good at keeping track of where he is. That helped a lot!

After a couple weeks I started sitting out in the back yard with a book or magazine while Scamper prowled and frolicked in the back yards of our small townhouse apartment building and the yards of the houses on the street behind us. Scamper soon figured out that if he stayed close to home and came back to check in with me every five or ten minutes, I wouldn't go looking for him and bring him home. Now that it's a bit chilly for me to sit and read I've started to walk around with Scamper while he prowls. He goes a little further when I'm with him, but that's OK because I'm with him. It's been dark by the time I get home from work for a couple months now, and Scamper has handled it quite well that we only get to go outside on the weekends. Fortunately for me, he's smart enough not to want to stay out very long on really cold days!

Taking kitty out on a leash is another thing to consider. You could do that in any kind of neighborhood if kitty will adapt to a leash and harness. I haven't tried that, but many people have done it with great success. It depends on the cat. I have a friend who has two cats who are brothers. One loves to go for walks on a leash. The other one, as soon as she put on his harness he'd just fall over on his side and lay there as though he was paralyzed, squeaking piteously. She finally gave up on trying to get him to walk on the leash, so since their neighborhood is much too dangerous for a cat to go out on his own, he gets stuck being an indoor kitty.

Answer 7

let him out he knows ware he lives he will come back when hungry