How do i keep my cats in??? help?

Question

I have two 5 month old cats.I stay in the centre of town near busy roads so i want to keep them as house cats.I live at the bottom of a flat and everytime i open my door they run out.There's a cat flap on my back door so they will be able to get out.I don't want to keep them locked up in a room all day ,i'm fed up chasing them about the close everytime i come home.Also if they do get out would they find there way home?? Thanks

Answer 1

Yes, most cats are able to find their way home if they get out but that obviously isnt an issue..the issue is you dont want them to run into a busy street and get hurt. Some cats just..well..they love the outdoors. And as an owner we pretty much have the responsibility to accomodate their wishes to the best of our ability. Cats, because their nature is to be outside and hunt, want to do just that. Here is some things you can do to let the cats enjoy the outside world without you pulling your hair out from fear that they will run off or get hurt. Home depot is the place to go...i dont know how your house/apartment is set up but you can easily (if allowed) build window units that sit in an open window and go outside the house (have it propped up by using wood planks that hit the ground) so the cat can actually go outside without actually BEING outside..they can watch the birds fly, feel the breeze, and all that lovely stuff. You can make it as big or small as your want. Also if you have a back porch a really great thing to do is build a very large cat cage..and I mean LARGE because obviously a cat isnt going to want to be confined..with toys, ledges all that stuff..so if they feel the need to go outside you can open up their cat cage..and let them roam. if there is a window permitting you can even have a tunnel leading from the windo to the cat cage so they can come and go as they please. I have seen things like this that you can buy but it is always soooo much cheaper to build your own. Also another hint is make the window units or tunnel movable so you can move it a little to be able to close the window at night for safety purposes. Also..about the cat flap..you can always have something leading from the cat flap to the cat cage as well!

Answer 2

To answer the easiest part of this question first, yes, they should be able to find their way home. Of course, their safety is in jeopardy while they are outside, so I'm sorry to say they might not actually get home due to some horrible accident.

Keeping them indoors can be difficult, especially if they're used to going outside. If you let them out through that little cat door, you can't really tell them not to go out through the front as well. To a cat, there would be no rhyme or reason in that. We're raising my kitten as an indoor cat, due to the vrious wild critters that live in the area and might want to make her into a tasty snack. The way we do it is by group effort. When anyone leaves, they make sure that she isn't around. The few times she has gotten out, she only got a few feet before we scooped her up.

To keep your cats away from the door when you're leaving, you might want to try making a room on the other side of the flat far more interesting than the door. Put a few toys in there, maybe a scratching post, perhaps a bit of catnip. If anyone else uses the door, it would help to let them know you're trying to keep your lovies inside. That way, they'll be more aware when they leave. (At least, if they're mature enough, they will.) Hope this helped a bit. :]

Answer 3

Cats Are Very Territorial. That mans a cat feels a stranger has invaded his/her territory. In a case like that, a cat could be aggressive in direction of one cat -- oftentimes the main elementary-going -- yet friendly to a distinctive. The time while issues crop up is while a sparkling kitty arrives, a youthful kitten will become someone cat, or the abode cat seems out the window to make certain an odd cat interior the backyard -- the abode cat might chase, ambush, hiss, and/or meow angrily. And it’s no longer purely the boys. female cats might properly be purely as infuriated via strangers.

Answer 4

If you want them to stay indoors then just remove the door flap (or cat door) from your door. If you open the door and run out there isn't much you can do except chase them back to the house.

Your lucky they are still real young because if you wait until they are older to keep them strictly indoors they can become very mean. I had a cat once that couldn't stay in the house for more than two days. Once the two days had gone by she would get very mean and even scratch me if I got near her. She would even cry and howl to be let outside.

Answer 5

Best you can do is teach them about outside, then they'll take care, they';re not as stupid as people like to think or we would never see any outside cat alive.
Take them outside on leashes (nows a good time to teach them aobut leashes) but only when they're a bit older. The contrast between how quiet it is inside and the noise of cars should be enough to keep them away from roads if you enforce it right. It's all about education, cause if you don't and they then get out, you're sure to be minus both.

Answer 6

cats are very smart. you should close the cat door thing especially if you live on a busy road! you dont want them to get hit by a car! but if they do get out, they will remember how to get home but make sure you keep them inside for atleast 7 months so they get used to that house and if you let them out right away they dont always know to go back to the house.
oh and when you need to leave the house and there by the door, get a treat and give them a cat treat so they dont pay attention to the door but on the treat.

Answer 7

I used to have a spray bottle located at each door. When I was getting ready to open it, I would do so slowly and if the kitten started coming near the door I would spray him with it. Soon he decided he didn't like to be sprayed, and stopped trying. Make sure you have LOTS of toys to keep them occupied indoors.

Answer 8

i have a cat he is a year old, he is a inside cat, but i have a harnes and a lace. i take him outside we go for walks. at first it is really hard to get them use to the lace. but once they do, they love it. but i have to have it long enough for them to feel free. or Else they wont take to the lace very well. and i also just to a other cat and she hates the lace she well lay there and not move but once i get her outside and she see things that are moving. they get all excited and want to play. so it takes a little time for them to get use, but try it.

Answer 9

Open a can of TUNA .put it up high so they can't get to it . The smell should keep them in .

Answer 10

close all doors,windows and any other way a cat can get out.