Should i let my indoor cat out???? I dont know what to do.?

Question

My indoor cat is whining to go outside! She got out when i first moved and was gone for 2 weeks. she just came back this weekend. I dont live in a good neighborhood (apartment complex and dark roads) I have another cat but she does not like it outside. i dont know if i should just let my cat whine to go outside til she stops or i can let her out.

Whats the best thing to do?

Answer 1

let her whine since its bad neighborhood. she will get used to it.

Answer 2

The best thing to do, is be the TOP CAT! If you live in an apartment complex, then I would strongly advise against you ever letting your cat outdoors, because apartment complexes have more people, and consequently more traffic.
I have four cats, all fixed, and they are all outdoor cats...but I also have a house and .35 acres of property.
First and foremost, are your cats neutered and/or spayed? A lot of the 'wanting-to-roam' behavior in your pootties can be solved with getting your cat humanely 'fixed'. If they are both fixed, then it's more a matter of establishing your dominance with regards to the both of them...because even cats (being domesticized) recognize social heirarchies.
My feeling is that your female is not spayed, and that's why she's crying. End of June is a typical time for females to have kittens (60-63 days gestation period). Save yourself a lot of noise and further problems, by getting your female spayed ASAP!!!

Answer 3

Well the way I see it you have 2 options here:

1. Keep her in the house and listen to her whine and live with it and have your cat. She may get use to the idea of staying indoors but it may take awhile to retrain her.

2. Let her out and have her possible not come home for a variety of reasons. Every time she goes out the more and more she will want to get outside. The more you let her out the greater the chance you will not see her again.

So it all depends on how much of the whining you can take and how patient you are at retraining her.

Good Luck

Answer 4

Little bit by little bit, let her see outside while you teach her about it. Too often here we have people who'se cats are totally unfamiliar with outsode, then they get out and are never seen again.
Take her out in your arms, for a minute. Next time make it five. Every time, make sure she sees stuff like cars, hears them too. Hears dogs, loud ones. That way you're there so she does not run cause you're holding her, but she can learn.
Avoid catastrophe, teach your cat. Then let her go outside a little bit, a few minutes, and always with you there. Make sure her shots are up to date, she is treated with something like Frontline, and she has a tag with her collar. And make sure she is fixed.
If you do it right, she'll see for herself wether outside is where she wants to be, and gibing her a few minutes here or there outside won't kill her, or you. With you there she cannot get into fights, cannot get diseases or anything described above.
She's not going to stop whining until you do, you know that.
And I am suggesting the best of both worlds where under your supervision she gets to be outside now and again.

Answer 5

I don't have a cat and don't know how to stop the whining, but my old roommate had a cat that used to be an outside cat that is now an indoor cat. I've always been told to never let an indoor cat outside, especially if they've been declawed. Make sure she has a good window to look out of, but never let her out, for her own safety.

Answer 6

My cats all wanted to go outside when they were younger, but now, they just like to look out the windows and doors. If you keep her in, the desire will likely fade. If it doesn't, try taking her out on a leash now and then.

I encourage my cats to avoid doors by slamming them. When you slam the door, you have to be casual about it, though. The cat shouldn't think you're mad, just that the door is noisy and scary. You could also get a pan and bang it against the door...or throw some keys at the door. Again, it shouldn't seem like you're doing it. The cat should be under the impression that the door is just loud. This makes them reluctant to try to go through it, in most cases.

Answer 7

don't let it out. If the whining gets on your nerves spray the cat with a spray bottle filled with water when it is whining at the door. Also, if the cat hasn't been spayed you should probably consider it. When cats go into heat they really want to get out.

Answer 8

OOoo...maybe when she was outside she encountered a male cat ;) That happened to my cat and thats why she wanted to go back out!!

From the sound of your neighborhood i wouldn't let your kitty out...even though she's smart and will come back when she needs to...but you never know what could happen to her out there :(

For a while, she may be by the door alot wanting to get out so you have to make sure whenever you leave she doesn't dart out. Eventually, the want to go outside will subside. My cat was like that, but after a while, she stopped. Is she in heat?

Answer 9

Keep her inside where she is safe. Get her some toys, maybe some with catnip in it. Make it fun for her to stay in and not want to go out. She'll get use to staying in. I have a cat that was dumped when she was around two years old she was a street cat for one year or so. I got her when she was about 3 years old. She's now six and very happy to be an in-door cat. Hope this helps, good luck;^)

Answer 10

If you love your cat, you'll keep it inside. Just because it's whining doesn't mean you have to cave in. Hey, you're the mom here! Maybe if you could distract her with a kitty tease or some other sort of play she will give up on it.

Answer 11

I honstly dont think its a good idea to let your cat out again. once you have raised a cat inside it abuses going outside. such as what your cat did leaving for two weeks. i had an outdoor cat because i adopted him that way and when we tried to train him to live inside all he wanted to do is be outside. and well we let him live outside and he returns 2 -4 times a day. and when we tried to keep him inside he would be sort of insucure because when he would mess would things he would be punished. so the outdoors were better for him since he was used to it.