My cat is crazy?

Question

We got snowphia about 5 years ago. She was a stray and used to being outdoors. So anywhoo we do allow her to go outside when its nice out. The people on our street do not mind it. She does very crazy things. I will look out the window and see that she likes to lay in the middle of the street, she likes to jump into peoples cars when they leave the windows down and than you see her chasing butterflys or birds and this is not in the yard. she does this down the middle of the road. I am worried that a person who does not usually drive down our street will not look out for her and she will get hit. I would love to keep her indoors, but she goes crazy if she does not go out. I know it sounds odd, but should i put her on a lease? thanks

Answer 1

Sounds like a typical cat to me. Cats love hanging around cars. If you are worried about her safety you could try harness training. However, due to her age you may have more difficulty, but it's worth a try and it may take time. If leash training does not work you can let her out under full supervision. Try limiting how often and the amount of time she spends outside. Over time, perhaps you can have a primarily indoor kitty.

Answer 2

Domestic cats, especially young kittens, are known for their love of play. This behaviour mimics hunting and is important in helping kittens learn to stalk, capture and kill prey.[25] Many cats cannot resist a dangling piece of string, or a piece of rope drawn randomly and enticingly across the floor. This well known love of string is often depicted in cartoons and photographs, which show kittens or cats playing with balls of yarn. It is probably related to hunting instincts, including the common practice of kittens hunting their mother's and each other's tails. If string is ingested, however, it can become caught in the cat’s stomach or intestines, causing illness, or in extreme cases, death. Due to possible complications caused by ingesting a string, string play is sometimes replaced with a laser pointer's dot, which some cats will chase. While caution is called for, there are no documented cases of feline eye damage from a laser pointer, and the combination of precision needed and low energy involved make it a remote risk. A common compromise is to use the laser pointer to draw the cat to a prepositioned toy so the cat gets a reward at the end of the chase.

Answer 3

If you don't want to pick her dead body off the road, I'd suggest the leash thing, or an outdoor pen that will hold her, or convert her to indoors only.

She has no road sense and any car going by may not see her. Or you could get a driver who likes to hit animals (I see cars speed up to try to hit dogs on seveal occasions, there's sick people out there). For her life and your peace of mind, keep her off the road and under supervision. It's not that hard to fix up a cat kennel out of chicken wire and wood.

Answer 4

I would suggest getting a fence, but she would just climb over it! YES I agree it is dangerous for her to playing out in the road, she could very easiely get hit and killed!! I dont know about the whole leash thing though, because most cats don't do good on leashes and don't like them, you can always try, but I think your gonna have to keep her inside for her own protection, so she doesnt get injured.

Answer 5

We used to have a multi stage cat tree (ground to ceiling form) and it had a mouse on a stretchy string striking from the highest. One of my cats used to seize the mouse and stretch it around the residing room till she misplaced her grip and it went flying again around the room to smack into the wall. One day she did that and one in every of our different cats jumped on a platform. When Morph allow the mouse pass it smacked the opposite cat within the butt and, good I do not suppose I've ever obvious her leap so prime!

Answer 6

Since she is doing all this in the road, I would suggest keeping her inside. If you do want to let her outside, try buying one of those "kittywalk". It's basically a contained area that is safe for kitties to be outside. However, she won't be able to chase those butterflies. :( My suggestion would to just keep her inside, buy her a cat tree, dangle lots of toys from it, give her lots of access to toys, and give her lots of windows!

Answer 7

arent cats supposed to act like that?
at least mine did........