Right now my fiance and I live on a friends family country road and have been her for over a year. Its a long gravel road far from the highway with only his family along either side. Everyone here lets their pets outside, they all get along fine and because of this everyone takes extra special caution to watch out when driving down the road. Now we are about to buy a house that is right on a main road, and as of now with no fence. We have 4 cats. They have all been inside/outside for the past year and love it. They never venture of far here, usually you can find them lounging on the steps and they know they have to come in for food and they somtimes use the litter box if they are in. I only have a few ideas for after the move. The best I came up with is slowly bringing them inside more now.Then after the move screening in the porch so they have have a mock-outside and taking leashed walks. There is an extra bed we could also have cat friendly plants in with big windows. Any other ideas
2007-11-16 04:10:24 · 10 answers · asked by jill@doodle 5 in Pets ➔ Cats
Your ideas are all already perfect...you have obviously spent a great deal of time working this out...my "hats off" to you!
As a Kitty "Mom" of three...my only advice would be to remind you that if you have 4 cats, get FOUR litterboxes...you should always have one per cat....other than that, you're doing the right thing!
My Kitties have always been indoor cats..but LOVE our screened porch...(and a pet door going to the screened porch will be a Godsend....TRUST me!)...
2007-11-16 04:21:25 · answer #1 · answered by Toots 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you have some good ideas going. When I moved to my new house 14 years ago I installed cat fence-in around the garden. The principle of it is very simple really - go to http://www.catfence-in.com and look at the video they have there. A relatively competent carpenter can easily devise a similar set-up for your cats. Just brackets to hold netting out from the fence and attaching it underneath so the cats can't go up the fence and out.
Three of my cats had been free-roaming for a couple of years before the move so they weren't too happy about being restricted. And they have always been safe from predators, cars, or mean people.
2007-11-16 04:18:46 · answer #2 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not going to be easy. You have a good thinking start by bringing them in now and getting used to what is going to be necessary later.
A friend of mine turned one bedroom into a cat room> She carpeted one wall and they love climbing on it and she has all kinds of wood ramps and stairs and platforms for them to explore. And the windows are made to be fun with platforms with extra space and a window box with flowers. She made a trap door into the house from the cat room which can be locked if needed. Her cats love the room.
Try your cats on a leash, most of them don't like it unless they start out as kittens. You will probably have to use halters because collars don't work too well with cats.
Luck.
2007-11-16 04:27:25 · answer #3 · answered by Lyn B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just make sure they are dipped and cleaned and box trained. The transition can be easy, make sure that you pay close attention to the doors when you leave or come in. A cat that is used to being outside when it wants will tend to charge the door when its open and run out. If you are in a new area the cats could get lost and hurt. Just be careful. I have taken 3 outside cats and moved them in with me before and they adjusted wonderfully. They never try to get outside now.
2007-11-16 04:18:22 · answer #4 · answered by bella_babe_86 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you really have all of the bases covered and will have a great set up for them. Try to have them in full time by the time you move.
They will complain and try to get out at first, but they will adjust and be happy inside.
You are probably already aware of it, but it is best to have more than one box for multiple cats and daily cleaning/scooping is a must.
2007-11-16 04:30:53 · answer #5 · answered by maxmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First make beneficial your exterior cat is examined for pussycat leukemia by using fact if he has it, he promises it on your indoor cat. individually i don't propose getting a cat declawed by using fact this is amazingly painful and forestalls them from ever an exterior cat back. besides, so a techniques as getting it acclimated, i might placed something heat and mushy that smells like the indoor cat out close to the exterior cats nutrition dish and vice versa. Then likely there'll nonetheless be 3 days of growling, and determining who gets to be dominant. stable success!
2016-10-02 02:00:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to tell you this but your indoor/outdoor cats will never be satisfied totally indoors. They will always cry and want out. It's just their nature. When we moved my cats were miserable, they would cry at all hours of the day and night sitting by the door or looking out the windows. I ended up taking them to my mother so they could be outside cats because I couldn't stand to watch them beg to be out.
2007-11-16 07:33:01 · answer #7 · answered by Kel 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your ideas are great. I'd just be careful of them not always using their litter box, but if you start to bring them inside more, like you said, I think you'll be fine. Good luck.
2007-11-16 04:13:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
would take a while to adjust but if you have enclosed pen in garden for them they will be fine my freind done for her cat as was knocked over by car last year
2007-11-16 04:14:27 · answer #9 · answered by sky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
close the door when they r inside
2007-11-16 04:12:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋