Any advice?
We have two kittens in the house. They're both around 4.5-5 months old. Most of the time they aren't allowed the run of the house and they each have their own separate area where they stay. In the evening when we are home we often let them run around the house, but we are afraid to allow them to be loose too much. The main problem is that there are 4 people in the house and some of them are not very careful about opening outside doors. When they let the dogs out they sometimes hold the door open for the dogs for quite a while and same when they come home and walk in the front door. They forget to watch for the kittens when they're running around. I'm really afraid that one of the kittens is going to get loose outdoors, so we won't let them free in the house unless the dogs have been out recently and everyone is home...
The kittens don't understand the concept of "outdoors" and are very curious and interested in the doors. They don't realize what would happen if they went outside, and I think if one of them did run out they'd get scared and run away and hide somewhere. One of the kittens is also scared of the dogs so if she got out when the dogs were being let out I'm sure she'd run away. Our older cat seems to understand "outside" or at least she knows she doesn't want to go out the doors so she usually stays away when they are being opened and does not try to run out, but I am worried that the kittens could run out and possibly the person who opened the door might not even notice... There are a few other reasons I'm afraid to leave them loose including that our large older cat does not like them and sometimes will lash out if they come too close.
I'm not sure what to do.
We have two kittens in the house. They're both around 4.5-5 months old. Most of the time they aren't allowed the run of the house and they each have their own separate area where they stay. In the evening when we are home we often let them run around the house, but we are afraid to allow them to be loose too much. The main problem is that there are 4 people in the house and some of them are not very careful about opening outside doors. When they let the dogs out they sometimes hold the door open for the dogs for quite a while and same when they come home and walk in the front door. They forget to watch for the kittens when they're running around. I'm really afraid that one of the kittens is going to get loose outdoors, so we won't let them free in the house unless the dogs have been out recently and everyone is home...
The kittens don't understand the concept of "outdoors" and are very curious and interested in the doors. They don't realize what would happen if they went outside, and I think if one of them did run out they'd get scared and run away and hide somewhere. One of the kittens is also scared of the dogs so if she got out when the dogs were being let out I'm sure she'd run away. Our older cat seems to understand "outside" or at least she knows she doesn't want to go out the doors so she usually stays away when they are being opened and does not try to run out, but I am worried that the kittens could run out and possibly the person who opened the door might not even notice... There are a few other reasons I'm afraid to leave them loose including that our large older cat does not like them and sometimes will lash out if they come too close.
I'm not sure what to do.