Hi there!
I have a male 4 year old cat, who is desexed and is the most loveable thing on earth, I raised him from when he was just a tiny kitten and he would go outside and do whatever cats do and then come home at night. That's pretty normal I know but I just wanted to state his behaviour before.
Now my sister and I moved to Adelaide (about 3 hours drive where where we used to live) and Asterix (my cat) got freaked out as they usually do when they move, he would hide everywhere but after he got used to the place he now thinks he owns it.
Anyway, we let him settle in for about a few months and now he wants to go outside but whenever we go to let him out, he just sits there and wont go out because he is afraid. I'll close the door and he will start meowing to caterwauling to go out and I'll open the door and he will just sit there sniffing the door but wont go out. I stood there for perhaps a half an hour, hoping that after he got used to it he would go but no, he either walked away or just stood there looking outside. Before we moved he wanted to go out every five seconds and it was a pain to get him to stay inside. We don't mind if he does not go outside but the fact that he sits there and meows all the time is very annoying.
We have tried to ignore him for months now but as soon as we get up he will meow, follow us, meow, head to the door, meow. It is starting to drive my sister mad, who is not generally fond of cats and she is starting to threaten that he may have to go if I don't figure out what to do with him. I love him dearly but he is starting to get on my nerves also. I comfort him every day and he seems content at times but at other times he will just suddenly get up and start roaming the house meowing.
I did take him outside one day but he just ran back to the door and started to freak out so I let him back in. Yet he still wants to go out.
I do have a theory though: before we moved he lived in a house with my mothers cats (about four others) and I think now that he has no other cats around he is lonely as I do see him look under the door and try to play with the stray cat who comes to our door at night. I don't know if getting another cat might help but I don't think we would be allowed to have another cat (as we are renting) and if we were I don't think we could afford it.
Can anyone help?
I have a male 4 year old cat, who is desexed and is the most loveable thing on earth, I raised him from when he was just a tiny kitten and he would go outside and do whatever cats do and then come home at night. That's pretty normal I know but I just wanted to state his behaviour before.
Now my sister and I moved to Adelaide (about 3 hours drive where where we used to live) and Asterix (my cat) got freaked out as they usually do when they move, he would hide everywhere but after he got used to the place he now thinks he owns it.
Anyway, we let him settle in for about a few months and now he wants to go outside but whenever we go to let him out, he just sits there and wont go out because he is afraid. I'll close the door and he will start meowing to caterwauling to go out and I'll open the door and he will just sit there sniffing the door but wont go out. I stood there for perhaps a half an hour, hoping that after he got used to it he would go but no, he either walked away or just stood there looking outside. Before we moved he wanted to go out every five seconds and it was a pain to get him to stay inside. We don't mind if he does not go outside but the fact that he sits there and meows all the time is very annoying.
We have tried to ignore him for months now but as soon as we get up he will meow, follow us, meow, head to the door, meow. It is starting to drive my sister mad, who is not generally fond of cats and she is starting to threaten that he may have to go if I don't figure out what to do with him. I love him dearly but he is starting to get on my nerves also. I comfort him every day and he seems content at times but at other times he will just suddenly get up and start roaming the house meowing.
I did take him outside one day but he just ran back to the door and started to freak out so I let him back in. Yet he still wants to go out.
I do have a theory though: before we moved he lived in a house with my mothers cats (about four others) and I think now that he has no other cats around he is lonely as I do see him look under the door and try to play with the stray cat who comes to our door at night. I don't know if getting another cat might help but I don't think we would be allowed to have another cat (as we are renting) and if we were I don't think we could afford it.
Can anyone help?