First of all, Jake is indoor only, and I am really determined to keep him this way..
However, he is always pushing to go outside. Every morning he meows, more like cries, to go out, while standing by the door. This has gone on in the past few weeks since the weather has been getting better..The bottom floor of my house is completely open- there are no doors, and he has a spot on the window of each side of the house to look out of, and all day long he goes from one window to another frantically while following birds that come by. When he decides to sleep he does it very close to the windows and as soon as he hears some commotion outside caused by birds- he wakes up quickly and rushes to the window again, and if I happen to be around while he is hearing more birds than usual, then he is almost impossible to contain, he rushes to the door and starts crying for me to open it, circles around me while I walk, doing low pitched almost like purring noises and rubs himself on my feet with his tail in the air and back slightly arched, and occasionally jumps at my hands, maybe in an attempt to tell me what he wants...
Maybe letting him look out the windows was a bad idea, maybe these birds taunt him more than anything..I don't know.
Outside we have an enclosed yard with a 6ft fence, and the area is large enough for him to run in and chase leaves. So, since he was young he has been allowed to go out supervised, but I can't go out with him every morning and evening for 2 hours- those are the times he usually wants to go. I am so bothered by the whole thing, because my dad always opens the door for him, and he wakes up at 6 am, so past 6 I can't sleep because I have to go watch Jake ..Thankfully I am a light sleeper so I wake up when I hear the door, otherwise my dad would probably just leave him there alone while going to check on him every 5 minutes, and that to me is unsafe and scary. The loss of sleep has been affecting me lately and I just don't know what to do, my schedule is different so I go to sleep really late. I mean, I could talk to my dad, but I know the reason why he lets him out- it's because he can't stand up to Jake's begging and crying. It is truly heart breaking and feels like we're imprisoning him when he starts to cry like this.
I do plan to get him a harness and leash soon, but he loves to sprint from one side to another, it is around 15 meters, so I don't know if he will like being harnessed, and still- I only have about an hour every day to be out there with him, not enough for him
Building a safer enclosure is just not an option right now, I know that would solve all of my problems...
Is there anything else I can do?? Does anyone have a kitty who is just like that??
However, he is always pushing to go outside. Every morning he meows, more like cries, to go out, while standing by the door. This has gone on in the past few weeks since the weather has been getting better..The bottom floor of my house is completely open- there are no doors, and he has a spot on the window of each side of the house to look out of, and all day long he goes from one window to another frantically while following birds that come by. When he decides to sleep he does it very close to the windows and as soon as he hears some commotion outside caused by birds- he wakes up quickly and rushes to the window again, and if I happen to be around while he is hearing more birds than usual, then he is almost impossible to contain, he rushes to the door and starts crying for me to open it, circles around me while I walk, doing low pitched almost like purring noises and rubs himself on my feet with his tail in the air and back slightly arched, and occasionally jumps at my hands, maybe in an attempt to tell me what he wants...
Maybe letting him look out the windows was a bad idea, maybe these birds taunt him more than anything..I don't know.
Outside we have an enclosed yard with a 6ft fence, and the area is large enough for him to run in and chase leaves. So, since he was young he has been allowed to go out supervised, but I can't go out with him every morning and evening for 2 hours- those are the times he usually wants to go. I am so bothered by the whole thing, because my dad always opens the door for him, and he wakes up at 6 am, so past 6 I can't sleep because I have to go watch Jake ..Thankfully I am a light sleeper so I wake up when I hear the door, otherwise my dad would probably just leave him there alone while going to check on him every 5 minutes, and that to me is unsafe and scary. The loss of sleep has been affecting me lately and I just don't know what to do, my schedule is different so I go to sleep really late. I mean, I could talk to my dad, but I know the reason why he lets him out- it's because he can't stand up to Jake's begging and crying. It is truly heart breaking and feels like we're imprisoning him when he starts to cry like this.
I do plan to get him a harness and leash soon, but he loves to sprint from one side to another, it is around 15 meters, so I don't know if he will like being harnessed, and still- I only have about an hour every day to be out there with him, not enough for him
Building a safer enclosure is just not an option right now, I know that would solve all of my problems...
Is there anything else I can do?? Does anyone have a kitty who is just like that??
The problem is my dad gives into his begging and Jake knows that ..I will have to talk to him seriously about not letting him out.
For a couple days she drove me absolutely nuts!! And I couldn't understand why she was being so bad, but eventually it clicked, when I realized she kept sniffing the door.
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